About the Department

OFFICE INFO
Department of Geology
114 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1140
Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 2 a.m., Monday - Friday
Phone: (516) 463-5564
Fax: (516) 463-5120

CHAIR
Charles Merguerian
141 Gittleson Hall
Phone: (516) 463-5567
E-mail

DEPARTMENT SECRETARY
Lena Hiller
156 Gittleson Hall
Phone: (516) 463-5564
Fax: (516) 463-5120
E-mail

Hofstra Geology hosts four full-time faculty with wide-ranging research interests in mineral resources, tectonics, structural geology, paleontology, sedimentology, and paleoclimatology. We offer a vigorous undergraduate degree program focusing on student research and field geology. Our facilities in Gittleson Hall on the Hofstra campus include laboratories for sedimentology and paleontology, a mineralogy laboratory equipped for X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence analysis, and laboratories for digital microscopy and geological cartography.

Visit our website for more information on our activities in research and geoscience education.

History of Hofstra Geology

Geology has a long, active history at Hofstra University, beginning in 1935 and going strong right up to the present day. Click here to see the legacy of faculty and alumni who have been a part of Hofstra Geology through the years.