Nance, Damian

Damian Nance is Chair of Geological Sciences at Ohio University, where he has taught since 1980. He is a distinguished researcher and writer, having done much research on the early evolution of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1991 he received his university's Outstanding Teaching Award, and has been twice nominated for its Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award. He received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Cambridge, and hails from Cornwall, England. Each has written over 75 scientific papers, 30 of which Brendan Murphy and Damian Nance co-authored.