Mitchell. W. Colgan
Associate Professor
Education
University of California, Santa Cruz, California
Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, 1990
University of Guam, Mangilao
M.S. Biology
Research Interests
Environmental Geology
Coral Reefs
Remote Sensing
El Nino
Charles Darwin
Earth System Science
Galapagos Islands
Courses Taught
GEOL 105 Earth History
GEOL 272/272L Stratigraphy/Sedimentation and Lab
GEOL 288 Global Change: A Geological Perspective
GEOL 320 Earth Resources (co-taught with Dr. Nusbaum)
GEOL 360 Field Studies
HONS 156 Honors Geology II
EVSS 640 Earth System Science
GEOL 205 Environmental Geology (no longer taught)
Honors and Awards
College of Charleston, Distinguished Service Award, 2012
College of Charleston, School of Sciences and Mathematics, Gordon E. Jones Distinguished Acheivement Award, 2010
College of Charleston, School of Sciences and Mathematics, Distinguished Acheivement Award, 1994
Publications
Glynn, P.W., Feingold, J.S., Baker, A.C., Banks, S., Baums, I.B., Cole, J., Colgan, M.W., ... Vera-Zambrano, M. 2018. State of corals and coral reefs of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador): Past, present and future. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 133: 717-733.
Glynn, P.W., Mones, A.B., Podesta, G.P., COlbert, A. and Colgan, M.W. 2017. El Nino-Southern Oscillation: Effects on Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs and Associated Biota. Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, 251-290.
Treml, E. and Colgan, M. W. 1997. Using GIS in studying the landscape ecology of coral reefs:example from St. John, USVI. ESRI user conference.
Treml, E. and Colgan, M. W. 1996. Hurricane disturbance and coral reef development: 501 years of hurricane data from the Lesser Antilles. Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium.
Dunbar, R. B., Wellington, G., Colgan M. W., Glynn, P. W., 1994. Eastern Pacific climate variability since 1600 A. D.: Stable Isotopes in Galapagos Corals, Paleooceanography.