Adjunct Faculty
Lecturer
cathcart@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4099
Office: Science and Technology 250
Eric M. Cathcart has been a member of the faculty since 1996 and has taught undergraduate courses in natural disasters, environmental geology, and other disciplines. Cathcart is a licensed California Professional Geologist, California Registered Environmental Assessor, and works as an environmental consultant. His work focuses on construction and remediation quality assurance, Phase I and Phase II site assessments, underground storage tank removals, and soil and groundwater investigations and remediation.
Lecturer
johnryan@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-4099
Office: Science and Technology 250
John Ryan has been a member of the faculty since 2008. He is an Associate Professor of Geography and Geographical Information Science. In addition to his teaching, he has extensive experience in the private and public sector. His work in the public sector includes mapping airborne photography and developing GIS for the Red Cross during the 2005 Hurricane Katrina relief effort. He has also worked on GIS projects supporting the National Office for Drug Prevention, ONDCP. His research focuses on developing virtual mapping through the Internet and he has worked in association with Google Earth on other humanitarian relief projects.

