Summary: Faculty Research

Dr. LeeAnn Munk

Dr. Munk conducts research in the field of environmental hydrogeochemistry in various regions in Alaska including the Anchorage Watershed, Prince William Sound, Katmai National Park, and the Western Arctic Parks. The primary focus of the research is to develop models of the geochemical pathways of Potentially Toxic Metals in near surface environments and to characterize water resources. More recently Dr. Munk has also been utilizing stable isotopic compositions of water to model sources in the Anchorage Watershed. read more...

Dr. Kristine Crossen

Dr. Crossen conducts research in the field of glacial geology and geoarcheology. Dr. Crossen has studied Holocene History of Bering Glacier, Alaska, the Little Ice Age Chronology and Dynamics of Portage Glacier, Alaska, Little Ice Age History of Spencer-Blackstone Ice Complex, Kenai Mts., Alaska, Deposition of Pleistocene Glaciomarine Deltas in Southern Maine, and Neotectonics of Uplifted Glacial Marine Deltas in Coastal Maine. read more...

Dr.
Terry Naumann

Dr. Naumann conducts research in the fields of volcanology and igneous petrology. His current research deals primarily with the origin and evolution of volcanoes in the Galapagos Islands. Dr. Naumann and his students integrate mapping, sampling, petrography, geochemistry(including isotopes) and geochemical modeling in their research. read more...

Dr.
Derek Sjostrom

Dr. Sjostrom is currently studying the stable isotope systematics of precipitation throughout the United States and south-central Alaska. Additionally he is currently involved in two water-quality projects in the Anchorage area. The first is a study of the isotope ratios of streamwater nitrate as a tracer of nutrient sources. The second is an investigation of the concentration and behavior of arsenic from private drinking water wells in south Anchorage. read more...