From the September 2021 Desktop News | Dr. Alberto Pérez-Huerta, a professor of geological sciences at The University of Alabama, hopes to change the way people think of geology’s role in the emergence of life on Earth. In July 2020, Pérez-Huerta received an EAGER grant from the National Science Foundation to help him not only […]
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A&S in the News: March 28 – April 3, 2021
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for Moundville’s BirdFest, research on groundwater’s impact, and more. […]
Groundwater Impact on Oceans Cannot Be Ignored, Major Study Finds
Dr. Natasha Dimova, an associate professor of geological sciences, co-authored a novel international review of available investigations that found groundwater’s influence on oceans is a critical component of coastal ecosystems’ health. […]
A&S in the News: October 25-31, 2020
Read local, national, and world news that feature faculty, students, and alumni from the College of Arts & Sciences. Most recently, the College is trending in the news for the upcoming elections, fundraising records, and more. […]
Making a Polar Impact
From the September 2020 Desktop News | Asmara Lehrmann is deeply connected to all sides of her identity. A PhD student in geology at The University of Alabama with a passion for paleontology and climate change, her geologist father and Indonesian-immigrant mother both influenced the path she’s on today. “My mother’s family lives in Jakarta, […]
UA Professor Awarded NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award
From the June 2020 Desktop News | For Dr. Alain Plattner, a research lab isn’t just a place to make groundbreaking discoveries or work on a singular idea. To him, it’s the perfect place to cultivate a new generation of scientists—a place where his students can explore their own ideas and build off of one […]
Mapping New Mexico
Each summer, UA’s department of geological sciences sends a group of undergraduate students to New Mexico to practice field skills they’ll use in their future careers as geologists. […]
UA Research Looks to Asteroid Belt for Clues on Early Solar System
Dr. Julia Cartwright, assistant professor of geological sciences, is leading a three-year, more than $400,000 grant from NASA to test whether meteorites from the asteroid belt reveal more about the activity of the solar system billions of years ago. […]
Doctoral Student Selected for Prestigious Marine Policy Fellowship
From the September 2019 Desktop News | Geosciences Ph.D. candidate, Christine Bassett, was recently selected as a member of the 2020 class for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s highly-competitive Sea Grant fellowship links science with public policy, and pairs fellows with agencies and elected officials to […]
Breaking the Ice: Taking a Non-traditional Approach to Academia
From the June 2019 Desktop News | When Victoria Fitzgerald arrived at UA to begin her PhD in January, she thought she would spend most of her time studying the Jurassic Period eolian rock formations of Alabama, extending her master’s program research. She thought most of her time would be spent in the Center for […]