Evan Pugh Professor Susan Brantley to retire after 40 years at Penn State

The question was asked, "What’s next", Brantley said she and her husband, Andy Nyblade, professor and former head of the Department of Geosciences, will maintain their home in State College. But they will do more traveling, including visiting their daughters, who are both early-career geoscientists. Their daughters also happen to live near some of Brantley’s favorite places to ski and paddle on her kayak — two of her passions.

“I feel very happy about retirement, because I'm really happy with the kinds of things that I have already done, and now I have the freedom to do more of the same, but less of the same,” Brantley said. “And I have a lot more time to be outside.”