EPS was proud to learn that the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has selected Adjunct Professor Peter Griffith to join the AGU Local Science Partners 2026 cohort. As a Local Science […]
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Advancing Wind Energy Through Better Understanding of the Atmosphere
In a recent thought piece written by Dr. Julie Lundquist that originally appeared in Nature Energy, Lundquist argues that wind variability, turbine wake effects, and extreme events are not just challenges but […]
Research by EPS Postdoc Dr. Benjamin Fernando featured in JHU HUB
In an article titled ‘Reentry and disintegration dynamics of space debris tracked using seismic data,’ published in Science this month, EPS postdoctoral fellow Dr. Benjamin Fernando outlines seismic tracking methods […]
EPS alumna Xinting Yu awarded Urey Prize for outstanding achievements in planetary science
Former EPS graduate student Dr. Xinting Yu has been awarded the Harold C. Urey prize for outstanding achievements in planetary science by an early-career scientist. The Urey prize is awarded […]
Graduate student Cara Pesciotta awarded prestigious NASA FINESST fellowship
Graduate student Cara Pesciotta has won the prestigious Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship. Cara’s research project, titled “Prebiotic Chemistry in Exoplanet Atmospheres: Composition […]
Flourishing in Extremes
Biologist Jocelyne DiRuggiero and her graduate and undergraduate students study microorganism communities that could hold keys to how early life developed and how their evolution could help humans survive on other planets.
EPS graduate students Caroline Newell and Nathan Otto awarded prestigious NSF GRFP
Two E&PS PhD students, 1st year student Caroline Newell and incoming student Nathan Otto, received awards from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The prestigious fellowship is awarded to promising young […]
2025 Mid-Atlantic Geobiology Symposium to be held in the EPS Department at Johns Hopkins University
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University will host the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Geobiology Symposium on February 28, 2025. The goal of this one-day symposium is to […]
A Down-to-Earth Primer on the Planets
Professor Sabine Stanley’s first book, What’s Hidden Inside Planets?, is an easy-reading primer on the rocks, gases, and ice that comprise the centers of the planets and moons in the […]
Professor Julie Lundquist on big-picture problems
Julie Lundquist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy, was featured in the Fall 2024 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine.