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Congratulations to the Class of 2023 and 2022-23 Ph.D. Recipients
May 30, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

The Department of Geosciences congratulates the graduating Class of 2023 and all the 2022 - 23 Ph.D. recipients.

 

Congratulations to Dr. Srijan B. Das for successfully defending his Ph.D. Thesis
May 25, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

Congratulations to Dr. Srijan B. Das on successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis "Magnetoseismology of the Sun and Inferences of Solar Rotation Using Normal Mode Coupling" on Monday, May 22, 2023.

A Hess Distinguished Guest: Professor Barbara Romanowicz (UC Berkeley)
May 25, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

In April-May 2023, Barbara Romanowicz was hosted by the department of Geosciences as a Hess Distinguished Guest.

Congratulations to Dr. Allison K. Hogikyan for successfully defending her Ph.D. Thesis
May 11, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

Congratulations to Dr. Allison K. Hogikyan on successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis "Oxygen, Carbon, Heat: Explorations in Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction" on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

Congratulations to Dr. Devan M. Nisson for successfully defending her Ph.D. Thesis
May 8, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

Congratulations to Dr. Devan M. Nisson on successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis "Hydrogeochemical Support for Microbial Habitability in an Ancient, Hypersaline, Thermal, and Radiogenic Subsurface in South Africa" on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

Earth’s Core Is Leaking, And Scientists Finally Have a Theory Why
May 8, 2023
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Written by Becky Ferreira, Vice Magazine

The core is leaking helium-3, a rare element that is a possible fuel for nuclear fusion and may be a key to the origin of life. (Deng mention)

Srijan Bharati Das completes research certificate at PICSciE Spring Colloquium
April 17, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

As one of the recipient of the 2023 PICSciE Graduate Certificate, Srijan Bharati Das, will present his research seminar titled "Numerical Optimization in Helioseismology and Asteroseismology to Infer Internal Flow and Magnetism" at the PICSciE Spring Colloquium.

Akash Gupta among the recipients of a 51 Pegasi b Fellowship
April 7, 2023
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Written by Emily Schaller, Heising-Simons Foundation

Akash Gupta is the recipient of a 51 Pegasi b Fellowship from the Heising-Simons Foundation. Gupta will join the Geosciences Department as a Harry H. Hess Postdoctoral Fellow, and the Departments of Geosciences and Astrophysics as a Future Faculty in the Physical Sciences Fellow in the Fall of 2023.

Recent GEO/AOS graduate student awards
April 4, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

Several GEO/AOS graduate students have received recent awards. Congratulations to all on their great work!


 

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What can brittle stars tell us about the response of marine species to climate warming?
March 3, 2023
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Written by Tom Garlinghouse, for High Meadows Environmental Institute

A recent study conducted on coral reefs along the coast of Panama is helping to shed light on how marine species are impacted by an increasingly warming planet. The results of this study have implications for the diverse marine animals that live in coral reefs and may help scientists better understand the complex dynamic between climate change and ecosystems. (Deutsch mention)

Makoto Suwa *07 has been selected as an astronaut by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
March 1, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

Geosciences Ph.D. graduate, Makoto Suwa *07, has been selected as an astronaut by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Princeton on ice: Documenting climate change at the ends of the Earth
Feb. 28, 2023
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Written by Liz Fuller-Wright and Denise Valenti, Office of Communications

“Three and a half million years ago, Earth’s climate was warmer than today’s by about 2 degrees — just what we’re worried about in the next half century,” said climate scientist John Higgins, an associate professor of geosciences at Princeton. 

Ching-Yao Lai, and others, awarded NSF-NERC grant to pursue research on melting ice sheets in Greenland
Feb. 27, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

In February 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.K. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) awarded Ching-Yao Lai, Assistant Professor of Geosciences and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Prof. Leigh Stearns (KU), Prof. Laura Stevens (OXFORD) and Prof. Ian Hewitt (OXFORD) a collaborative grant to pursue research in surface-to-bed meltwater pathways across the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Jie Deng, and others, selected for inclusion in the APS "Physical Review B" Editor’s Suggestion and Outreach-to-the-Press
Feb. 23, 2023
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Written by The Department of Geosciences

On January 20, 2023, American Physical Society (APS) notified Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Jie Deng, that his journal article “Melting of MgSiO3 determined by machine-learned potentials" has been selected for the Physical Review B (PRB) Editors’ Suggestion, as well as their Outreach-to-the-Press program.