{"id":4270,"date":"2026-06-10T16:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/?page_id=4270"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:21:00","slug":"geo-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/people\/geo-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"GEO Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"People\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-people\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-3377\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3377\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/people\/\">All Faculty A-Z<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4273\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4273\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/people\/geo-faculty\/\">Geosciences Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4274\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4274\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/people\/lar-faculty\/\">Landscape Architecture Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3375\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3375\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/people\/staff\/\">Staff<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geosciences Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/thomas-boving\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Thomas-Boving-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Thomas-Boving-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Thomas-Boving-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Thomas-Boving-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Thomas-Boving-1-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/thomas-boving\/\">Thomas Boving<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor and Department Chair<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7053<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:tboving@uri.edu\">tboving@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/dawn-cardace\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Dawn-Cardace.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dawn Cardace, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Dawn-Cardace.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Dawn-Cardace-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Dawn-Cardace-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Dawn-Cardace-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/dawn-cardace\/\">Dawn Cardace<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9384<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:cardace@uri.edu\">cardace@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/ambarish-karmalkar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Ambarish-Karmalkar-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Ambarish-Karmalkar-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Ambarish-Karmalkar-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Ambarish-Karmalkar-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Ambarish-Karmalkar-1-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/ambarish-karmalkar\/\">Ambarish Karmalkar<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:akarmalkar@uri.edu\">akarmalkar@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/elizabeth-laliberte\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/beth-laliberte.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Elizabeth Laliberte Geosciences Professor\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/beth-laliberte.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/beth-laliberte-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/beth-laliberte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/beth-laliberte-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/elizabeth-laliberte\/\">Elizabeth Laliberte<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Teaching Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5512<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:elalib@uri.edu\">elalib@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/soni-m-pradhanang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Soni-Pradhanang.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Soni Pradhanang, Department of Geosciences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Soni-Pradhanang.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Soni-Pradhanang-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Soni-Pradhanang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Soni-Pradhanang-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/soni-m-pradhanang\/\">Soni M. Pradhanang<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874. 5980<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:spradhanang@uri.edu\">spradhanang@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/christopher-russoniello\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Christopher-Russoniello-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Christopher-Russoniello-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Christopher-Russoniello-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Christopher-Russoniello-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Christopher-Russoniello-1-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/christopher-russoniello\/\">Christopher Russoniello<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2629<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:Chris.Russoniello@uri.edu\">Chris.Russoniello@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/brian-savage\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Brian-Savage.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Brian-Savage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Brian-Savage.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Brian-Savage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Brian-Savage-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Brian-Savage-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/meet\/brian-savage\/\">Brian Savage<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5392<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:savage@uri.edu\">savage@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Emeriti<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Allan Cain<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2184<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Don Hermes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor Emeritus<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Geosciences<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874. 2192<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:dhermes@uri.edu\">dhermes@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">David Fastovsky<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p 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