.

FEATURED FACULTY

Sarah
Feakins

Professor Feakins uses organic geochemical and compound-specific carbon and hydrogen isotopic approaches to answer intriguing questions about climatic and ecological change. An exciting application of this research has been linking compound-specific carbon isotopic reconstruction of vegetation changes with the evidence for faunal and hominin evolution in northeast Africa. Current projects center on the development of hydrogen isotopic proxies for paleohydrology in southern California. more

RESEARCH CENTERS

Marine aspects of Earth System HistorySouthern California Earthquake Center
Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
USC Graduate Student in Residence at the Los Angeles County Museum
 

Earth Sciences at USC
Striving to achieve excellence in research
that will dominate science
in the 21st century.

 

RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS

climate
Conducting research that will lead to an understanding of how, where and why climate changes occur on this planet and, how that can be utilized by society.

geobiology
Collaborations across institutions worldwide as well as many fields of science, including geology, biology, chemistry, paleontology, molecular genetics, and genomics.

geophysics
Combines traditional geophysical disciplines such as seismology , geodynamics , and paleomagnetism with a modern "complex systems" approach to problems.

tectonics & petrology
Aims to decipher the kinematics of deformation in zones of distributed deformation along plate boundaries.

 

  

ACADEMICS

the undergraduate program
extends beyond classrooms and labs. we offer many funded opportunities for undergraduates to participate in research focused field work with our faculty.

the graduate program
emphasizes both educational and research programs and views these efforts as complementary. Small student to faculty ratio allows for personal mentorships. There are many funded research opportunities with our affiliated research centers.

course descriptions
of all courses offered from our department and their respective websites.

apply on-line
for any of our programs offered.

 

  
ZUMBERGE HALL, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA


Calendar of Events

Stay informed about future seminars, conferences and department functions at

earth.usc.edu/calendar

 


 


News & Announcements

Now accepting graduate degree applications for Fall 2010 admission

Assistant professor in Climate System Modeling position available.

Research Assistant professor positions available.

The Trojan Family

We welcome new faculty members, Julien Emile-Geay, Sarah Feakins, Meghan Miller, & Joshua West to the Trojan family.

Best wishes to Prof. Douglas & Prof. Teng on their retirement.