Associate Professor of Chemistry   Centre College   600 West Walnut Street   Danville, KY 40422-1394   (859) 238-5416   Office:  Olin 217   Email: conrad.shiba at centre.edu   Link to my "official" Centre faculty page.   Link to Chemistry Program Home Page
	Here I am in the Central Crater of Tongariro National  Park, a World Heritage Site on the North Island of New  Zealand, while teaching a class on volcanoes during  the 3-week CentreTerm.  Going back in January 2010.	Here I am at Johnston Ridge Volcano Observatory in Washington with Mt. St. Helens in the background.

    Some of my recent courses also have sites set up in Web CT.
    Web site for the course "NSC 250, Physical Science of Volcanoes"  to be taught in New Zealand by Joe Workman and me in January 2010.
    Photo albums:  2006 New Zealand volcano class       2008 New Zealand volcano class       My Cascades volcano trip, summer 2008
    Web page for the Environmental Studies minor

• Volcanism, Natural Disasters, Environmental Geology:  check out the Volcano World website; also, see my videos of lava flow on Arenal in Costa Rica and mud pots in New Zealand and Costa Rica; NEW: video of some impressive fumaroles on White Island, New Zealand.
• Severe Weather Phenomena (see the Tornado Project Online):  I am a NWS certified storm spotter
• Organotransition metal Chemistry, Inorganic Photochemistry

• Folk Music (guitar, banjo, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer): sound clip of my former band, the Raggedy Robin String Band
• Fly Fishing
• Kayaking and Canoeing
• Tai Chi
• Hiking
• Saving the Mountains:  check out these websites dealing with mountaintop removal mining

This page is maintained by Conrad Shiba.  Last modified on 02/10/2010.
Contact me at conrad.shiba "at" centre "dot" edu