Research
The students, staff, and faculty in deeps engage in groundbreaking research every day. Explore our research webpage to learn about what we do, why we do it, and how to get involved!
Research AreasResearch FacilitiesUndergraduate researchgraduate researchResearch FundingCommercial Isotope Processing
The projects within the department span a wide range of research areas. These projects include substantial amounts of field, lab, and computational work. Many of the research projects are collaborative both within and outside the department, with notable ties to Argonne National Labs, EarthScope, and the Chicago Botanic Gardens, to name just a few.
Geographically, our research projects and collaborations have brought us to Namibia, Greenland, China, the large icebergs of the Ross Sea off Antarctica, the mountains of the Andes, northern Italy, southern France, Uganda, various Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) sites, the Wyodak-Anderson coal bed aquifer in Wyoming, sites extending from Texas to Ontario and California to Kansas, the Northern Slope of Alaska, Arctic Canada, and central Illinois. And, though we have not personally been, we have studied the planetary surfaces and interiors of Mars, Venus, Mercury, Moon, Titan, and Europa, as if we were there.
Graduate students carry out a significant portion of the Department's research under the guidance of experienced faculty and staff. Undergraduate students also participate in ongoing research.
These times of emerging global stewardship of our planet and the associated energy transition are exciting times for our department.