Welcome to the Department of Geosciences at the University of Cincinnati, a nationally ranked program with high-caliber faculty and a strong research reputation. We strive to provide our undergraduate and graduate students with the knowledge and skills necessary for a broad range of careers. Our program offers both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelors of Science degrees at the undergraduate level and the Masters of Science and Ph.D. at the graduate level.
Our graduate and undergraduate programs are supported by faculty who perform high-caliber research with reputations that span world-wide. We teach and conduct research in many areas of the geosciences including paleontology, Quaternary geology, geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics, environmental geology, and biogeochemistry. Our faculty maintains high-tech laboratories and conduct field work all over the world and our students are involved every step of the way!
Departmental Contacts:
Department Head - Craig Dietsch, dietscc@ucmail.uc.edu
Program Director, Departmental Advisor - Krista Smilek, smilekka@ucmail.uc.edu
Financial Administrator - Sarah Hammer, tritscsh@ucmail.uc.edu
Instrumentation Specialist - Owen Cowling, cowlinon@ucmail.uc.edu
Undergraduate Director - Dylan Ward, warddy@ucmail.uc.edu
Graduate Director - Andrew Czaja, czajaaw@ucmail.uc.edu
Department phone: 513-556-3732
May 15, 2025
UC geosciences researchers contributed to a First Nations study examining how prehistoric horses crossed back and forth between Eurasia and North America before horses eventually went extinct in North America.
April 14, 2025
Discovery magazine highlights UC research examining how prehistoric rhinos lived in mega-herds 12 million years ago.
April 8, 2025
Rhinos that flourished across much of North America 12 million years ago gathered in huge herds, according to a new study by the University of Cincinnati.
