Ken Coles

  • Ken Coles Associate Professor

    Education:

    • BS, California Institute of Technology - Geology
    • MS, California Institute of Technology - Geology
    • MPhil, Columbia University
    • PhD, Columbia University - Geology
    • Indiana Teaching Certificate (General/Elementary 1–8, Science 1-8)
    • Massachusetts First Year Teaching License (Earth Science 8–12)

    Courses Taught:

    GEOS 105 Exploring the Universe
    GEOS 106 Exploring the Universe Lab
    GEOS 154 Exploration of Space
    GEOS 403/404 Newfoundland Seminar and Field Workshop
    GEOS 323 Geophysics
    GEOS 341 Planetary Geology
    GEOS 342 Stellar Astronomy 

    Professional Interests:

    Geology of solar system bodies
    Astrometry of asteroids and Moon by occultation of stars
    Eclipses and transits of solar system bodies
    Planetarium education

    IUP Planetarium 

  • Geoscience Department
  • Weyandt Hall, Room 306
    975 Oakland Avenue
    Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-2379
  • Fax: 724-357-6208
  • Office Hours
  • In Person
  • Monday, Tuesday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Thursday 8:00 a.m.–Noon
  • Remote
  • Wednesday, Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Thursday 12:30–4:00 p.m.