Understanding and protecting our home in the universe
The Geology program offers study in geomorphology, micropaleontology, mineralogy, organic geochemistry, paleobiology, petrology, paleontology, remote sensing, sedimentology, stratigraphy, structural geology, and tectonophysics.
Many of our faculty are interdisciplinary in their research. These faculty below have research interests in the disciplines covered in our graduate program in Geology. Although our Geology emeriti faculty do not directly advise graduate students, they provide a valuable resource in student research:
| Peter Bird | Professor Emeritus | pbird@epss.ucla.edu |
| Mackenzie Day | Assistant Professor | mday@epss.ucla.edu |
| Wayne Dollase | Professor Emeritus | dollase@ucla.edu |
| Clarence Hall | Professor Emeritus | hall@epss.ucla.edu |
| Mark Harrison | Professor | tmh@argon.epss.ucla.edu |
| Raymond Ingersoll | Professor | ingersoll@epss.ucla.edu |
| Craig Manning | Professor | manning@epss.ucla.edu |
| Seulgi Moon | Assistant Professor | sgmoon@epss.ucla.edu |
| Gilles Peltzer | Professor | peltzer@epss.ucla.edu |
| Edward Rhodes | Professor | erhodes@epss.ucla.edu |
| Bruce Runnegar | Professor Emeritus | runnegar@ucla.edu |
| Laurence Smith | Professor | lsmith@geog.ucla.edu |
| William Schopf | Distinguished Professor | schopf@epss.ucla.edu |
| Aradhna Tripati | Associate Professor | ripple@epss.ucla.edu |
| An Yin | Professor | yin@epss.ucla.edu |