Sarah Penniston-Dorland Named Chair of UMD’s Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Graduates!
Faculty and Student Awards
Professor Sujay Kaushal has been selected as a fellow of the International Association of Geochemistry for his significant contributions to the field of geochemistry.
- Graduate Student Elizabeth Huang recently competed in the final round of the Graduate School's 3 Minute Thesis competition. Click to watch her presentation. read more...
- James Farquhar Named 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science read more...
- Jay Kaufman is the recipient of the 2026 the Francis J. Pettijohn Medal for Sedimentology, awarded by the Society for Sedimentary Geology.
- Dr. Sujay Kaushal was named the Goldschmidt Conference F. Earl Ingersol Lecturer for the upcoming meeting in July in Montreal.
Upcoming Events
Mikayla Williams Thesis Defense
Thursday, July 9, 2026
11:00 am EDT
ESJ 1224
Using Isotopologues to Investigate Methane Dynamics in Well Waters and Wetlands
Informal Seminar: Timm John from Freie Universität Berlin
Thursday, July 9, 2026
1:30 pm EDT
Exploring the potential of chemical enhanced geothermal energy with petrological tools
Special Seminar: Timm John from Freie Universität Berlin
Friday, July 10, 2026
11:00 am EDT
CHM 0215
Dehydration of subducting plates: slow structures, fluxes, and timescales