Researchers Solve Mystery of 'Dinky' Dinosaur’s Unusually Long Stride
2024 Department of Geology
Ancient Sunken Seafloor Reveals Earth’s Deep Secrets
Associate Professor Nicholas Schmerr Helped Develop Lunar Instrument Chosen for Upcoming NASA Artemis Mission
UMD Geology Ph.D. Student Sourabh Shubham Helps Discover Giant Volcano on Mars
Faculty and Student Awards
Graduate Student Madeline Raith won a NASA FINESST Award to study Mars mineralogy.
- Professor Sarah Penniston-Dorland has been elected president of the Mineralogical Society of America
- Alan Jay Kaufman has been named a 2024 Distinguished University Professor read more...
- Graduate Student Zach Vig was awarded Best Student Talk at the 2024 NASA Exploration Science Forum. His talk was titled Visible Near-Infrared Spectral Evidence for Olivine in the Gruithuisen Domes. Watch his talk here.
- Graduate Student Tytrice Faison received an Honorable Mention for her presentation at the campus-wide Three-Minute Thesis competition. Her talk was titled "UMD: Unravel Meteoritic Dating".
Upcoming Events
Colloquium - Michael Brown from UMD Department of Geology
Friday, November 22, 2024
11:00 am
ESJ 0215
Is plate tectonics a post-Archean phenomenon? A petrological perspective