Paul Doss, Ph.D.

Paul Doss, PhD earned his BS from IUPUI and his PhD from Northern Illinois University. He is currently Professor of Geology at the Univ. of Southern Indiana, where he served as Department Chairman for eight years, and teaches courses on Environmental Geology-Environmental Science, Geology of National Parks, and Water Resources.

He directs student research on environmental problems such as impacts of humans on water resources, natural-resources management, and geological hazards. Doss served as the Supervisory Geologist for Yellowstone National Park and the NPS Coordinating Scientist for the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, and also worked in Indiana Dunes, Acadia, and Everglades National Parks.

He was named the Integra Distinguished Professor at USI in 2007, received natural resource protection awards from the National Park Service and the US Forest Service, and was named IUPUI School of Science Distinguished Alumnus in 2016. His current research focuses on potential impacts of commercial groundwater extraction, ecosystem restoration, and climate change on aquatic resources in Manistee National Forest of Michigan.

Doss served as Chair of the Geological Society of America's national committee on Geology and Public Policy, has served on municipal planning boards, and natural resource conservation committees, and was a Visiting Scholar for Earth Science Policy in Washington DC in 2017. He is a long-term instructor for the Yellowstone Forever Institute and the Southern Indiana Master Naturalist program.