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School of Engineering

Faculty in School of Engineering

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A

Viola Acoff

Dean of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
229 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
vacoff@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5780

Mohammad Al-Hamdan

Director of NCCHE, Research Professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, and Professor of Civil Engineering
241 South Oxford Center
Oxford, MS 38655
mzalhamd@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7788

Ahmed Al-Ostaz

Brevard Family Chair and Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Center for Graphene Research and Innovation
207 B Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
alostaz@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5364

Hunain Alkhateb

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
210 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
hsalkhat@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5368

Ohood Alsmairat

Instructional Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
201A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
oalsmair@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

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Ali Behnood

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
210 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
abehnood@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7191

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C

Lei Cao

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
314 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
lcao@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5389

Joey Carlisle

Lecturer in Computer & Information Science
238 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
jcarlis1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

Yixin Chen

Chair and Professor of Computer and Information Science
203 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
yixin@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7309

Samrat Choudhury

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
201C Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
schoudhu@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3491

Ron Counts

Associate Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering and Associate Director of Mississippi Mineral Research Institute
111 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
rcounts@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7320

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Matteo D'Alessio

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
106 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38655
matteo@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7191

Gregg R Davidson

Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering
davidson@olemiss.edu — UM Profile

Kristin Elizabeth Davidson

Lecturer in Computer & Information Science
212 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
kdavidso@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5846

Troy Drewry

Professor of Practice in Biomedical Engineering
333 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
tddrewry@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7407

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Farhad Farzbod

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
203 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
farzbod@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5698

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G

Jennifer Noelle Gifford

Associate Professor of Geology & Geological Engineering
118G Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
jngiffor@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-2079

Mike Gill

Professor of Practice of Chemical Engineering, Center for Manufacturing Excellence
215 Haley Barbour Ctr for Manufacturing Excellence
University, MS 38677
mwgill@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7023

Bradley T Goodwiller

Instructional Assistant Professor of General Engineering
D 303 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
btgoodwi@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7027

Richard K Gordon

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
16 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
eegordon@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5388

Walter Guidroz

Adjunct Associate Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering
120A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
wsguidro@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

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H

Yiwei Han

Assistant Professor of Design and Manufacturing
201D Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
yhan2@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3032

Joanna Harrelson

Assistant Professor of Practice of General Engineering and Center for Manufacturing Excellence
Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence
University, MS 38677
jdh@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-2640

Dave Harrison

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
207 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
daharri6@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7438

Md Sakib Hasan

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
302 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38655
mhasan5@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

Timothy Holston

Instructional Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
216 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
tlholsto@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

Robert M Holt

Professor of Geology & Geological Engineering
120B Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
rmholt@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-6687

Yi Hua

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
A303 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
yhua@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3126

Winn E Hutchcraft

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
312 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
eeweh@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-6934

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Byung (BJ) Jang

Associate Professor of Computer & Information Science
215 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
bjang@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5355

Amy Jia

Instructor in Mechanical Engineering
201A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
yjia2@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3488

Shan Jiang

Associate Professor - Emphasis in Computational Solid Mechanics
201E Carrier
University, MS 38677
jiang@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

Yili Jiang

Assistant Professor of Computer & Information Science
213 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
yjiang7@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7002

Aaron Joy

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
229 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
adjoy@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

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K

Kasem Khalil

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
308 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
kmkhalil@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-1883

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Thai Le

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
201 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
thaile@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7396

Bethany Walker Lucas

Instructor in Computer and Information Science
201 Weir Hall
University, MS 38663
bwlucas1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

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Mustafa Muhammad Matalgah

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
12 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
mustafa@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5381

Amir Mehrara Molan

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
206 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
amehrara@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7191

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Jacob Najjar

Professor of Civil Engineering
203B Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
ymnajjar@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5363

Sasan Nouranian

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
18 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
sasan@olemiss.edu — UM Profile

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Elsie Ekene Okoye

Lecturer in Geology and Geological Engineering
118A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
eeokoye@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

Thomas Oommen

Chair and Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering
120 Carrier House
University, MS 38677
toommen@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

MIRELA Ovreiu

Instructional Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
A307 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
movreiu@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3126

Yavuz Ozeren

Research Assistant Professor of National Center Computational Hydroscience and Engineering
NCCHE, 344 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
yozeren@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-8781

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Tejas S Pandya

Instructional Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
201G Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
tspandya@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-6931

Brian Frederic Platt

Associate Professor of Geology & Geological Engineering
118E Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
bfplatt@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

Dennis Wayne Powers

Adjunct Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering
120A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
dwpowers@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7498

Brenda Helen Prager

Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
140 Anderson
University, MS 38677
bhprager@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-2184

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Arunachalam Raj Rajendran

Chair and Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
229A Carrier
University, MS 38677
raj@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5770

Nikki Reinemann

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
A305 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
dnreinem@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3126

Julie Beth Retrum

Instructor in Geology and Geological Engineering
120A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
jbretrum@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

Jeff Rish

Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering
229 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38655
jwrish@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

Grace McMahen Rushing

Lecturer in Civil Engineering
106 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
gemcmahe@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7191

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Adam Eugene Smith

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Interim Chair of Civil Engineering and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
217 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
aes@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5350

Damian L Stoddard

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
201C Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
dlstodda@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3491

Azeemuddin Syed

Visiting Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
302 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
asyed@olemiss.edu
1 (662) 915-7231

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Darin Van Pelt

Director and Professor of Practice of General Engineering and Strategic Initiatives
c235 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
dvp@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5048

Byron Villacorta Hernandez

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
18 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
bsvillac@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7023

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Dwight Ernest Waddell

Chair and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Affiliate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Center for Diagnostics, Design, Devices, and Biomechanics
C302 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
waddell@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-2623

Glenn Walker

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering
A306 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
gmw@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5902

Charles Walter

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
211 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
cwwalter@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

Feng Wang

Associate Professor of Computer & Information Science
219 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
fwang@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5359

Thomas Anthony Werfel

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Joint Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Sciences
A301 Brevard Hall
University, MS 38677
tawerfel@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-3126

Inoka Hasanthi Widanagamage

Instructional Associate Professor of Geology & Geological Engineering
120A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
ihwidana@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

Wen Wu

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
201C Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
wu@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (919) 915-5375

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Hong Xiao

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science
223 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
hxiao1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

Songtao Xie

Instructional Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
134 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
sxie1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7023

Hui Xiong

Lecturer in Computer & Information Science
217 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
hxiong@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-1456

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Alexander Borisovitch Yakovlev

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
306 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
yakovlev@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7196

Lance David Yarbrough

Interim Director of Mississippi Mineral Resource Institute and Associate Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering
120-A Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
ldyarbro@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7498

Hakan Irfan Yasarer

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
208 Carrier Hall
University, MS 38677
hy@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7191

Taiho Yeom

Associate Professor - Thermo Fluids Energy
229 Carrier
University, MS 38677
tyeom@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

Emeritus Faculty

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Adnan Aydin

Emeritus Professor of Geology & Geological Engineering
118E CARRIER HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
aaydin@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-1342

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Robin C Buchannon

Associate Vice Chancellor Emerita and Research Assistant Professor Emerita of Geology and Geological Engineering
129 Lyceum
University, MS 38677
rcb@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-6551

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Wei-Yin Chen

Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
134 Anderson
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
cmchengs@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7023

Alexander H D Cheng

Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
229 BREVARD HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
acheng@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7407

Conrad Cunningham

Professor Emeritus of Computer and Information Science
201 Weir Hall
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
hcc@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

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John N Daigle

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
20 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
wcdaigle@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5799

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ATEF Z ELSHERBENI

Associate Dean Emeritus for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor of Electrical Engineering
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
atef@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

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ALLEN W GLISSON

Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
aglisson@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

K P George

Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
207-A CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
cvkpg@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5365

Paul M Goggans

Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
22 Anderson Hall
University, MS 38677
goggans@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5954

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DONALD F HANSON

Associate Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
eehanson@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

JAMES E HENDRIX

Research Scientist Emeritus
302-B ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
jehendr1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile

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Yafei Jia

Associate Director Emeritus of Basic Research and Research Professor Emeritus of the National Center for Computational Hydroscience & Engineering
328 OLD CHEMISTRY BUILDING
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
jia@ncche.olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7783

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AHMED KISHK

Dir of Antenna Sytms Lab & Prof Emeritus of Electrical Engin
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
ahmed@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

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PAMELA B LAWHEAD

Associate Professor Emerita of Computer and Information Science
201 WEIR HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
lawhead@cs.olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7396

KAI FONG LEE

Dean Emeritus,School of Engineering, and Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering
302 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
leek@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7231

Ellen Lackey

Emerita Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Composite Materials Research Group Test Facilities
308 CMA
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
melackey@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5379

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RICHARD P MAJOR

Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
120A CARRIER HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
rpm@olemiss.edu — UM Profile

Prabhakar R Mantena

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
201B Carrier
University, MS 38677
meprm@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5990

Tyrus A McCarty

Assistant Dean for Special Initiatives in the School of Engineering, Assistant Chair and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Associate Professor of General Engineering
201F Carrier
University, MS 38677
mccarty@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5377

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TERRY L PANHORST

Assistant Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geological Engineering
36 BREVARD HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
panhorst@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5825

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Jeffrey A Roux

Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
FedEx
University, MS 38677
meroux@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7122

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AJIT SADANA

Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
230 ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
cmsadana@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5349

ALLIE M SMITH

Dean Emer, School of Eng and Professor Emer of Mech Eng
205 CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
enas@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5842

Peter C Sukanek

Chair Emeritus & Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
232 ANDERSON
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
cmpcs@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7023

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James G Vaughan

Director Emeritus of the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence; F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering; Associate Dean Emeritus of the School of Engineering
212 CME
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
mejgv@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-2631

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SAM SHU-YI WANG

Director Emeritus, National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering and F.A.P.Barnard Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
NCCHE/ OLD CHEMISTRY
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
wang@ncche.olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7788

CLINT W WILLIFORD

Chair and Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
134 ANDERSON HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
drwill@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5348

Dawn E Wilkins

Chair and Professor Emerita of Computer and Information Science
201 Weir Hall
University, MS 38677
dwilkins@cs.olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7309

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KWANG SIK YUN

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
229 CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
ksyun@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-7219

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Louis George Zachos

Assoc Prof Emeritus of Geology and Geo Engineering
118G CARRIER
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
lgzachos@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-8827

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