JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYEST. 1876

America’s First Research University

Make a Difference in the Earth's Future

The Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences offers programs of study and research in fields such as atmospheric science, ecology, geochemistry, geology, geophysics, oceanography, paleoecology, and planetary science.

  • Degrees Offered BA, PhD
  • Major Earth & Planetary Sciences
  • Minor Earth & Planetary Sciences, Energy

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Professor Katalin Szlavecz and with student examining soil near Olin Hall, searching for organisms such as worms and isopods.

Faculty

Our faculty’s research areas cover the Earth and beyond: atmosphere, oceans, and climate; geochemistry; geology and geophysics; global change science; ecology and paleoecology; and planets.

Students walking in woods during Gambrills State Park field trip.

Undergraduate Program

Students can earn a bachelor’s degree in earth and planetary sciences, environmental science, or environmental studies.

A graduate student in discussion with an undergrad in Gambrills State Park.

PhD Program

The graduate program is designed to educate scientists who will make fundamental and lasting contributions to their fields.

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Winston Timp (JHU)

Title: Decoding the Central Dogma with Single Molecules  Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Randall Martin (U Washington, St Louis)

Title: Air Quality and Health from Global to Local Scales: Advancing Application of Satellite Observations and a Chemical Transport Model for Planetary Health Research

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Flourishing in Extremes

Biologist Jocelyne DiRuggiero and her graduate and undegraduate students study microorganism communities that could hold keys to how early life developed and how their evolution could help humans survive on other planets.