Dr. Mitchell Colgan E - mail: colganm@cofc.edu Phone: (843) 953 - 7171 Areas of Interest: Environmental Geology, Coral Reefs, Remote Sensing, El Nino, Charles Darwin, Earth System Science, Galapagos Islands

Current Projects:

• Statewide Director of the South Carolina Space Grant Consortium
• Director of the SC NASA EPSCoR Program
• NASA oversight committee member for Space Grant and EPSCoR programs
• Coral Reef community studies and Mapping in the U. S. Virgin Islands
• USGS Coastal Change Research along the South Carolina Coast
• NASA S.E.R.C.H. (South Eastern Regional Clearing House) with Cassandra Coombs
• Steering Committee for the interdisciplinary Masters in Environmental Studies rogram (former Program Director)

Recent Publications:

• Treml, E. and Colgan, M. W. 1997. Using GIS in studying the landscape ecology of coral reefs:example from St. John, USVI. ESRI user conference.
• Treml, E. and Colgan, M. W. 1996. Hurricane disturbance and coral reef development: 501 years of hurricane data from the Lesser Antilles. Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium.
• Dunbar, R. B., Wellington, G., Colgan, Glynn, P. W., 1994. Eastern Pacific climate variability since 1600 A. D.: Stable Isotopes in Galapagos Corals, Paleooceanography.

Courses Taught:

• GEOL 102 - Earth History
• GEOL 205 - Environmental Geology
• HONS 156 - Honors Geology, History of Life
• EVSS 640 - Earth System Science

Links:

• NASA
• S.C.Space Grant
• SERCH
• USGS
• NOAA Coastal Services Center

Last Updated: June 2, 2006