Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Fellow, the American Geophysical Union
Research Interests
molecular and isotopic characteristics of organic matter; biogeochemical processes; paleoclimates; biochemical evolution; petroleum carbon cycling
Adjunct Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research Interests
Matt is an adjunct professor in the Earth and Atmospheric Science Department and he leads the Wind Plant Physics Computational Fluid Dynamics group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Malcolm and Sylvia Boyce Chair in Geological Sciences
Research Interests
sedimentology; stratigraphy; geomorphology of depositional sedimentary systems
Senior Lecturer, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Director, Analytical Geochemistry Laboratory
Executive Director, IU Geologic Field Station
Research Interests
stable isotopes in sedimentary environments and ore deposits; metals in the environment; tropical soils; low temperature hydrothermal rockwater interactions; microbial activity
Assistant Research Scientist
Research Interests
I use regional and global climate simulations to examine how climate engineering solutions like marine sky brightening and stratospheric aerosol injection affect regional and global weather and climate patterns.
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
I am a seismologist using both seismological observations and numerical simulations to understand the structure, seismic activity, and deformation of major tectonic plate boundaries.
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests
seismotectonics; volcanology; interplate deformation; earth science education
Senior Research Scientist, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Edward Herrmann is a geoarchaeologist who uses methods and theories developed in the geosciences to study archaeological questions, and is a faculty member in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
Research Interests
geoarchaeology; sedimentation and stratigraphy; deposition and geomorphology in fluvial systems
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Class of 1948 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor
Director, Center for Biological Research Collections
Professor Johnson, who came to IU in 1995, is a paleo-ecologist who studies climate, extinction and reef ecosystems.
Research Interests
geobiology; Caribbean geology; reefs. evolution of rudistid bivalves; paleoclimate
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Interim Chair, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Judson Mead Professor of Geophysics
Research Interests
active deformation of the crust; earthquakes; earthquake cycle deformation; fault friction; mechanical modeling
Assistant Professor
I am a sedimentary geochemist and paleoclimatologist.
Research Interests
terrestrial paleoclimate, sedimentary records, soils and pedogenic carbonate, clumped isotopes, triple oxygen isotopes
Lecturer
Research Interests:
Igneous petrology; Radiogenic isotopes; Mineral chemistry
Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests
atmospheric dynamics (mesoscale); nonlinear dynamical systems; ensemble data assimilation; tropical cyclones; numerical weather prediction
Senior Lecturer, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests
atmospheric hazards; numerical weather prediction; climatology of severe weather
Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies
Research Interests
I am interested in using climate models to explore radiative forcing, climate response, and climate system feedbacks.
Senior Scientist, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Fellow of the Geological Society of America, Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists
Director, Microprobe Lab
Research Interests
petrogenesis; tectonic settings of mafic; ultramafic rocks
Assistant Professor
I study the dynamics of ice streams and outlet glaciers.
Research Interests
glaciology, ice-stream dynamics, Antarctica, Greenland
Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Associate, The Stone Age Institute
Adjunct Professor, Anthropology
Affiliate Faculty, African Studies Program, Indiana University
Research Interests
paleoanthropology; paleontology; early hominid evolution and environments in Olduvai Gorge and other areas in East Africa
Assistant Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests
Research within Travis’ group focuses on understanding what controls weather and climate phenomena that impact human and natural systems.
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS)
Chair, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests
vertebrate paleontology, mammalian paleontology, quantitative evolution, biotic responses to changing earth systems
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
My research generally focuses on the interactions between geology, chemistry, and biology in an attempt to understand how geochemical processes may ultimately influence ourselves and the world we interact with.
Assistant Scientist, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Assistant Director, Stable Isotope Research Facility
My research makes use of geochemical proxies to reconstruct the paleoclimatic history of the earth.
Research Interests
stable isotopes (C, N, H, O); paleoclimatic records from sediments, tree-rings, and soils; transformations of organic matter during diagenesis and maturation of oil and coal
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Sorby Medalist
Research Interests
early diagenetic mineral formation in shales; preservation of microbes in mudstones; provenance of quartz in mudstones
Senior Scientist, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Interests
stable isotopes in fossil fuels; stable isotopes in biomass; paleoclimatology of laminated sediments
Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests
atmospheric dynamics; climatecloud interactions; remote instrumentation; climate change
Assistant Professor
Lee J. Suttner Professor
Research Interests
Dr. Stevens Goddard combines fieldwork with analytical techniques such as thermochronology and geochronology to understand the timing and rates of Earth processes over geologic time.
Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Robert R. Shrock Professor of Surficial and Sedimentary Geology
Research Interests
geomorphology
Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Health
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS)
Research Interests
geochemistry and isotopes; thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions; carbon sequestration; geochemical modeling
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