The Earth and environmental sciences are aimed at understanding Earth's dynamic history — how Earth "works" and records its origin and age in rocks and landscapes — and how geological processes affect modern environmental and ecological systems. Among the natural sciences, ours is the quintessential interdisciplinary science, providing vital perspective on how Earth's physical and geochemical templates simultaneously sustain and threaten life, and influence human interactions with Earth.
Assistant Professor Guil Gualda has been awarded a prestigious NSF Career grant for his work on
"The Longevity and Evolution of Giant Magma Bodies: A Textural Study of Selected Supereruption Deposits Formed in Different Tectonic Environments Worldwide"
Professor Calvin Miller has been appointed as the William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair of Earth & Environmental Sciences in recognition of his exceptional scholarship.
This is the first endowed chair ever awarded to a member of our department faculty for work done at Vanderbilt. Congratulations to Calvin for being promoted to this prestigious position!
2010 EES Ph.D. graduate, Beth Weinman, has been hired to a tenure-track faculty position in hydrogeology at California State University, Fresno. Congratulations, Dr. Weinman!
Professor Molly Miller recently lead a Geology Walk as part of Mayor Karl Dean's Healthy Nashville Initiative at Percy Warner Park.
FACULTY
John C. Ayers
—
Geochemistry, Experimental Petrology, and Sustainability
Lily Claiborne
—
Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Magma Chamber Processes
Larisa R. G. DeSantis
—
Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleoecology and Paleoclimates
David Jon Furbish
—
Hydrology, Geomorphology, Fluid Mechanics
Jonathan M. Gilligan
—
Atmospheric Science, Science Policy
Steven L. Goodbred, Jr.
—
Sedimentology and Quaternary Environments
Guilherme Gualda
—
Igneous Petrology and Volcanism
George Hornberger
—
Hydrology
Calvin F. Miller
—
Igneous Petrology, Continental Tectonics
Molly F. Miller
—
Paleoecology, Sedimentology
Kinzly Moore
—
Carbonate Petrology, Paleobiology
Daniel Morgan
—
Geomorphology and Geochronology
Jessica Oster
—
Paleoclimatology, Low Temperature Geochemistry, Cave and
Karst Studies
RESEARCH AREAS
| Transport Phenomena — | |
| fluid processes and material transport | |
| Sedimentary Systems — | |
| fluvial, lacustrine, coastal and marine transport and depositional systems | |
| Paleoecology and Paleoenvironments | |
| mid- and high-latitude ecosystems, trace fossils, climate change and continental margins | |
| Magmatic Processes and Crustal Evolution — | |
| magma chamber dynamics and architecture, tectonics and geochronology | |
| Geochemical Processes — | |
| accessory minerals, trace elements and fluid-rock interaction | |
NOTEWORTHY LINKS
Graduate Program Recruiting Brochure 2011
Related Programs at Vanderbilt:
SPEAR - Students Promoting Environmental Awareness and Responsibility
