Department of Geosciences - Faculty & Staff Directory

Geography Dr. John Heinrichs, Chair in memoriam Jan. 11, 2014 Dr. Keith Bremer, Assistant Professor Dr. Richard Lisichenko, Associate Professor Dr. Tom Schafer, Interim Chair & Associate Professor Kara Kuntz, Instructor Mark Tschudi, Instructor Trina Weilert, Instructor Emeritus & In Memorium Dr. John Heinrichs, Chair in memoriam Jan. 11, 2014 Dr. Paul Phillips, Professor Emeritus Dr. Richard Zakrzewski, Professor Emeritus

Geology Dr. Hendratta Ali, Assistant Professor Dr. Kenneth Neuhauser, Professor Dr. Laura Wilson, Assistant Professor Dr. Chunfu Zhang, Assistant Professor Bill Heimann, Instructor Staff & Office Students    Departmental Office Staff & Students

 

Dr. John Heinrichs, Chair

Notice: Dr. John Heinrichs passed away unexpectedly on January 11, 2014.
Please contact the department at geosciences@fhsu.edu if you need any assistance.
Phone: (785) 628-4536
Email: NA
Webpage

Courses & Interests: Remote Sensing, Climatology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Physical Oceanography, Arctic Geography

 

  Dr. Tom Schafer, Associate Professor & Interim Chair
Phone: (785) 628-5969
Email: tschafer@fhsu.edu
Webpage 

Courses & Interests: Applied Agricultural Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Physical Geography, Cultural Geography

 

Dr. Hendratta Ali, Assistant Professor
Phone: (785) 628-4608
Email: h_ali@fhsu.edu
Webpage

Courses & Interests: Petroleum Geology, Aqueous Geochemistry, Hydrology, Isotope Modeling; Geology, Geophysics, and Seismic Modeling.

 

Dr. Keith Bremer, Assistant Professor
Phone: (785) 628-4644
Email:kabremer@fhsu.edu
Webpage

Courses & Interests: US Human Geography, Cultural Geography, World Geography, Urban Geography, Statistics, Sustainability, Urban sustainability

Dr. Richard Lisichenko, Associate Professor
Phone: (785) 628-4159
Email: rlisiche@fhsu.edu
Webpage

Courses & Interests: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geographic Education, Geography of Russia & Eastern Europe, Remote Sensing

 

  Dr. Kenneth Neuhauser, Professor, Director of Geology Field Camp
Phone: (785) 628-5349
Email: kneuhaus@fhsu.edu
Webpage

Courses & Interests: Structural Geology, Applied Environmental Geophysics, Surficial Geological Mapping, Depositional Environments, Environmental Geology, Geophysical Prospecting in Archaeology

 

 

Dr. Tom Schafer, Associate Professor
Phone: (785) 628-5969
Email: tschafer@fhsu.edu
Webpage

Courses & Interests: Applied Agricultural Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Physical Geography, Cultural Geography

 

Dr. Laura Wilson, Assistant Professor
 Phone: (785) 628-4041
 Email: lewilson6@fhsu.edu
 Webpage

Courses & Interests: Paleontology, Scientific Writing

 

Dr. Chunfu Zhang, Assistant Professor
Phone: (785) 628-5348
Email: c_zhang35@fhsu.edu 
Webpage

Courses & Interests: Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology

 

Dr. Paul Phillips, Professor Emeritus
Phone: (785) 628-5821
Email: pphillip@fhsu.edu
Webpage 

Courses & Interests: Cultural and Regional Geography

 

Dr. Richard J Zakrzewski, Professor Emeritus & Retired Chief Curator of Sternberg Museum
Phone: (785) 628-5389, (785) 628-5531
Email: rzakrzew@fhsu.edu
Webpage

Courses & Interests: Mesozoic-Cenozoic Stratigraphy (Great Plains), Vertebrate Paleontology, Scientific Writing

 

Instructors

 

Kara Kuntz, Instructor
Phone: (785) 628-5804
Email: kkuntz@fhsu.edu

Courses Taught: World Geography

 

 

Bill Heimann, Instructor
Phone: (785) 628-5804
Email: whheimann@fhsu.edu

Courses Taught: Hydrology and Water Resources

 

 

Mark Tschudi, Instructor
Email: matschudi@fhsu.edu

Courses Taught: Remote Sensing Concepts, Geographic Information Systems Concepts

 

 

 Trina Weilert, Instructor
Email: teweilert@fhsu.edu

Courses Taught: Introduction and Intermediate GIS

 

Staff & Office Students

Patricia Duffey, Sr. Administrative Assistant
Phone: (785) 628-5389
Email: pduffey@fhsu.edu  

 

Department Student and Project Assistants

• Samantha Srok
• Jessica Wann
• Jason Hughes
• Baturalp Gursoy