Faculty & Staff
Faculty
![Dr. Qiaofeng (Robin) Zhang](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/robin-zhang.jpg)
Dr. Qiaofeng (Robin) Zhang
Chair and Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
335 Blackburn Science
Research Interests: GIS and remote sensing application in land use and land cover change; urban development; resource management and landscape ecology; information extraction from remotely sensed data; geoscience education
![Dr. Haluk Cetin](https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfScienceEngineeringandTechnology/CollegeOfSciencePrograms/ees/faculty/Dr.-Haluk-Cetin.jpg)
Dr. Haluk Cetin
Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
314 Blackburn Science
Research Interests: Remote sensing; image processing; geographic information systems (GIS); geology; geophysics
![Dr. Bassil El Masri](https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfScienceEngineeringandTechnology/CollegeOfSciencePrograms/ees/faculty/Dr.-Bassil-El-Masri.jpg)
Dr. Bassil El Masri
Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator
Earth and Environmental Sciences
415 Blackburn Science
Research Interests: Biogeography; remote sensing of vegetation; ecosystem modeling
![Dr. Sung-ho Hong](https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfScienceEngineeringandTechnology/CollegeOfSciencePrograms/ees/faculty/Dr.-Sung-Ho-Hong.jpg)
Dr. Sung-ho Hong
Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
303 Blackburn Science
Research Interests: Hydrogeology; remote sensing
![Emily Johnson](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/Emily-Johnson.jpg)
Emily Johnson
INSTRUCTOR
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
418-B Blackburn Science
Research Interests: Earth Science Education; Conservation and Sustainability; Volcanology
![Dr. Katharine Loughney](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/Katharine-Loughney.jpg)
Dr. Katharine Loughney
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, WSI
432A Blackburn Science
Research Interests: Stratigraphy; Paleontology; Sedimentology; paleoenvironmental reconstruction; taphonomy
![Dr. Anthony Ortmann](https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfScienceEngineeringandTechnology/CollegeOfSciencePrograms/ees/faculty/Dr.-Anthony-Ortmann.jpg)
Dr. Anthony Ortmann
Associate Professor, Director of Archeology Lab
Earth and Environmental Sciences
355 Blackburn Science
Research Interests: North American archaeology; prehistory of the southeastern U.S
![Dr. Marcie Venter](https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfScienceEngineeringandTechnology/CollegeOfSciencePrograms/ees/faculty/Dr.-Marcie-Venter.jpg)
Dr. Marcie Venter
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Earth and Environmental Sciences
330 Blackburn Science
Research Interests: Archaeology and colonial history of Mexico and the Caribbean; cultural resource management; heritage tourism and development; ceramic ecology; human-environmental interactions; culture contact studies; anthropology of borderlands
![Jane L. Benson](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/jane-benson.jpg)
Jane L. Benson
Lecturer/Geospatial Analyst, Watershed Studies Institute
Earth and Environmental Sciences
418-A Blackburn Science
Research Interests: Remote sensing; GIS
![Michael Busby](https://www.murraystate.edu/academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfScienceEngineeringandTechnology/CollegeOfSciencePrograms/ees/faculty/Michael-Busby.jpg)
Michael Busby
Lecturer/Coordinator of GIS
Earth and Environmental Sciences
306A Blackburn Science
Research Interests: GIS; geography; education
Staff
![Tracie Russo](https://www.murraystate.edu/_images/contact/tracie-russo.jpg)
Tracie Russo
Administrative Assistant
Earth and Environmental Sciences
334 Blackburn Science
Responsible For: Management; coordination; public relations; reporting for Earth and Environmental Sciences