Laura K. Lautz, Chair
204 Heroy Geology Laboratory,
315-443-2672
Faculty
Suzanne L. Baldwin, Marion E. Bickford, Daniel Curewtiz (lecturer), Paul G. Fitzgerald, Gregory D. Hoke, Linda C. Ivany, Christopher Junium, Jeffrey A. Karson, Laura K. Lautz, Zunli Lu, Robert Moucha, Cathryn R. Newton, Scott D. Samson, Christopher A. Scholz, Donald I. Siegel, Jay Thomas, Bruce H. Wilkinson
Graduate study in the Department of Earth Sciences offers students opportunities for field-based geological and geophysical research worldwide. Ongoing research in the Department is focused primarily in the areas of environmental geology/global change and tectonics/crustal evolution-two of the most rapidly developing areas of the earth sciences. The Department is housed in the William B. Heroy Geology Laboratory, which contains state-of-the-art analytical and computing facilities, modern well-equipped teaching spaces, and a dedicated Earth Sciences library. All of the faculty are engaged in research and teaching.
The Department typically has a combination of students pursuing either the M.S. or Ph.D. degree. Several of our faculty-led research projects are large collaborative, multi-institutional, multi-national programs that afford our graduate students opportunities to work in diverse parts of the world with teams of internationally recognized scholars. Department faculty and graduate students are currently pursuing field studies world wide.
Admission
Incoming students are expected to have two semesters of the following courses: calculus, chemistry, and physics or biology. In addition, incoming students need at least three distribution courses in the Earth Sciences, such as: paleobiology, sedimentology, mineralogy, structural geology, tectonics, geochemistry, geophysics, climatology, paleooceanography, paleoclimatology, marine geology, and/or hydrogeology. Students are strongly encouraged to have participated in an approved summer field course or comparable field experience. Substitutions may be granted upon petition of the Department.