Message from the Chair
Hello Earth and Planetary Science Alumni, The 2025–26 academic year is underway, marking the start of my fifth year as chair. Hard to believe four years have already flown by! One of the true highlights of this role—and something I look forward to every year—is meeting and working with our incredible alumni... Read More: Message from the Chair
Notes from the Field
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Life at Sea: Testing New Tools to Explore the Ocean Floor
The ocean floor holds secrets stretching back millions of years. Beneath that surface, the top 10 meters of sediment contain a detailed record of how land, sea, and atmosphere have interacted over... Life at Sea: Testing New Tools to Explore the Ocean Floor -
Drilling into Earth's Ancient Climate: PEP-US Returns to Medford, NJ
Medford, NJ — The Paleogene Earth Perturbations–U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain (PEP-US) project is set to return to Medford, New Jersey, from September 22 to October 3 to drill two new scientific... Drilling into Earth's Ancient Climate: PEP-US Returns to Medford, NJ -
Seeds, insects and secrets: ASU students help decode lake’s climate story
This article was originally posted on ASU News and can be accessed by clicking here. A site in northern Kenya has yielded 1.5-million-year-old fossils. Louise N. Leakey Sediment cores, fossils... Seeds, insects and secrets: ASU students help decode lake’s climate story -
Partial solar eclipse will be visible in these US states this weekend
This article was originally written by Julia Jacobo and can be accessed on the abcNews website. Click here to watch Luju's feature on abcNews! A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the U.S... Partial solar eclipse will be visible in these US states this weekend -
The Most Cost-Effective Approaches to Protect Against Rising Seas Are Flexible, Adaptable
Scientists are analyzing approaches to decision-making on preserving coastal infrastructure over time to find optimal solutions. Matthew Drews This article was originally posted on Rutgers Today and... The Most Cost-Effective Approaches to Protect Against Rising Seas Are Flexible, Adaptable -
Life-Bearing Water Arrived on Earth Later Rather Than Sooner
This article was written by Kitta MacPherson on February 3, 2025. The original article can be found on Rutgers Today. Insight by Rutgers professor could aid the understanding of how and when life... Life-Bearing Water Arrived on Earth Later Rather Than Sooner -
A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Two Different Species of Human Ancestors at Same Spot
This article was originally posted on rutgers.edu and can be viewed by clicking here. A site in northern Kenya has yielded 1.5-million-year-old fossils. Louise N. Leakey Discovery by international... A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5-Million-Year-Old Footprints of Two Different Species of Human Ancestors at Same Spot
Alumni Spotlights
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Spotlight on Alumni
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Faculty & Staff Updates
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EPS Welcomes Our Newest Faculty Member Dr. Yoshinori Miyazaki!
EPS welcomes our newest faculty member, Dr. Yoshinori Miyazaki! Yoshi joins us from Caltech, where he spent four years as a Stanback Postdoctoral Fellow. He received his B.Sc. from the University of... EPS Welcomes Our Newest Faculty Member Dr. Yoshinori Miyazaki! -
EPS Welcomes Our Newest Faculty Member Dr. Shaunna Morrison!
Shaunna joins us from the Carnegie Science Earth and Planets Laboratory (EPL) after spending 5 years there as an Endowed Carnegie Research Scientist. Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral fellow at... EPS Welcomes Our Newest Faculty Member Dr. Shaunna Morrison!
