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Emeritus Professor Carl Stock was awarded the Gilbert Harris Award in recognition of career excellence in systematic paleontology. Prof. Stock retired from the faculty in 2008, and dedicated a significant

Dr. Julia Cartwright, assistant professor in our department, has been collaborating with award-winning visual artist Rebecca Rutstein in research to enhance our knowledge of meteorites and to engage and educate

Dr. Alberto Perez-Huerta has been leading a study to investigate the tiny crystals made by bacteria at nanometer scales, and whether they can be used to establish evidence for early

Dr. Becky Totten is one of a team of scientists studying Thwaite’s Glacier in Antarctica, and monitoring its retreat. Their work was recently published in Nature Geoscience, with the lead

One of Dr. Yuehan Lu’s co-authored papers has been recognized as a Wiley top cited paper for the 2020-2021 academic year! Liu et al. (2020), Different carboxyl-rich alicyclic molecules proxy

Friday 15th April, 2022 We were absolutely thrilled to have Dr. Arya Udry, Associate Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, give the seminar on Friday 15th April. Dr.

Dr. Cartwright was recently interviewed by Zeiss Microscopy, following submission of some of her research images to the annual Microscopy Image Contest, 2021. She talks about her research with the

Honors Week 4th – 8th April 2022. We are continually proud of our fantastic students, and were very happy to be celebrating with them this week!   The Honors Day

Graduate student William Clark, who is pursuing a Ph.D. within our department (advisor Dr. Becky Totten), has been selected to participate on IODP expedition 379, to the Iberian Margin in

Dr. Yuehan Lu, associate professor of hydrology, has been chosen as the recipient of the University of Alabama Outstanding Mentor Award! She was nominated by colleagues and former students for