KGS Staff and Affiliates Directory
Contact information for Kentucky Geological Survey staff and affiliated faculty and students.
State Geologist and Directors
Leadership of the Kentucky Geological Survey
Mike McGlue
State Geologist and KGS Director
Expertise: paleolimnology, geoscience, and climate resilience
Zhenming Wang
Associate Director and Director of Geoscience Division
Expertise: earthquake seismology, earthquake geotechnical engineering, geologic hazards and mitigation policies, and applied geophysics
Kathryn Ellis
Assistant Director of Finance and Administration
Expertise: financial and human resources management
Elizabeth Adams
Director of Engagement Division
Expertise: collections and data management, data dissemination
- Archives
- Education
- Media
- Outreach
- Publishing
Doug Curl
Director of Information Management Division
Expertise: GIS Web development, GIS, geoinformatics, geologic mapping, structural geology
- Databases and Data Management
- GIS & Mapping Support
- IT Support
- Outreach
- Web Development
Administration
Ambre Armstrong
Administrative Support Associate
Geoscience Research
Research Team Leads
Glynn Beck
Geologist IV
Expertise: Edge-of-field monitoring; drone-based thermal, multispectral, and LIDAR; western Kentucky hydrogeology; western Kentucky groundwater quality
Matt Crawford
Geologist IV
Expertise: engineering geology, landslides, slope stability, geophysics, GIS, and hazards communication
Gina Lukoczki
Geologist IV
Expertise: carbonate geochemistry, petrography, fluid inclusion analysis, and x-ray diffraction
Charles J. (Chuck) Taylor
Geologist V
Expertise: Hydrogeology of karst and fractured-rock aquifers; groundwater monitoring; groundwater contaminants and geochemistry; groundwater and surface water interaction
Junfeng Zhu
Geologist V
Expertise: Aquifer characterization; groundwater flow and transport modeling; hydrogeophysics, focusing on electrical resistivity; water chemistry modeling; LiDAR applications in hydrology.
Researchers
Sarah Arpin
Geologist II
Expertise: karst hydrogeology and geomorphology; geospatial data management and analysis
- Databases and Data Management
Desireé Cunningham
Geologist II
Expertise: Karst Mapping, Karst Hazards, GIS Applications, Python Coding
Cortland F. Eble
Geologist V
Expertise: oil & gas geology, subsurface stratigraphy and mapping, carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis
Hudson Koch
Geologist II
Expertise: lidar, hazard assessment and modeling, GIS, spatial and temporal statistics, applied geophysics, machine learning
Steven L. Martin
Geologist III
Expertise: field and digital geologic mapping, natural arches and fractures (joints)
Matthew A. Massey
Geologist IV
Carrie Pulliam
Data Management Specialist
- Databases and Data Management
Donna Robinson
Geologist II
Expertise: GIS applications, 3D Geology, and Radon science
Meredith Swallom
Geologist III
Expertise: Surface Processes, Near-Surface Hazards Assessment, GIS Applications
Alex Washburn
Geologist III
Expertise: Sedimentary geochemistry, geochronology, basin analysis, petroleum systems, methane emissions, drone operations
Deron Zierer
Geologist II
Expertise: methane quantification
Engagement and Communications
Rebekah Frazier
Communications Officer
Expertise: communications, public relations and outreach
- Outreach
Shelby Fulton
Editorial Officer
- Publishing
Cheyenne Hohman
Publication Resources Curator
- Archives
- Publishing
Information Management
Ralph DeJesus
Administrative Systems Engineer I
- Databases and Data Management
- IT Support
Mike Ellis
IS Technical Support Specialist IV
- IT Support
Emily Morris
Cartographic Data Manager
Expertise: GIS, cartography, digital data
- GIS & Mapping Support
Facilities
Jason Backus
Laboratory Manager
Expertise: Water quality analysis and XRD/XRF analysis of rocks and minerals
Postdoctoral Researchers
Rachel Washburn
Postdoctoral Fellow
Expertise: Cross-disciplinary Geoscience, Biomedical, & Ecological Researcher
Faculty Affiliates
Sarah Johnson
Research Assistant Professor
Expertise: Geomorphology, landslides, geospatial analysis, lidar aquisition, change detection, engineering geology, landscape evolution, machine learning, remote sensing
Ed Woolery
Geophysics Faculty Associate
Expertise: engineering geophysics
Emeritus
Stephen F. Greb
STEPS Geologist - Retired Geologist V
Expertise: Coal, sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, earth science education
John Hickman
Retired Geologist V
Expertise: structural geology, tectonics, petroleum geology, and exploration geophysics
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