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Douglas Gamble
Assistant Professor of Geography
Earth Sciences
Areas of Expertise:
- Coastal climatology
- Island and coastal geography
- Tropical climatology and hurricanes
- Caribbean
- Hydrology and water resources
Education:
Ph.D. (Geography) University of Georgia
M.A. (Geography) University of Georgia,
Bio:
Dr. Doug Gamble’s interests include applied climatology, hydrology, and island/coastal environments. His current research projects include assessment of the spatial variability in rainfall on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, linking of weather patterns to Wilmington rainwater chemistry, and the development of a coastal climatology for the US East Coast in collaboration with the NOAA Coastal Services Center.
Location: Deloach 106
Phone: 910/962-3778
Email: gambled@uncw.edu
Joanne Halls
Assistant Professor
Earth Sciences
Areas of Interest:
- Remote Sensing
- Land Use Development
- Watershed Modeling
- Coastal Land Use Development and the Impacts on Non-Point Source Pollution Modeling
- Integration of Temporal Ecological Models with GIS
- Empirical Studies of Geographic Data Models
- Quantitative assessments/simulations of spatial data error and impacts on spatial models
Education:
Ph.D., Geography, University of South Carolina
Bio:
Dr. Joanne Halls is the Director of the Spatial Analysis Lab that is a state-of-the-art teaching and research computing facility focused on Geographic Information Systems, Image Processing, and Spatial Statistics.
Location: Deloach, 125A
Phone: 910/962-7614
Email: hallsj@uncw.edu
William Harris
Professor
Geology
Areas of Interest:
- Radiometric Dating - Placing Dates on Geologic Events
- Sea-Level History Along the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Education:
Ph.D University of North Carolina
Bio:
Dr. Harris' research is in sequence stratigraphy, including outcrops, cores and seismic reflection data. He is interested in the surface and subsurface spatial and temporal distribution of depositional sequences of the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains, and differentiating the impact of eustasy from tectonism. Bill is also interested in geochronology and applies Rb-Sr and K-Ar dating of glauconite and Sr isotopes to elucidate sequence age. He is also currently the Principal Investigator on an NSF GK-12 Fellows Grant that supports seven science graduate students with stipends and cost of education allowances. Bill is also chair of the North Carolina Coalition, a group of university scientists and 12 state and federal agencies who are studying the relationship of geology to subsurface hydrology in the North Carolina Coastal Plain.
Location: Deloach, 106
Phone: 910/962-3492
Email: harrisw@uncw.edu
Patricia H. Kelley
Professor of Geology
Earth Sciences
Areas of Interest:
- Paleontology (fossils)
- Evolution
- Relationship of science and religion
- Evolution and creationism
- Extinction
Education:
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1979
A.M. Harvard University,1977
Bio:
Evolution and paleoecology of Coastal Plain molluscs
are the focus of Patricia Kelley's research. Ongoing studies include
tempo and mode of evolution; role of biological factors such as
predation in evolution; predator-prey coevolution and escalation;
mass extinction and recovery of mollusc faunas.
Location: Myrtle Grove 1329, Deloach 117
Phone: 910/962-7406
Email: kelleyp@uncw.edu
Roger D. Shew
Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Areas of Interest:
Energy
- Issues, Sources, Policy, Planning, Pollution (Renewables vs. Non-Renewables, Domestic vs. International, Demand, Global Change and Environmental Issues)
Natural History and Environmental Issues in the Coastal Plain of South East North Carolina
- Issues related to beaches, rivers, forests, and other natural features in the area.
Education:
MS, Geology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Sci. Ed. Univerisity of Houston
Bio:
Roger Shew conducts field seminars and teacher workshops on topics that include deepwater turbidite deposition, carbonate depositional systems, applied sedimentary petrology, and natural history courses that incorporate biological and environmental studies in addition to geology.
Shew's geologic background is in sedimentology, stratigraphy, sedimentary petrology, subsurface methods, and science education. Areas of study are the interpretation of the origin, distribution, and characterization of surface and subsurface sediments and sedimentary rocks, with a particular interest in coastal environments. He is currently writing a manual on the Natural History of the Coastal Plain of North Carolina.
Location: Deloach, 121
Phone: 910/962-7676
Email: shewr@uncw.edu
