Alumni Laurie Barge ’09 and Scott Perl ’19 co-lead a laboratory at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. There, they search for the origins of life on Earth to better understand how life might develop elsewhere in the universe. [5½ min read]
Laurie Barge ’09, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, investigates the origins of life on Earth to make sense of how life could form on other planets. [5½ min read]
Emily Cooperdock, assistant professor of Earth sciences, has hiked the Appalachian trail, studied rocks in the Swiss Alps and Oman, and is building a lab at USC Dornsife aimed at revealing new information about Earth’s history. [6½ min read]
Energy policy expert S. Julio Friedmann, who graduated from USC Dornsife in 1995 with a Ph.D. in geology, describes the steps needed to create a successful future in terms of climate and energy. [3¾ min read]
It’s still difficult to track and accurately measure the size and power of their nuclear arsenals, says USC Dornsife Ph.D candidate Marshall Rogers-Martinez. [4¾ min read]
Julio Friedmann ’95 is using his scientific know-how to spur innovative ways of capturing carbon from the atmosphere — and turning it into gold. [4 min read]
Beneath our very feet — and below the vast oceans — the past lies preserved, waiting for its dormant wisdom to be unearthed once again. As USC Dornsife researchers explore ancient fossils and artifacts, they look to this immortalized record of what once was to understand the future and how we can act to ensure we remain a part of it.
Students on a Maymester course travel to Argentina to undertake hands-on geological fieldwork, studying the 470 million-year-old Famatinian Arc and learning to work as an international research team.
The son of a traveling shoe salesman, Fischer became a world leader in sedimentary geology and a devoted teacher whose warm and friendly personality was appreciated by colleagues and students alike.
