From mantle convection to Martian paleolakes, Northwestern’s EPS PhD probes planetary processes with seismology, isotope geochemistry, and data-assimilative modeling. Students coring Antarctic ice for ancient atmospheres, imaging subducting slabs with array seismics, and simulating exoplanet climates publish in Nature Geoscience and advise NASA missions.
Model deep-water carbon sequestration feedbacks in Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
Analyze zircon U-Pb ages to reconstruct crustal growth in the Canadian Shield
Simulate atmospheric escape on sub-Neptune exoplanets with hydrodynamic codes
Deploy nodal seismometers mapping Great-Lakes microplate dynamics
Quantify methane fluxes from thawing permafrost using drone-mounted spectrometers
Assess crater degradation rates on Mars via machine-vision topography
Develop high-pressure experiments on bridgmanite viscosity using diamond anvil cells
Reconstruct Holocene hurricane frequency from stalagmite isotopes in Caribbean caves
Integrate gravity and magnetotelluric data to image geothermal reservoirs
Model dust-storm radiative impacts on solar output in future Mars habitats
Use clumped-isotope thermometry to estimate Cretaceous sea-surface temperatures
Apply Bayesian data assimilation to improve paleoclimate proxy reconstructions
Investigate coastal subsidence from groundwater withdrawals via InSAR time-series
Create interactive VR field trips to inaccessible planetary analogue sites
Write a policy memo on geologic carbon-storage monitoring standards
Explore Earth and worlds beyond with Northwestern’s interdisciplinary geoscience PhD.
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