Research Areas

Information for Prospective Graduate Students

Application deadline is DECEMBER 15 for admission for the fall semester of the following year.

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Areas of Research and Study in Earth Sciences

Areas of Research & Study	Department Faculty Members involved in this research	Affiliated Faculty involved in this research
Aqueous Geochemistry	Cara Santelli Bill Seyfried Xinyuan Zheng	Calvin Alexander Brandy Toner
Basin Analysis
Biogeochemical Cycles /Biogeochemistry	Jake Bailey Katsumi Matsumoto Cara Santelli Xinyuan Zheng	Louisa Bradtmiller Dan Engstrom Dylan Millet Brandy Toner
Biomagnetism	Subir Banerjee Bruce Moskowitz Josh Feinberg	Lee Penn
Climate Studies & Paleoclimatology	Subir Banerjee Larry Edwards David Fox Emi Ito Katsumi Matsumoto Vera Pospelova Andy Wickert Xinyuan Zheng	Calvin Alexander Jim Almendinger Louisa Bradtmiller Steve Colman* Mark Edlund Dan Engstrom Paul Glaser Carrie Jennings Dylan Millet
Earth Materials	Josh Feinberg Lars Hansen Marc Hirschmann David Kohlstedt Jim Stout Donna Whitney	Calvin Alexander
Exploration Geophysics		Val Chandler
Geobiology	Jake Bailey Emi Ito Cara Santelli Bill Seyfried Xinyuan Zheng	Brandy Toner
Geochemistry	Larry Edwards Emi Ito Marc Hirschmann Katsumi Matsumoto Cara Santelli Bill Seyfried Xinyuan Zheng	Calvin Alexander Louisa Bradtmiller Dan Engstrom Dylan Millet Lee Penn Brandy Toner
Geochronology	Larry Edwards Xinyuan Zheng	Calvin Alexander Steve Colman* Dan Engstrom Tony Runkel
Geo-cyberinfrastructure	Andy Wickert
Geofluids	Bill Seyfried Ikuko Wada
Geomicrobiology   Geomorphology	Jake Bailey Cara Santelli Bill Seyfried   Chris Paola Andy Wickert	Calvin Alexander Brandy Toner
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics	Ikuko Wada
Geostatistics	Peter Kang Justin Revenaugh
History of Science & Technology	Anna Graber Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
Hydrogeology, Environmental Geology & Geofluids	Peter Kang Crystal Ng Olaf Pfannkuch	Calvin Alexander Jim Almendinger Mark Edlund
Isotope Geochemistry	Larry Edwards David Fox Emi Ito Xinyuan Zheng	Calvin Alexander Louisa Bradtmiller
Karst Hydrogeology	Larry Edwards Josh Feinberg	Calvin Alexander
Limnology	Emi Ito	Jim Almendinger Steve Colman* Mark Edlund Dan Engstrom
Metamorphic Geology	Jim Stout Christian Teyssier Donna Whitney	Annia Fayon John Goodge*
Mineral & Rock Physics	Josh Feinberg Lars Hansen Marc Hirschmann David Kohlstedt	Lee Penn
Numerical Modeling	Peter Kang Crystal Ng Katsumi Matsumoto Justin Revenaugh Ikuko Wada Andy Wickert
Oceanography	Jake Bailey Katsumi Matsumoto Vera Pospelova Bill Seyfried Xinyuan Zheng	Louisa Bradtmiller Brandy Toner
Paleoecology	Jake Bailey David Fox Emi Ito Vera Pospelova	Jim Almendinger Mark Edlund Dan Engstrom Paul Glaser
Paleomagnetism	Subir Banerjee Josh Feinberg Bruce Moskowitz
Paleontology, Geobiology	Jake Bailey David Fox Peter Makovicky Vera Pospelova	Kristina Curry-Rogers Ray Rogers
Petrology	Marc Hirschmann Jim Stout Donna Whitney	John Goodge*
Planetary Geology	Josh Feinberg Marc Hirschmann David Kohlstedt Bill Seyfried Xinyuan Zheng	Vicki Hansen*
Quaternary Geology	David Fox Emi Ito Larry Edwards Vera Pospeolva Harvey Thorleifson Andy Wickert Xinyuan Zheng	Calvin Alexander Jim Almendinger Steve Colman* Karen Gran* Carrie Jennings
Rock & Mineral Magnetism	Subir Banerjee Josh Feinberg Bruce Moskowitz
Sedimentology	Jake Bailey Chris Paola Andy Wickert Xinyuan Zheng	Tony Runkel
Seismology	Max Bezada Justin Revenaugh
Structural Geology	Peter Hudleston Christian Teyssier	Annia Fayon John Goodge* Vicki Hansen*
Surface Processes	Emi Ito Chris Paola Andy Wickert Xinyuan Zheng	Calvin Alexander Steve Colman* Karen Gran* Carrie Jennings
Tectonics	Peter Hudleston Christian Teyssier Ikuko Wada Donna Whitney	Annia Fayon John Goodge* Vicki Hansen*
Volcanology		Ron Morton*

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*In addition to faculty and research at the Twin Cities' campus, many of the faculty members in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University's Duluth campus have graduate advising status in the Earth Sciences Department in the Twin Cities.  These faculty members can serve as members of examining, graduate thesis, and dissertation committees of students studying in the Twin Cities and some can serve as full advisors for Ph.D. students working in Duluth.  Duluth has its own Masters program, however Ph.D. candidates who wish to work with a member of the Duluth faculty must apply through the Twin Cities and meet the same requirements.  More information about the Duluth geosciences department is available on their web site: http://www.d.umn.edu/geology/.  Faculty members in Duluth who have graduate advising status in the Department of Earth Sciences, Twin Cities are

Erik Brown Steve Colman Christina Gallup John Goodge Karen Gran Vicki Hansen Tom Johnson Howard Mooers Ronald Morton John Swenson Nigel Wattrus Josef Werne