Michigan Geological Survey at Western Michigan University is very active in research related to geology and natural resources. The survey is housed within the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences; however, researchers and other participants come from different departments.
- Associate Professor
- Environmental engineering, site remediation, waste treatment
- Assistant Professor
- Sedimentology, petroleum geology, geomorphology
Mine Dogan, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- Environmental Geophysics
- Associate Professor
- Aqueous geochemistry, geomicrobiology
- Associate Professor Emeritus
- Hydrogeology, groundwater modeling
- Administrator, Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education
- Geology
William B. Harrison III, Ph.D.
- Professor Emeritus
- Stratigraphy, petroleum geology
- Specialist Sr.
- Hydrogeology, mapping and site investigation
Stephen Kaczmarek, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Sedimentary Petrology
- Professor
- Geophysics, basin dynamics
- Professor
- Stable isotope geochemistry
Matt Reeves, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Hydrogeology
- Chair, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
- Remote sensing of the environment
- Staff Geologist
- Geology
- Teaching Faculty Specialist; Director, K-12 outreach
- Sedimentologist
- Director, Michigan Geological Survey
- Environmental geology
David Zakharov, Ph.D.
- Assisstant Professor
- Petrology and Geochemistry