Nealson, Petasis Named AAAS Fellows
Kenneth Nealson of earth sciences and Nicos Petasis of chemistry are chosen as fellows of the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. Read More
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Finding Fault
Winner of a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, USC Dornsife’s Thorsten Becker will continue research into the science — and sound — of earthquakes. His research seeks to help scientists understand where fault ruptures originate. Read More
The Nitrogen Cycle Intensified
The symbiosis between two new bacteria strains discovered by USC Dornsife researchers is not creating widespread change in the ocean, but in localized zones fixed nitrogen is depleting faster than expected. Read More
Life Underground
The $6.7 million research project led by USC Dornsife’s Jan Amend explores life below the Earth’s surface. The studies are connected to the search for life on Mars and elsewhere in the solar system. Read More
Shaking it up in Morocco
Earth sciences brings USC Dornsife students to Morocco to research the tectonic and geologic history of the land and collect seismometers deployed throughout rural areas. Read More
Along the River Route
In a canoe, USC Dornsife’s Sarah Feakins and her team negotiated a river through the lush rainforest in Peru. The researchers studied the erosive processes that carry Andean sediments and organic carbon down toward the sea. Read More
Bipedaling Toward Truth
A new geology study recently published online in Geology led by Sarah Feakins, assistant professor of earth sciences in USC Dornsife, raises questions about the environment in which our ancestors took shape and developed bipedalism. Read More
Tom Jordan Earns AGI Award
The American Geosciences Institute honors the USC Dornsife University Professor for his earthquake preparedness work, including as chair of a commission formed after the 2009 quake that killed more than 300 people in L’Aquila, Italy. Read More
Supporting Diversity in Science
USC Dornsife has started a Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter on campus to promote diversity in all scientific fields. Read More
Detecting Life Beyond Earth
Led by Jan Amend of earth sciences and biological sciences, a team of USC Dornsife researchers will study life in Earth’s subsurface biosphere with a $6 million grant from the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Read More
