Contact Us

Physical Address
Department of Geology
033 Rankin Science West
572 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28608

Postal Address
Department of Geology
Appalachian State University
ASU Box 32067
Boone, NC 28608-2067

phone: (828) 262-3049
fax: (828) 262-6503

Chairperson:
Dr. Johnny A. Waters
watersja@appstate.edu

General Questions:
Geology Webmaster

Andrew B. Heckert

[Photograph of Andrew B. Heckert]

Andrew B. Heckert

Assistant Professor of Geology

(828) 262-7609
heckertab@appstate.edu


Dr. Heckert comes to Appalachian State from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, where he worked for three years after completing his Ph.D. Over the last 12 years Dr. Heckert has worked extensively on the vertebrate paleontology and stratigraphy of the American Southwest, collecting fossils ranging in age from Devonian to Pleistocene, but focusing primarily on the Upper Triassic strata of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. In addition to his teaching responsibilities here at ASU, Dr. Heckert is the director of the McKinney Geology Teaching Museum.

  • Education
    • B.S., Denison University
    • M.S., University of New Mexico
    • Ph.D., University of New Mexico
  • Courses Taught
    • GLY 1102 - Introduction to Historical Geology
    • GLY 2250 - Evolution of the Earth