Contact Info

195 Rankin Science
572 Rivers Street
Boone, NC
28608
(828) 262-3049
FAX: (828) 262-6503

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

General Questions:
Geology Webmaster

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 1101 - Introduction to Physical Geology