114 Shideler Hall
phone: 513.529.3216
fax: 513.529.1542
Department of Geology
Welcome,
Do you enjoy physical as well as intellectual challenges? Do you like to travel to interesting locations around the world? Does working with others who have diverse interests and backgrounds to solve multifaceted problems appeal to you? If so, then consider joining us for a major in geology, earth science or environmental earth science,leading to an exciting career in geological or environmental sciences..
News & Events
Miami Geologist in National Geographic. Assistant professor Ellen Currano discusses fossil fuels and climate. To read the complete news article please click here.
Students receive Geological Society of America research grants and scholarships. The Geological Society of America (GSA) awarded two competitive scholarships to senior geology and environmental earth science major Jena Long. Jena received one of twelve GAS/ExxonMobil Field Camp Scholar Awards for participation in a summer field geology program, and she received one of seven GSA/Subaru Minority Scholarships for students who show academic promise in the geosciences. To read the complete news article please click here.
John Rakovan and Elisabeth Widom awarded Fulbrights for research. John Rakovan and Elisabeth Widom, professors of geology and environmental earth science, have been awarded grants fromt he Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program to pursue research in Poland and Mexico, respectively, for spring and summer 2012. To read the complete news article please click here.
About Us
Miami 's Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science is located in Shideler Hall. It consists of 13 faculty members, three technical staff members, two support staff members, 57 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate students. The undergraduate and graduate curricula offer many classroom and field opportunities for majors and non-majors, including our summer field program at our Field Station in Dubois, Wyoming.
The Department maintains active research programs in geomicrobiology, geomorphology, hydrogeology, igneous petrology, isotope geochemistry, low-temperature geochemistry, geophysics, mineralogy and crystallography, mineral surface geochemistry, paleobiology, sedimentology and stratigraphy, structural geology, tectonics, and volcanology.
The Department occupies approximately 19,000 square feet of space in Shideler Hall, a three-story building shared with the Department of Geography. Shideler Hall houses research laboratories for the investigation of a variety of earth materials and processes. Many of these laboratories support material preparation and analysis using departmental instrumentation. For a list research facilities available click here.