Faculty Directory
Robin Verble
Program Director
(573) 341-7274 | verbler@mst.edu |
Dr. Verble’s research interests center on the effects of wildland fire on oak hickory leaf litter ecology. Recent projects have also explored wildland firefighter safety, oak germination, STEM diversity, and wildlife management.
Biological Sciences
Dave Duvernell
Professor and Department Chair
(573) 341-6988 | duvernelld@mst.edu |
105D Schrenk Hall
conservation genetics
Melanie Mormile
Professor
573-341-6346 | mmormile@mst.edu |
M-2 Schrenk Hall
Acidophiles, Alkaliphiles, Anaerobic Metabolism, Antibiotic Resistance, Astrobiology, Biodegradation, Bio-Energy Production Bioremediation, Environmental Microbiology, Evaporites, Extremophilic Bacteria, Fluid Inclusions in Salt, Halo-alkaline Lakes, Halophilic Bacteria, Halotolerant Bacteria, Hydrogen, Hypersaline Environments, Soap Lake-Washington State, Acidic Saline Lakes of Southern Western Australia
Dev K. Niyogi
Professor
(573) 341-7191 | niyogid@mst.edu |
110E Schrenk Hall
Aquatic ecosystem stress
Theo Sumnicht
Assistant Teaching Professor
entomology, systematics and taxonomy
Environmental Engineering
Joel G. Burken
Curators Distinguished Professor
(573) 341-6547 | burken@mst.edu |
211C Bulter-Carlton Hall
Groundwater remediation and modeling, urban water systems
Mark W. Fitch
Associate Professor
(573) 341-4431 | mfitch@mst.edu |
222 Butler-Carlton Hall
Biological water and wastewater treatment, Sustainable water systems
Geology, Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Dave Borrok
Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing and Professor
573-341-6784 | borrokd@mst.edu |
305 McNutt Hall
geomicrobiology, water quality
Katherine R. Grote
Associate Professor
(573) 341-4100 | grotekr@mst.edu |
157 McNutt Hall
Geology, Geological and Petroleum Engineering; groundwater geophysics, environmental protection
John Hogan
Associate Professor
573-341-4618 | jhogan@mst.edu |
125 McNutt Hall
Analytical chemistry and drinking water research
Economics
Mahelet Fikru
Associate Professor
573-341-6495 | fikruma@mst.edu |
101 Harris Hall
environmental and resource economics, energy economics
Political Science
Diana Ahmad
Curators Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
573-341-4817 | ahmadd@mst.edu |
124 Humanities & Social Sciences
19th century American west
English and Technical Communication
KC Dolan
Associate Professor
573-341-4681 | dolankc@mst.edu |
236 Humanities & Social Sciences
Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature, Food Studies, Global Studies, Environmental Criticism