Soft-bodied Ediacaran macrofossil (Dickinsonia) from South Australia Read more >> State-of-the-art immersive Visualization Lab Read more >> The Mineralogical and Geological Museum hold vast geological... Read more >> Molecular Biogeochemistry and Organic Geochemistry Read more >> Ages and isotopes of particles from Comet P/Wild-2 Read more >> Anisotropy of the Earth's Inner and Innermost Inner Core Read more >> 3D Structural Modelling Read more >> Crustal Dynamics & Theoretical Geomorphology... Read more >> Yuty crater on Mars, with a diameter of 18 km Read more >> Anisotropy of the Earth's Inner and Innermost Inner Core Read more >> Geophysics at Harvard University spans the study of the Earth from the inner core to the crust... Read more >>

Read more >>  December 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake Read more >> Geofluids and Magmatic Processes Read more >> Paleographic distribution of glacial deposits... Read more >> Monument Fold Read more >> Composite carbon isotope record of marine carbonates... Read more >> Radiation from jumps in rupture speed Read more >> Crustal Dynamics & Theoretical Geomorphology... Read more >> Student field work in Namibia Read more >> The vortices in this image were created when... Read more >> The goal of research in atmosphere, ocean and climate dynamics... Read more >> Paleomagnetic, isotopic, and stratigraphic evidence... Read more >>

• James G. Anderson
  Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry. Gas-phase kinetics of free radicals; catalytic processes in the atmosphere controlling global change of ozone; high-altitude experiments from balloons and aircraft; development of laser systems for stratospheric and tropospheric studies; development of high-altitude, long-duration unmanned aircraft for studies of global change. (617) 495-5922
• Jeremy Bloxham
  Harvard College Professor and Mallinckrodt Professor of Geophysics and Dean of Sciences. Planetary magnetic fields, dynamo theory, structure and dynamics of the earth's core and lower mantle, inverse theory, mathematical geophysics (617) 495-9517.
• Adam M. Dziewonski
  Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science. Theoretical seismology, internal structure of the earth, seismic tomography, earthquake source mechanisms, geodynamics. (617) 495-2510
• Brian F. Farrell
  Robert P. Burden Professor of Meteorology. Explosive development of tropical and mid-latitude cyclones, predictability of weather regimes, dynamics of glacial and equable paleoclimates. (617) 495-2998
• John P. Holdren
  Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy in Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, at Harvard University. Causes and consequences of global environmental change, sustainable development, energy technology and policy, nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, and science and technology policy. (617) 495-1464 (617) 496-7203
• Peter Huybers
  Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Paleoclimate --- to include glacial cycles, ocean circulation, and Earth's surface temperature --- explored through observational analysis and mathematical models. (617) 495-8391
• Miaki Ishii
  Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Internal structure of the earth, seismic source imaging, signal processing, theoretical seismology, and geodynamics. (617) 384-8066
• Daniel J. Jacob
  Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering. Air pollution, atmospheric transport, regional and global atmospheric chemistry, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, climate change. (617) 495-1794
• Stein B. Jacobsen
  Professor of Geochemistry. Isotope geochemistry and cosmochemistry; the formation and early differentiation of the terrestrial planets; the chemical evolution of Earth's crust-mantle system; Earth systems evolution and environmental geochemistry. (617) 495-5233
• David Johnston
  Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Fall 2009. Isotope geochemistry and historical geobiology. Re-animating ancient ecosystems and ocean chemistry using stable isotope systems, chemical speciation techniques, modern microbial experiments ( for calibration) and theoretical considerations.
• Andrew H. Knoll
  Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Paleontology and sedimentary geology of Precambrian terrains; evolution of vascular plants in geologic time. (617) 495-9306
• Zhiming Kuang
  Assistant Professor of Climate Science. Tropical convection and large scale atmosphere-ocean dynamics. (617) 495-2354
• Charles H. Langmuir
  Higgins Professor of Geochemistry. The solid earth geochemical cycle, petrology, volcanology, ocean ridges, convergent margins, ocean islands, composition and evolution of the earth's mantle. (617) 384-9948
• Francis Macdonald
  Assistant Professor Of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Summer 2009. Earth history; field geology; tectonics; co-evolution of the crust, the ocean, climate, and life as revealed through field and geochemical studies of the stratigraphic record.
• Charles R. Marshall
  Professor of Biology and Geology. Nature and causes of evolutionary innovation and extinction over geological time scales, using techniques in paleontology, developmental biology, statistics, molecular and morphological phylogenetics. (617) 495-2572
• Scot T. Martin
  Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry. Atmospheric particles, cloud formation, and climate change; energy, pollution, and climate; mineral origins of life; energy technology; biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks.
• James J. McCarthy
  Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography. Biological oceanography, phytoplankton ecology, nitrogen nutrition of phytoplankton. (617) 495-2330
• Michael B. McElroy
  Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies. Chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans, including interactions with the biosphere, evolution of planetary atmospheres. (617) 495-4359
• Brendan Meade
  Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Active tectonics; dynamics of fault systems and plate boundary zones; theoretical geomorphology. (617)495-8921.
• Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
  Assistant Professor of Geochemistry co-Director of Graduate Studies. Noble gas geochemistry; record of cosmic dust flux from sediments, production rates of cosmogenic nuclides and application to surface exposure dating, low temperature thermochronology, chemical evolution of the mantle-crust-atmosphere system. (617) 496-6441
• Richard J. O'Connell
  Professor of Geophysics. Geodynamics: mantle flow, convection and plate tectonics; models of tectonic processes; elasticity and rheology of rocks and minerals. (617) 495-2532
• Ann Pearson
  Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and co-Head Tutor. Carbon isotope biogeochemistry; compound-specific d13C and D14C analysis of lipids and RNA; global organic carbon cycle; microbial metabolism in anoxic marine systems; sources of carbon to marine sediments. (617) 384-8392
• James R. Rice
  Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics. Theoretical mechanics in seismology, tectonophysics and surficial processes; physics of earthquakes, environmental geomechanics. (617) 495-3445
• Allan R. Robinson
  Gordon McKay Research Professor of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Physical and dynamical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, numerical models of ocean currents and interdisciplinary modeling, design and interpretation of field experiments. (617) 495-2819
• Daniel Schrag
  Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and Director of Harvard University Center for the Environment Geochemical oceanography, paleoclimatology, stable isotope geochemistry. (617) 495-7676
• John H. Shaw
  Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology and Department Chair. Structure of the earth's crust, active faulting and folding, earthquake hazards assessment, petroleum exploration methods, and remote sensing. (617) 495-8008
• Sarah T. Stewart-Mukhopadhyay
  Assistant Professor of Planetary Science. Experimental and computational study of impact processes; collisional processing and evolution of comets, asteroids and planetary surfaces; physical properties of planetary materials. (617) 496-6462
• Eli Tziperman
  Pamela and Vasco McCoy, Jr. Professor of Oceanography and Applied Physics and Co-Director of Graduate Studies. Large scale climate and ocean dynamics, including El Nino, thermohaline circulation, abrupt climate change, glacial cycles and equable climates (617) 384-8381
• Steven C. Wofsy
  Abbot Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science and co-Head Tutor. Chemistry of the atmosphere on global and regional scales, including stratospheric and tropospheric chemistry. (617) 495-4566

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The mission of Harvard's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is to be at the forefront of scientific discovery of the Earth system and to help address pressing societal issues through innovative, interdisciplinary research and education. We embrace our central role at the university as an integrator of the physical and life sciences, pure and applied, and seek to further strengthen our interactions with colleagues in the social sciences and humanities that share a sense of stewardship for the Earth and the environment.