Research
The Department of Earth Sciences offers the M.S. and Ph.D. in Geological Sciences. Graduate education in the Geological Sciences emphasizes general geology combined with a number of specialties. The department prides itself on being collaborative and offers an interdisciplinary approach to a range of research specialties.
Below is a list of some of the research topics our department offers and associated faculty. Feel free to contact faculty members with specific questions.
Global Climate and Environmental Change
Faculty: Droser , Hughes , Kennedy , Love, Lyons, Minnich, Sadler, Williams
Earthquake Physics
Faculty: Cochran, Dieterich, Green, Oglesby, Park
Paleontology, Paleobiology, Paleoecology
Faculty: Droser, Hughes, Love, Lyons, Sadler
Tectonic Geomorphology
Faculty: Funning, Kenndrick
Sedimentary Geochemistry and Organic Geochemistry
Faculty: Kennedy, Love, Lyons
Neotectonics and Structural Geology
Faculty: Morton, Sadler
Petrology, Geochemistry, Geothermics
Faculty: Dobrzhinetskaya, Green, Lee, McKibben, Morton, Williams
Stratigraphy
Faculty: Hughes, Kennedy, Sadler
Biogeography, Landscape Ecology andConservation Biology
Faculty: Minnich, Sadler, Scott