News

The July 2014 issue of journal GEOLOGY features this cover photo of recent research conducted by   UCSB Earth Science Professor Frank J. Spera and former UCSB Earth Science undergraduate  Constance Christensen

The Earth Science Dept. is seeking a motivated individual for the position of Mechanical Shop Supervisor

As the 2013-2014 school year comes to a close, 24 undergraduate students and 3 graduate TAs under Phil Gans’ leadership began a four-week field camp in NE Nevada.

The Department congratulates the Class of 2014 graduates

Associate Professor Matthew Jackson received the 2014 F.W. Clarke Award for his outstanding series of high impact papers on mantle geochemistry

Professor Cathy Busby will head an international team to study 2 kilometers under the sea

Veronika Kivenson, UCSB Earth Science graduate student, has been awarded a 3-year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Professor Susannah Porter has been chosen to receive this year's UCSB Distinguished Teaching Award for her outstanding teaching and mentoring during the decade that she has been at UCSB.

Ken C. Macdonald, professor emeritus of marine geophysics and earth science

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Prof. Alex Simms has been awarded tenure here at UCSB