Welcome to the Department of Geosciences at the University of Cincinnati, a 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. 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 maintain high-tech laboratories and conduct field work all over the world and our students are involved every step of the way.
Quick Contacts:
Main office phone: 513-556-3732
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
May 27, 2025
UC researchers are refining the use of isotopic analysis to study wide-ranging and elusive animals such as hawks and owls. They found that digestion can alter isotopes in regurgitated bones and bird guano.
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.