ES-SEPM Officers
Ilya Buynevich, President
A member of SEPM since 1995, Ilya V. Buynevich received a B.A. in Geology in 1994, followed by a Ph.D. in 2001, both from Boston University, and is currently an Associate Professor at Temple University. His research focuses on coastal and aeolian morphodynamics; event sedimentology; ichnology; zoogeomorphology, taphonomy, and applications of high-resolution geophysical methods in sedimentological research.
Charles (Chuck) Ver Straeten, Vice-President
A member of SEPM since the late 1980s, Chuck Ver Straeten is a sedimentary geologist with a broad focus on various Devonian topics. He received a B.S. in geology at SUNY Empire State College. M.S. and Ph.D. work at the University of Rochester and afterwards correlated Lower to Middle Devonian marine strata around the Appalachian Basin outcrop belt (> 450 outcrops, 7 states), utilizing sequence stratigraphy, air fall volcanic tephras, etc. Other work includes: interpreting Acadian orogenesis from a broad range of foreland basin data; tephras and Plinian Devonian volcanism; Devonian terrestrial systems in New York; and lead editor/busy author for a large, three volume publication, Devonian of New York, to be released in May 2023. Chuck is Curator of Sedimentary Rocks at the New York State Museum/Geological Survey, and an elected member of the International Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy.
Katie Luciano, Secretary/Treasurer
Katie Luciano is a coastal geologist with the South Carolina Geological Survey (SCGS) and a licensed professional geologist in the state of South Carolina. She is a new member of ES-SEPM, but has been an active member of GSA's Southeastern Section since 2007 and served as the GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division's Secretary/Treasurer from 2019-2022. Katie has an undergraduate degree in Geology from the College of William and Mary and a master's from the College of Charleston, and has worked for the SCGS since 2014. Her research interests include coastal geomorphology, barrier island and shallow marine stratigraphy in the US Southeast, geoarchaeology, and geochronology.
Adrienne Oakley, Newsletter Editor
Adrienne Oakley received a B.A. in Geology from Bowdoin College in 2001 and completed her PhD in Marine Geology and Geophysics at the University of Hawai’i Manoa in 2008. She is an associate professor of Geology and Marine Science in her 14th year at Kutztown University (KU) of Pennsylvania and is coordinator for KU's Marine Science Program. Along the Delmarva coast, Adrienne studies the effects of sea level rise and environmental change on barrier islands and salt marshes in collaboration with NASA, USFWS, the Chincoteague Bay Field Station, the state of VA, and KU and Shippensburg University faculty and students. Adrienne is a 2019 AGU Voices for Science Advocate in the Media/Public Communications track. She is passionate about science communication and believes that conveying the value of science to non-scientists is critically important.
Councilor for the Northeast: Charles (Chuck) Ver Straten – New York State Museum/Geological Survey