
University of Maryland Geophysicist Helps Identify Moonquake Dangers that Could Threaten Future Missions
Faculty and Student Awards

PhD Candidate Kathryn Gansler received 2nd place for her talk in the Student Oral and Poster Competitions at the NASA Exploration Science Forum.
- Michael Brown has been named a Distinguished University Professor for 2025. read more...
- Professor emerita Ann Wylie has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). read more...
- Graduate Student Ashley Hanna won an Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the AGU 2024 Annual Meeting.
- Graduate student Karla Núñez has been selected for the Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Upcoming Events
Colloquium - Matthew Jackson from University of California, Santa Barbara
Friday, October 10, 2025
11:00 am
ESJ 0215
A “Hotspot highway” that extends back into the Cretaceous Pacific… and into the Tonga Trench
Colloquium - Admin Husic from Virginia Tech
Friday, October 17, 2025
11:00 am
ESJ 0215
TBD
Colloquium - Austin Green from Virginia Tech
Friday, October 24, 2025
11:00 am
ESJ 0215
A Tale of Two Lithospheres: The Geodynamic Controls on the Habitability of Europa’s Subsurface Ocean