Department News Archive


Sarah Hörst Wins AGU Medal

Sarah Hörst Wins AGU Medal
The Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences congratulates our colleague professor Sarah Hörst, who is a recipient of the 2020 James B. Macelwane medal from the American Geophysical Union.  Each year the medal recognizes three to five early career scientists across all subfields of Earth, Atmosphere, Oceanic and Planetary Sciences.  Professor Hörst’s citation highlights the work […]


EPS researcher awarded NSF postdoctoral fellowship

EPS researcher awarded NSF postdoctoral fellowship
Congratulations to postdoctoral fellow Dr. Melissa Sims for being awarded a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Division of Earth Sciences! The project is titled “Windows into Ancient Impacts: Examining Meteoritics Research with New Approaches,” and Dr. Sims will conduct research in collaboration with Prof. June Wicks and Prof. Sabine Stanley of the EPS […]


EPS students and faculty release statement and action plan opposing anti-Black racism

We, the members of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vehemently oppose our society’s systemic oppression of and violence against Black people. From the roots of slavery to the mass incarceration and police brutality that continue to this day, the history of the United States is steeped in the suppression of Black lives and […]


New York Times profiles fossil findings by EPS faculty and graduate student

New York Times profiles fossil findings by EPS faculty and graduate student
Concurrent with the publication of a new article in Nature Communications, the New York Times has profiled the research of Prof. Emmy Smith and PhD student Lyle Nelson into the animals of the Ediacaran Period. The new paper describes tomographic analyses conducted on fossil specimens of Cloudina and concludes that the organism was a bilaterian […]


EPS wraps up semester with holiday party

EPS wraps up semester with holiday party
On December 6th, EPS faculty, students, staff, family and friends all welcomed the 2019 holiday break with a party in Olin Hall! See you in 2020!


Professor receives Early Career Award from American Astronomical Society

Professor receives Early Career Award from American Astronomical Society
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is delighted to announce that Assistant Professor Sarah Hörst has been awarded the 2020 Early Career Award from the Laboratory Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. The citation highlights Sarah’s groundbreaking work in understanding planetary chemistry. Congratulations, Sarah!


JHU’s Arts & Sciences magazine profiles EPS undergraduate

JHU’s Arts & Sciences magazine profiles EPS undergraduate
Cecilia Howard, a senior undergraduate and joint major in EPS and Molecular & Cellular Biology, has been featured in the Fall 2019 edition of the Krieger School’s Arts & Sciences magazine for her recent field work in the Atlantic Ocean. As a participant in the Sea Education Association’s Marine Biodiversity and Conservation program, Cecilia spent […]


EPS Symposium in Honor of Darrell Strobel

EPS Symposium in Honor of Darrell Strobel
The Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is pleased to announce a symposium on the afternoon of October 4, 2019 celebrating the career of Prof. Darrell Strobel. The event will begin with lunch at 12:00 PM in 110 Hodson Hall on the Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus. Guest speakers will include researchers from […]


Congratulations – Miché Aaron

Congratulations to graduate student Miché Aaron for being awarded third place in the Student Poster Presentation at AbSciCon 2019. Miche is also featured in the Johns Hopkins newsletter The Hub for her compilation of fellowships, scholarships, internships, grants, and other resources for underrepresented minority students. Congratulations!


Congratulations – Regupathi Angappan

Congratulations – Regupathi Angappan
Congratulations to graduate student Regupathi Angappan for being awarded a NASA FINESST grant (Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology) to conduct numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations of Mercury’s magnetic field.