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News Feature in Science Magazine on research by Prof. Sarah Hörst and her group

“Lifting the veil: Astronomers conjure up the hazes that obscure alien worlds” features the research of Prof. Sarah Hörst, Research Scientist Chao He, and group alumni Dr. Sarah Moran and […]

EPS Associate Research Scientist selected for an AGU research spotlight

The latest paper by EPS Associate Research Scientist Renske Gelderloos has been selected for an AGU research spotlight.

The Morton K. Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellowship is open for applications

The Johns Hopkins University invites applications for the Morton K. Blaustein Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. We seek outstanding individuals with a recent Ph.D. in […]

Benton Postdoctoral Fellowship open for applications

The Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for the inaugural Dr. George S. Benton Postdoctoral Fellowship in Oceanographic & Atmospheric Sciences. We seek outstanding […]

EPS Postdoctoral Fellow Tashiana Osborne named Science and Technology Policy Fellow

Congratulations to EPS Postdoctoral Fellow Tashiana Osborne for being named a Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Osborne will spend a year […]

EPS graduate student Leone Yisrael awarded NOAA Sea Grant Fellowship

Congratulations to Leone Yisrael, who recently received a NOAA Sea Grant Fellowship to support her work in Chesapeake Bay!  Her work looks at whether microenvironments associated with macroinvertebrates can serve […]

U.S. cities are “heat islands” boiling under deadly extreme temperatures

Professor Ben Zaitchik was featured in a CBS News article about increasing heat waves and commented on how urban heat impacts the human body and quality of life.

Two graduate students receive FINESST grants from NASA

Congratulations to EPS graduate students Tyler Perez and Mayuri Sadhasivan, who have received Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) grants from NASA! Tyler’s project focuses […]

Research by Prof. Maya Gomes featured in JHU HUB

The findings of the study, co-led by a Maya Gomes and published in Science Advances, offers rare optimism for the fate of microbial ecosystems as climate change alters the global pattern of intense storms.

Saving the Bay from Dead Zones

Sophomore Paul Gensbigler became fascinated with the connections between agricultural fertilizer runoff and the health of local waterways after taking an environmental class with Professor Anand Gnanadesikan. With the help of a Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award, he is now working to help answer questions about the kinds of bacteria removing nitrogen from the Chesapeake Bay. Read more about their research in the Spring 2022 issue of Arts & Sciences Magazine.