Geology

Welcome to the Department of Geology at the University of Cincinnati, a nationally ranked department with high-caliber faculty and a strong research reputation.

We teach and research in a variety of areas in the geosciences, and have three major areas of focus:

  1. Paleontology, Paleobiology and Stratigraphy
  2. Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology
  3. Sedimentology and Geochemistry

Our paleontology program is ranked 7th in the county. Our expertise and interests also include tectonics, environmental geology, petrology and geochronology.

Our faculty and graduate students publish their work in leading journals and books, with more than 100 research papers in all areas of focus published in the past two years. The faculty and students also present at national and international conferences widely, and graduate students have gone on to faculty positions at prestigious, research-oriented institutions, and professional positions in industry and government.

As a department, our instructional mission is vast. At the upper level, our highly regarded doctoral program in geology serves our most advanced students to provide them with training for research, teaching and industry. Our masters program also provides students with a professional training for industry and teaching, and/or preparation for doctoral study. At the undergraduate level our students are introduced to the breadth of geology and are provided with an opportunity to focus on our key areas of expertise. Our students all have the opportunity to apply their knowledge in the field in distant parts of the work, including such exotic locations as the Bahamas, Alaska, Iceland and the Himalaya, and to work in our start-of-the-art laboratories.