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, hydrogeology, 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
Interim Department Head - Aaron Diefendorf, diefenan@ucmail.uc.edu
Program Director, Departmental Advisor - Krista Smilek, smilekka@ucmail.uc.edu
Business Manager - Stacey Ludwig, ludwigsy@ucmail.uc.edu
Financial Administrator 2 - Sarah Hammer, tritscsh@ucmail.uc.edu
Instrumentation Specialist - Owen Cowling, cowlinon@ucmail.uc.edu
Undergraduate Director - Dylan Ward, dylan.ward@uc.edu
Graduate Director - Andrew Czaja, czajaaw@ucmail.uc.edu
October 10, 2023
Students from the University of Cincinnati teamed up with a group from California State University, San Bernardino on a whirlwind geologic tour of northern California — from the Marin Headlands at the foot of the foggy Golden Gate Bridge to the black basaltic sands of Shell Beach to the massive granite outcrops of the Sierra Nevada dating back to the age of the Tyrannosaurus rex.
November 22, 2024
UC geosciences Professor Thomas Algeo tells ABC News that the latest eruption of an Icelandic volcano created slow-moving lava flows that endanger parts of a coastal town.
May 24, 2024
UC Professor Amy Townsend-Small talks to the New York Times about the issue of abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells.