
University of Maryland Geophysicist Helps Identify Moonquake Dangers that Could Threaten Future Missions
Faculty and Student Awards

PhD Candidate Kathryn Gansler received 2nd place for her talk in the Student Oral and Poster Competitions at the NASA Exploration Science Forum.
- Michael Brown has been named a Distinguished University Professor for 2025. read more...
- Professor emerita Ann Wylie has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). read more...
- Graduate Student Ashley Hanna won an Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the AGU 2024 Annual Meeting.
- Graduate student Karla Núñez has been selected for the Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Upcoming Events
Impromptu Seminar - Dr. Jessica Irving from the University of Bristol
Monday, September 8, 2025
4:00 pm
CHM 0215
Earth’s Mysterious Mantle: Multi-scale probes of the Mantle Transition Zone & Mid-Mantle
Colloquium - Richard Ash, Mike Evans, Vedran Lekić, Cecilia Sanders, and Nicholas Schmerr from University of Maryland
Friday, September 12, 2025
11:00 am
ESJ 0215
Faculty Lightning Talks
Colloquium - Michael Kipp from Duke University
Friday, September 19, 2025
11:00 am
ESJ 0215
How precisely can we quantify oxygen levels in the ancient ocean?