The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is a research-oriented department that takes pride in its instruction of graduates and undergraduates. Boasting a world-class faculty of 26 Ph.D.'s, including three National Academy of Sciences members, and state-of-the art lab equipment (including 7 mass spectrometers), we are leaders in the fields of Biogeochemistry/Paleoceanography, Basin Analysis, Volcanology, and Quaternary Studies. We share four faculty with the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (ranked 9th amongst oceangraphic institution in the U.S. based on NSF funding), two with the Department of Environmental Sciences, and one with the Department of Anthropology. Our undergraduate major is personal with class sizes of about 10; undergraduates find universal employment in the environmental industry or attend the best graduate programs in the country. Our graduate major is also personal (30 students) and provides a fostering, yet challenging environment. Recent Ph.D.'s have obtained professorial or research positions at first-tiered universities. We serve over 2,500 undergraduate students per year teaching introductory courses.

We encourage potential students (both graduate and undergraduate) to visit our department and see what we have to offer.

General Information and Facilities

The main offices of the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences are located on the Busch Campus in Wright Geological Laboratory (photo, right), where all upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses are taught and where many introductory and survey courses are taught. Additional offices and labs are located in the nearby Geological Sciences Lab Building (at the intersection of Taylor Road and Bevier Road) on the Busch Campus. The Department also maintains a teaching lab on the Douglass Campus, a rock preparation and core-storage facility on the Livingston Campus, and a Geology Museum on the Old Queens part of the College Avenue Campus.

Main Office: Room 250, Wright Geological Laboratory
Phone: (732) 445-2044
Fax: (732) 445-3374

Department Chair: Prof. Carl Swisher, WL-343, (732) 445-5363, cswish@rci.rutgers.edu
Grad Director & Vice Chair: Prof. Kenneth Miller, WL-246, (732) 445-3622, kgm@rci.rutgers.edu
Undergraduate Director: Prof. Craig Feibel, WL-238, (732) 445-2721, feibel@rci.rutgers.edu

Mailing Address: Department of Geological Sciences, Wright Geological Laboratory, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066 U.S.A.
Shipping Address: Department of Geological Sciences, Wright Geological Laboratory, 610 Taylor Road, Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ 08854 U.S.A.

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