Faculty & Staff Updates

Honoring an EPS Fixture Written by Dr. Gail Ashley and Dr. Martha Withjack It is with great sadness that we report the death of our colleague, Robert E. Sheridan, on October 7, 2021. Bob was a dedicated teacher, mentor, and scholar, and he was a strong advocate for a comprehensive, rigorous...

Examining Volcanic Magmas and Planetary Interiors Ben joined EPS in 2021 after spending 5 years at CUNY City as an Assistant Professor. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, and he received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ben’s research relates the...

Saying Goodbye After Teaching Paleontology for Over Four Decades  Written by Ken Miller Following 42 years of teaching, research, and service, Distinguished Professor George McGhee retired in 2020 and assumed a position as Emeritus Professor. George received his PhD under David Raup from the...

Look to the Red Planet and Beyond! Written by Lauren Neitzke Adamo Dr. Lujendra (Luju) Ojha joined the faculty in Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) in 2019 after completing a prestigious Balustein Postdoctoral Fellow and a Research Scientist, in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at...

End of an Era with Dr. Gail Ashley's Retirement Written by Jim Browning After teaching Sedimentology to several generations of geology students and supervising 39 graduate students, Distinguished Professor Gail Ashley retired at the end of 2018. Gail received her PhD from the University of British...

Studying and Teaching About the Building Blocks of Our Solar System Written by Lauren Neitzke Adamo The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) would like to welcome Dr. Katherine Bermingham to the faculty. Katherine joined EPS in January 2020 after spending 2 years as a Research...