- Steven M Coleman Ph.D., Paleolimnology, Paleoclimatology, Quaternary Stratigraphy, and Chronology
- Dave Darby Ph.D., Paleontology, Stratigraphy
- James A. Grant Ph.D., Metamorphic Geology, Geochemistry, Isotope Geochemistry, Aquatic Chemistry
- John Green Ph. D., Igneous Petrology, Volcanology, Mineralogy
- John Goodge Ph D., Tectonics, Petrology, Structural Geology, Thermochronology http://umn.edu/home/jgoodge
- Vicki Hansen Pd.D., Tectonic Processes on Earth, Venus, and Mars
- Timothy B. Holst Ph.D., Structure Geology, Geotectonics, Geophysics, Precambrian Tectonics
- Thomas C. Johnson Ph.D., Sedimentary Processes, Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography
- James D. Miller Jr. Ph.D., Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Mineral Resources
- Penelope Morton Ph. D., Economic, Geochemistry, Magmatic Ore Deposits
- Ronald Morton Ph.D., Economic, Massive Sulfides, Volcanology