Johns Hopkins UniversityEST. 1876
America’s First Research University
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.
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 can earn a bachelor’s degree in earth and planetary sciences, environmental science, or environmental studies.
The graduate program is designed to educate scientists who will make fundamental and lasting contributions to their fields.
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 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 […]
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.