Research

Dr. Robinson and her research in the news

Take time and check out the last news about Dr. Delores Robinson’s research on oil and gas exploration in northeast Pakistan: https://www.ua.edu/news/2018/01/partnership-brings-ua-pakistan-researchers-together/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=News%20-%20Faculty%20and%20Staff

Greg Brenn and Samantha Hansen publish in Geology

Recent M.S. graduate Greg Brenn (soon joining Geoscience Australia) and his adviser, Samantha Hansen, recently published his thesis research in Geology, their research is featured on the cover.  This publication

Rebecca Minzoni’s ice shelf research profiled in Eos.

Eos features paleoclimate research Dr. Rebecca Minzoni presented at the recent American Geophysical Union meeting. Her work on West Antarctic ice shelf variation, using sedimentology and micropaleontology, not only reveals

Hanna Reed wins an award by the SIPES

Congratulation to Hannah Reed (https://geo.ua.edu/grad-student-profile/hanna-wright/) who won the Marvolene Speed Bennett and Carleton D. Speed, Jr. Endowed Fund Award; this award is given by the Society of Independent Professional Earth

Matt Wielicki quoted in EARTH magazine.

A recent study concerning the origin of early zircons quotes Matt Wielicki, who’s research at UCLA prior to joining Alabama, led to very different conclusions. These investigations are central to

Tom Tobin’s research featured in Eos

Tom Tobin was quoted in a recent article in the American Geophysical Union’s publications Eos that focused on his and other recent publications concerning the events leading to the extinction

Way to go DGS!

Please note that our Department has an exceptional presence in the last issue of GSA Today (http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/26/7/flip/i1052-5173-26-7/#p=30). Graduate students from DGS won four GSA graduate research awards this year. Peng

Grad Students Win EPA’s P3 Competition Award

Congratulations to Peng Shang (PhD student) and Zachary Stephens (undergraduate student) for being part of a winning team receiving the EPA’s P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) competition award. They