Researchers Solve Mystery of 'Dinky' Dinosaur’s Unusually Long Stride
2024 Department of Geology
Ancient Sunken Seafloor Reveals Earth’s Deep Secrets
Associate Professor Nicholas Schmerr Helped Develop Lunar Instrument Chosen for Upcoming NASA Artemis Mission
UMD Geology Ph.D. Student Sourabh Shubham Helps Discover Giant Volcano on Mars
Faculty and Student Awards
Professor Sarah Penniston-Dorland has been elected president of the Mineralogical Society of America
- Alan Jay Kaufman has been named a 2024 Distinguished University Professor read more...
- Graduate Student Zach Vig was awarded Best Student Talk at the 2024 NASA Exploration Science Forum. His talk was titled Visible Near-Infrared Spectral Evidence for Olivine in the Gruithuisen Domes. Watch his talk here.
- Graduate Student Tytrice Faison received an Honorable Mention for her presentation at the campus-wide Three-Minute Thesis competition. Her talk was titled "UMD: Unravel Meteoritic Dating".
- Graduate Student Elaine Jaross been selected to receive an Outstanding Student Presentation Award for her presentation at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Upcoming Events
Saffat Shahid Thesis Defense
Thursday, November 14, 2024
9:00 am
PHY 4221
Using Bayesian Electrical Resistivity Inversion To Reveal Hillslope Dry-Up Process In A Mediterranean Climate
John Harris Thesis Defense
Friday, November 15, 2024
1:00 pm
IRB 1116
Geomorphic and hydrologic characteristics of small urbanized tributaries to a Fall Zone stream
Christiana Hoff Dissertation Defense
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
12:30 pm
ESJ 2309
Natural and Experimental Constraints on Lithium Incorporation and Diffusion in Garnet as an Indicator of Fluid Rock Interaction