Dr. Thomas W. Kammer
Eberly College Centennial Professor of Geology

Specialty: Paleozoic Paleontology and Mississippian Stratigraphy

B.S. Geology, Kent State University, 1975 M.S. Geology, Indiana University, 1978 Exploration Geologist, 1978-1980 Ph.D. Geology, Indiana University, 1982 EMAIL Address: tkammer@wvu.edu Phone Number: 304-293-9663 At Geology Field Camp, 2005

Courses Taught

Geology Field Camp

Research

Evolutionary paleoecology of Paleozoic crinoids, plus lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and sequence stratigraphy of marine Mississippian rocks in the east-central United States and western Europe. Field areas include West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, New Mexico, United Kingdom, and Ireland.

 Mississippian Crinoids

Publications

Student Research- Past and Present Projects

Life in the Mississippian

Professional Associations

Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Research Associate, Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh

The Paleontological Society TREASURER, 1996 - 2002

The Palaeontological Association

Geological Society of America, Honorary Fellow

Paleontological Research Institute

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

 

"Paleo-Scenes"

 

 

Thomas W. Kammer's Teaching and Instructional Page