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The Project Scientist makes significant and creative contributions to a research or creative project in his/her academic discipline. The appointee possesses the subject matter expertise and the creative energy necessary to function at a high level of ...READ MORE

The Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis, invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor to teach undergraduate courses and conduct research during the 2024-2025 academic year. Candidates...READ MORE

"Each year, members of the Committee on the Visiting Scholar Program select top scholars in the liberal arts and sciences to visit universities and colleges where Phi Beta Kappa chapters are located Visiting Scholars spend two days on...READ MORE

For her landmark work in the development and application of shock physics techniques to explain the origin and evolution of planetary systems, Sarah Stewart has been selected as an American Physical Society Fellow. The prestigious honor is one...READ MORE

We are proud to announce the search for a new faculty member to fill the Louise H. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Geophysics. The endowed chair is made possible by a $2 million gift from Doug Neuhauser, Kellogg’s husband honoring her legacy as an...READ MORE

For the fifth year (starting in 2018) the Geology and Society Division has administered the E-an Zen Geoscience Outreach Grant (also known as the E-an Zen Fund Supporting Geoscience Communication). This important GSA Award...READ MORE

Congratulations to Tessa Hill, who has been awarded the Rachel Carson Lecture at the Fall 2023 AGU meeting! The lecture recognizes women doing cutting-edge research in ocean science. More information (from the AGU website)...READ MORE

Assistant Professor Barbara Ratschbacher researches continental crust formation in subduction zones, which are collision areas between two tectonic plates. Ratschbacher plans to use the research funds to further work on subsurface magma...READ MORE

Our own Professor and Department Chair, Dr. Kari Cooper, a fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Geological Society of America, has now won the American Geophysical Union’s Norman L. Bowen Award...READ MORE

EPS faculty members David Gold, Geerat Vermeij, Sandra Carlson and Ryosuke Motani posted an article about a Nature study. Here's a link to the article...READ MORE