2018-01-15
- In a paper “Western US volcanism due to intruding oceanic mantle driven by ancient Farallon slabs” published in Nature Geoscience, Lijun Liu and graduate students Quan Zhou and Jiashun Hu have employed seismic tomography to reveal new insights into the origin of Yellowstone volcanism and challenge existing views on deep mantle plumes.
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2017-12-11 - Julia Cisneros was invited as the sole student representative of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign to speak about her research and fieldwork in the Amazon and Yellow Rivers and showcase the importance of applied fieldwork and student research opportunities to the Chancellor, President, and Board of Trustees. Click ...- 2017-12-07 - Graduate student Yan Zhan, advised by Trish Gregg, had a paper accepted in Frontiers in Earth Science. This work demonstrates how modeling the eruption potential of a restless volcano can be improved by incorporating volcano monitoring data by “hindcasting” a 2009 explosive eruption of Kerinci volcano, Indonesia. Click this link to view the paper:...
2017-12-07 - Graduate student Robert Goldman won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in fall 2017 based on his proposal "Developing a Comprehensive 3D Finite Element Model of Magma Plumbing Systems to Improve Forecasts of Eruption Timing, Location, and Destructive Potential." Robbie’s comments on winning this award: "As a life-long scientist and science-enthusiast, I am extremely humbled and honored to have...- 2017-12-07 - Professor Emeritus Susan Kieffer is a leader in the emerging field of Geoethics. This year she received the Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal of the American Geoscience Institute https://www.americangeosciences.org/news/professor-susan-werner-...
2017-12-07 - Graduate student Julia Cisneros won a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship this fall for a project titled “Dune morphology and dynamics in fluvial channels." Julia works with Professor Jim Best and her comment on winning this award is "I am very excited and proud to be awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Receiving the NSF GRFP has been a goal I have had since I began...- 2017-12-07 - Assistant Professor Wendy Yang’s recent paper “Evaluating the Classical Versus and Emerging Conceptual Model of Peatland Methane Dynamics” published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles provides an improved tool for predicting methane emissions and understanding how they feedback into global climate change. Click here...
2017-11-21 - Crunchflow, a powerful and multi-functional software package for modeling groundwater flow, solute transport, and subsurface chemical reactions, has received a prestigious R&D 100 award from R&D Magazine. Crunchflow has been created and maintain by lead developer Dr. Carl Steefel at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Prof. Jenny Druhan is a co-developer, having created...
2017-11-14 - On November 3rd, 2017, Prof. R. James Kirkpatrick (PhD ’72), Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at Michigan State University, was presented with the department’s Alumni Achievement Award. Jim is well known to many current and former members of the department, having served UIUC for nearly 30 years as a faculty member, department head (9 years), R.E. Grim Professor, and executive associate...
2017-10-31 - NOVEMBER 4TH, 2017 Please join us for a grand event to mark the re-dedication of the Natural History Building! Geology alumni from all over will be converging on NHB for a re-dedication ceremony, tours, and plenty of socializing to celebrate the completion of this once-in-a-lifetime renewal of the traditional home of Geology, on the quad. 9:30 - 11:30...
2017-10-10 - Prof. Jim Best will be the 2018 awardee of the Lamarck Medal from the European Geosciences Union! The Jean Baptiste Lamarck Medal is established by the EGS Division on Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology in recognition of the scientific achievement of Jean Baptiste Lamarck. It is reserved for scientists for their exceptional contributions to either Stratigraphy,...
2017-10-08 - In Spring, 2018, the Geology 415/515 Field Course will return to Scotland! After a semester of lectures and student presentations on the historical significance of Scottish geologists and localities, Professors Anders, Gregg, Stewart and Burmeister will lead a group of 22 students on a 10 day excursion from Siccar Point on the Dunbar coast in the southeast through the Isle of Skye and the...
2017-07-12 - Department of Geology faculty and grad student offices have moved back into the Natural History Building. Faculty offices and the department central office are now located on the east side of the third floor. The building looks and feels wonderful! The building retains its historic character, but now the layout of offices and classrooms and all of the infrastructure are new, and...- 2017-07-03 - The department is very happy to congratulate Prof. Emerita Sue Kieffer, who has received the 2017 “Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Award” of the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). "The Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal is given to a recipient with consistent contributions of high-quality scientific achievements and service to the Earth sciences having lasting, historic value;...
- 2017-07-03 - Jessica Conroy has been named a 2017 Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences. As part of this honor, she will participate in the Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium that will be held July 18-21, 2017 in Ambon, Indonesia. The Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium series is the National Academy of Science's premiere activity for distinguished young scientists. Kavli...