Ben Johnson in foreground. Thrombolites in middle ground of photo.
GEAT welcomes new faculty member Dr. Ben Johnson

The Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences is pleased to welcome Dr. Ben Johnson as our newest faculty member! Ben is a geologist and geochemist… Read More

Dr. Alan Wanamaker named GSA Fellow

Congratulations to Dr. Alan Wanamaker, associate professor of geology, who has been named a Geological Society of America (GSA) Fellow. Dr. Wanamaker will be recognized… Read More

Dr. Beth Caissie, assistant professor in geology, is awarded NSF grant

Congratulations to Dr. Beth Caissie, assistant professor in geology, who was just awarded an NSF grant to compile sea ice records from the North Pacific… Read More

Lin Meng, geology Ph.D. candidate, wins 2019 FINESST award from NASA

Lin Meng, an ISU Ph.D. candidate majoring in Geology, was recently awarded the 2019 Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST)… Read More

Gabbie Ledesma and Betsy Swanner working in the biogeochemistry lab.
Gabbie Ledesma awarded Iowa Space Grant Consortium undergraduate fellowship

Gabbie Ledesma, a senior geology major, has been awarded an Iowa Space Grant Consortium undergraduate research fellowship for 2019-2020. This will provide her will a… Read More

Dr. Cervato lecturing at Iowa State University
Cinzia Cervato: Project Director for new NSF ADVANCE project

Cinzia Cervato teaches GEOL 100 “The Earth” during the fall semester. Photo by Christopher Gannon. Cinzia Cervato, Morrill Professor in the Department of Geological and… Read More

Portrait photo of Jacqueline Reber
Jacqueline Reber earns CAREER award from the National Science Foundation

Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Reber, assistant professor in geology, who has been awarded a National Science Foundation 2019 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, one… Read More

Dr. Gallus and student look at weather forecast maps.
Majors with low unemployment rates: Meteorology (#1) and Geoscience (#3)

Do you need another reason to pursue a degree in Meteorology or Geology? A recent article published in USA Today lists Meteorology and… Read More

Schedule for ISU Geology Alumni Reunion June 28-30

The ISU Geology Alumni Reunion is coming up quickly, and we’re excited to see each of you soon in Shell, WY! Below is the schedule… Read More

Dr. Elizabeth Swanner wins 2019 GSA Geobiology division award

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Swanner, Assistant Professor in the geology department, who has won the 2019 pre-tenure GSA (Geological Society of America) Geobiology Division… Read More