About

Director

Joni Downs Firat, Ph.D.
Professor
downs@usf.edu

Associate Chair

Geology

Ping Wang, Ph.D.
Professor
pwang@usf.edu

Associate Chair

Geography, Environmental Science & Policy

Philip Van Beynen, Ph.D.
Professor
vanbeyne@usf.edu

Associate Chair

Rebecca Johns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
rjohns@usf.edu

Graduate Director

Geology

Jochen Baraunmiller, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor 
jbraunmiller@usf.edu

Graduate Director

Geography, Environmental Science & Policy

Yi Qiang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
qiangy@usf.edu