Profile

Biography

A Native Missourian, Professor Evans embraces the adventure that is geology with passion. This includes geologic problem-solving and traveling to some of the remotest areas of the world, including Antarctica (nine months), Hawaii, Jamaica, North Slope Alaska, research cruises along coastal California, western deserts of Utah and Nevada, and some more local features like Weaubleau impact structure. Recent focus is on the age and unusual structures associated with the Ozarks uplift and origin of Waulsortian-like carbonate mud mounds that cross out in southwestern Missouri.

Details

Education

• PhD, Geology, 1997, The University of Kansas
• MS, Geology, 1989, The University of Kansas
• BS, Geology (comprehensive), 1986, Missouri State University
• Registered Geologist (RG), 2007, State of Missouri

Teaching

• GLG 113 Earth—The Instruction Manual
• GLG 115 Life of the Past
• G:LG 314 Historical Geology
• GLG 570/670 Stratigraphy
• GEO 705 Graduate Seminar

Professional experience

• Professor of Geology, Missouri State University, 2013
• Associate Professor of Geology, Missouri State University, 2008
• Assistant Professor of Geology, Missouri State University, 2003
• Instructor, Geography and Geology, Missouri State University, 2002
• Consultant and Owner, Stratigraphix LLC, 1998-present
• Geologist, US Geological Survey, 1994-1998
• Mobil (internships), 1991, 1993
• Shell Western Exploration and Production Inc. (intern), 1987

Research and professional interests

• Meteorite impact structures
• Strucrtural Geology
• Geologic mapping
• Stratigraphy (syn-tectonic sedimentation and syn-sedimentary deformation)
• Carbonate depositional systems
• Cultural geology
• Antarctic geology
• Jamaica geology
• Community organizer and supporter

Awards and honors

Additional resources

• Curriculum Vitae
• Department of Geography, Geology and Planning