EAS Professor Emeritus David Bish Receives Clay Minerals Society’s Highest Award. As a part of receiving this prestigious award, Prof. Bish will present next year at the CMS 59th Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.
EAS Professor Simon Brassell has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). This honor, bestowed on only 0.1% of AGU’s more than 60,000 members, was given to Simon for his “pioneering work on using molecular geochemistry for the study of ancient climates and the genesis of hydrocarbons.”
Claudia Johnson named Herman B. Wells Professor. The award is not only a well-deserved recognition of Professor Johnson’s accomplishments, but it benefits the department to have been bestowed on one of our own faculty (not to mention the direct benefits we receive from Claudia’s work over the years she has been here). Congratulations, Claudia, and thank you for all you do for the department and the university!
EAS Faculty Member Ben Kravitz Named Top Climate Scientest by Reuters.
Quoting Reuters: “Even the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the enormous challenges the scientists confront. Echoing divisive skirmishes over climate change, politics and science have done battle, as some governments appeared to dismiss or minimize established research on the virus’ spread. And despite a drop of 7% in emissions last year as the world ground almost to a halt, carbon dioxide levels continued to rise and are higher than at any point in human history. No year was hotter than 2020.”
EAS Professor Travis O’Brien is working on a DOE project studying water resources.
Quoting News at IU Bloomington: “At a time when a drought is affecting the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River system, Indiana University professor Travis O’Brien and a team of scientific colleagues are embarking on a monumental U.S. Department of Energy project to better predict the future of water availability in the West.”
EAS Dr. Shelby Rader Promoted to Assistant Professor.
Dr. Shelby Rader has accepted our offer of an assistant professorship in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. She will start in that role January 1. She has been part of our department for two years, teaching and working in the Metal Isotopes Lab.
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