Chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences William and Katherine Snee Professor in Geological Sciences Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Geoff Abers is a geophysicist who uses the tools of earthquake seismology to understand the forces, material cycles, and deep...
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Warren Allmon
Hunter R Rawlings III Professor of PaleontologyEarth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Warren D. Allmon is the Director of the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) in Ithaca, NY and the Hunter R. Rawlings III Professor of Paleontology in the Department of Earth...
Toby R. Ault
Associate ProfessorEarth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Ault received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 2011, then completed an ASP postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Atmospheric Research from 2011-2013 before joining Cornell as an...
Larry Douglas Brown
Sidney Kaufman Professor in GeophysicsEarth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Larry D. Brown is the Sidney Kaufman Professor in Geophysics. Brown earned a B.S. in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in geological sciences from Cornell. Brown's...
Arthur DeGaetano
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Atmospheric Sciences Professor Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Art DeGaetano received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. focusing on Climatology and Horticulture from Rutgers University in 1989. He was an assistant professor in...
Louis A. Derry
Professor Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Louis Derry received a B.A. in Geology from Colorado College in 1981 and a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Harvard University in 1990. He also worked in the mineral exploration (Homestake Mining Co.) and petroleum...
Nicole Fernandez
Assistant Professor Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Nicole Fernandez holds a BA in Earth Sciences from Boston University and a PhD in geology from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Recipient of the Provost’s Faculty Postdoctoral Fellowship, she...
Patrick Fulton
Assistant Professor and a Croll Sesquicentennial Fellow Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Patrick Fulton joined the faculty of Cornell’s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) in January 2019. Fulton is an assistant professor and a Croll...
Esteban Gazel
Associate Professor Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Biography Geology is the passion of my life. Since my childhood, earthquakes and volcanoes have motivated my curiosity to understand the secrets of our planet. My team study processes in our planet’s interior that...