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Geosciences

Welcome to the Department of Geosciences at the University of Cincinnati, a nationally ranked 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. Our program offers both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelors of Science degrees at the undergraduate level and the Masters of Science and Ph.D. at the graduate level. 

Our graduate and undergraduate programs are supported by faculty who perform high-caliber research with reputations that span world-wide. We teach and conduct research in many areas of the geosciences including paleontology, Quaternary geology, geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics, environmental geology, and biogeochemistry. Our faculty maintains high-tech laboratories and conduct field work all over the world and our students are involved every step of the way!

Quick Departmental Contacts:
Department Head - Craig Dietsch, dietscc@ucmail.uc.edu
Academic Director, Departmental Advisor - Krista Smilek, smilekka@ucmail.uc.edu
Business Manager - Kate Cosgrove, cosgrokd@ucmail.uc.edu
Laboratory Manager - Sarah Hammer, tritscsh@ucmail.uc.edu
Undergraduate Director - Dylan Ward, warddy@ucmail.uc.edu
Graduate Director - Brooke Crowley, crowlebk@ucmail.uc.edu

Department phone: 513-556-7169

In The News

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UC professors named scientific society fellows

June 7, 2024

Three University of Cincinnati professors were named to the 2023 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows, a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community. From UC's College of Arts and Sciences, Carlton Brett, a professor in the department of geosciences, and George Uetz, a biological sciences professor, were honored. Dionysios Dionysiou, a professor of environmental engineering in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, was honored posthumously.

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UC educators elected to distinguished national science...

May 29, 2024

Two professors from UC’s College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded fellowships in the esteemed American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). Professor of geology Carlton Brett and biology professor George Uetz were tapped for the honor in April. An international nonprofit organization, the AAAS was established in 1848 to promote the advancement of scientific achievement, to foster equity and inclusion for scientific excellence, and to inform public policy that serves society. The annual Fellows Forum will be hosted this September along with a gala celebrating the 150th anniversary of the AAAS Fellowship.

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