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Professor Connolly is founding Chair and Professor of Geology within the Department of Geology at Rowan University. He joined the faculty in the fall of 2016 and has led the effort to create the undergraduate (B.S. and B.A.) and graduate degree (Ph.D.) programs in Geology, including detailed curriculum development.  He has served as a member of the faculty at the City University of New York for 15 years, prior to coming to Rowan.  His post-doctoral years were spent at the California Institute of Technology and was educated at Rutgers University, earning 3 degrees in Geological Sciences.  He is a petrologist who studies scientific problems in the fields of cosmochemistry, meteorites and planetary science.