Tag: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
April 15, 2026
Newly Discovered Coastal Shelf on Mars Could be Best Evidence Yet for Long-Gone Ocean
Scientists have discovered geological features on Mars that could point to the existence of a long-dried up ocean that once covered a third of the…
Read MoreMarch 27, 2026
Fa Li Brings AI Expertise to Jackson School Faculty
Fa Li, who uses artificial intelligence to study how ecosystems on the land respond to shifts in the climate and water cycle, joined the Jackson…
Read MoreMarch 27, 2026
Dapeng Feng Joins Jackson School Faculty in AI Cluster Hire
Dapeng Feng, a hydrologist exploring the Earth’s water and its interactions with the environment, has joined the Jackson School of Geosciences Department of Earth and…
Read MoreMarch 26, 2026
Niyogi Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Professors Dev Niyogi and Radu Marculescu have been recognized as 2025 AAAS Fellows for their contributions to science and engineering.
Read MoreMarch 25, 2026
New Ice Age Animals and Slice of Earth History Found in Central Texas Water Cave
A paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age animals that have never been found in Central…
Read MoreMarch 20, 2026
One Professor. One Year. One Hundred Hydrogeology Lectures.
As Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Bayani Cardenas began to plan the stops for his year-long world tour, he knew one thing — he was…
Read MoreMarch 19, 2026
Fossil X-ray Reveals New Species of Baby Dino Named for Iconic Korean Cartoon
Cute, green, and sporting two sprigs of hair on his head, a mischievous baby dinosaur named Dooly is one of the most beloved cartoon characters…
Read MoreMarch 4, 2026
Tim Goudge to be Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Tim Goudge, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, will be recommended for a promotion…
Read MoreFebruary 18, 2026
UT Alumna Awarded Prestigious Graduate Scholarship To Further Carbon Cycle Research
Maddie Fail, who recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin as a government and environmental science double major, is one of 26 U.S….
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2026
Look Again! Those Wrinkly Rocks May Actually Be a Fossilized Microbial Community
In 2016 while hiking on a hillside in Morocco, geologist Rowan Martindale saw something that made her stop in her tracks: a slab of sedimentary…
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