dbyerly@utk.edu
http://geoweb.gg.utk.edu/
Dr. Michael A. Gibson is a Professor of Geology in the Department of Geology, Geography, and Physics at The University of Tennessee at Martin. Dr. Gibson holds a B.S. degree in Geology from the College of William and Mary (1979), Master of Science degree in Geology from Auburn University (1983), and a PhD in geology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (1988). He teaches courses in Physical and Historical Geology, Paleontology, Structural Geology, GeoDynamics, Geology of National and State Parks, and Field Methods in Geology, and Geology of Belize, Central America at UT Martin. He is the recipient of the Tennessee Academy of Science’s 2003 Teacher of the Year Award for Higher Education and the 2001 recipient of the Ptero Award, given by the Tennessee Earth Science Teachers organization (TEST), for which he is also an advisor. Gibson has served as Southeastern regional secretary and president of the Paleontological Society, president of the Southeastern section of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), and is currently a National Councilor at Large for National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), Southeastern Regional Education Coordinator for the Geological Society of America, and National Education Chair for the Paleontological Society. His research interests center on the geology and fossils of the Devonian and Cretaceous deposits in West Tennessee, the coal fields of Alabama, and on the stromatolites and snails in Belize, Central America. He was instrumental in helping Tennessee establish the Cretaceous bivalve Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica as the Official State Fossil of Tennessee in 1998. Dr. Gibson has published over 70 articles and is currently working on the fossils of Tennessee.
mgibson@utm.edu
Dr. Lionel Crews was born in Nashville, TN but being an Air Force brat has wandered the globe. He graduated from high school in West Germany. He obtained all three of his degrees from Vanderbilt University, culminating in a Ph.D. in Physics in 2000. He has since worked as an assistant professor at UT Martin, attaining tenure track status in 2005. He does research on star formation, teaches courses on physics, astronomy, and Earth science, and loves to do outreach with the community, students, and teachers. He is married with 3 children; twin daughters Emma and Amelia and son William the latest addition. They keep him busy.
lcrews@utm.edu
http://www.utm.edu/staff/lcrews/index.htm
Dr. Ann Holmes was raised in Chattanooga and received her BA in Geology from UT Chattanooga in 1976. She pursued graduate studies at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa when Bear Bryant was still the coach and the football team was winning. She worked for Getty Oil Company (became Texaco) in New Orleans for 8 years, before going back to graduate school at Columbia University in NYC. She did her dissertation research mostly in Australia studying Devonian sea-level changes recorded in sedimentary rocks. She taught for 2 years at the University of Missouri, Columbia and then moved to Oracle, Arizona to develop and implement an interdisciplinary experiential-learning semester program for Columbia University. She taught with 4 other professors at the Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center for 4 years. Her life came full circle when she moved back home in 2000 to teach at UT Chattanooga.
Ann-Holmes@utc.edu
http://www.utc.edu/Faculty/Ann-Holmes/