Faculty in Geosciences

Charles Fitts	Irwin Novak	Stephen Pollock
Mark Swanson	Margaret Vose

Charles R. Fitts, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Geology. University of Minnesota. Teaching interests: physical geology, glacial geology, and hydrogeology. Research interests: groundwater hydraulics, contaminant migration, applied mathematics, and computer programming. 
Telephone: (207) 780-5351
E-mail: Cfitts@usm.maine.edu


Irwin D. Novak, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Geology & Chair. Cornell University. Teaching interests: geomorphology, quaternary geology including sedimentology and glacial geology. Research interests: geomorphology of Lesvos, Greece; landslides in the glacio-marine deposits of southern Maine.
Telephone: (207) 780-5025
E-mail: Novak@usm.maine.edu


Stephen Pollock, Ph.D. Professor of Geology. Rutgers University. Teaching and research interests: origin of igneous, metamorphic,and sedimentary rocks.
Telephone: (207) 780-5353
E-mail: Pollock@usm.maine.edu

Mark T. Swanson, Ph.D. Professor of Geology. State University of New York at Albany Teaching interests: structural geology, tectonics, ore deposits, geophysics. Research interests: detailed mapping and structural analysis of fault zones and dike swarm complexes in southern coastal Maine.
Telephone: (207) 780-5024
E-mail: Mswanson@usm.maine.edu

Margaret E. Vose, M.A. Laboratory Associate. University of Southern Maine. Teaching interest: oceanography, physical geology. 
Telephone: (207) 780-5186
E-mail: Vose@maine.maine.edu