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Hiring Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Sciences
Oct. 26, 2022—Senior Lecturer – Earth and Environmental Sciences Vanderbilt University: College of Arts and Science: Natural Sciences: Earth & Environmental Sciences Location Nashville, TN Open Date Oct 01, 2022 Apply here: https://apply.interfolio.com/114582 Description This non-tenure track Senior Lecturer position presents an opportunity to join a productive and collegial department within a vibrant liberal...
EES Professor Jessica Oster Named 2022 Chancellor Faculty Fellow
Sep. 16, 2022—Earth & Environmental Sciences Professor Jessica Oster was recently named a 2022 Chancellor Faculty Fellow. Congratulations Jessica!
EES Professor Jonathan Gilligan Recipient of the Alexander Heard Distinguished Professor Award
Sep. 16, 2022—EES Professor Jonathan Gilligan was the recipient of the Alexander Heard Distinguished Professor Award in Spring of 2022. Congratulations Jonathan!
VU EES Undergraduate Joyce Sanks Wins Best Poster Award at 2022 NABG Conference
Sep. 14, 2022—Congratulations to VU EES undergraduate student Joyce Sanks for winning the award for Best Poster at the 2022 NABG Conference in Houston, Texas!
Professor Jessica Oster’s Work on Titan Cave Featured in High Country News
Sep. 2, 2022—High Country News just published a long article featuring Associate Professor in Earth & Environmental Sciences Jessica Oster and her research on Titan Cave. You can check out the article here!
Ralf Bennartz and Steve Goodbred Named Stevenson Chair Professors
Aug. 26, 2022—Congratulations to Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences professors Ralf Bennartz and Steve Goodbred on being named Stevenson Chair Professors!
Ash Gillis Named VU August 2022 Featured Postdoc
Aug. 4, 2022—Congratulations to Ash Gillis for being named the VU August 2022 Featured Postdoc! Ash is entering their second year as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow here at Vanderbilt working with a stellar interdisciplinary team on a host of projects related to the political depolarization of climate change. You can read Ash’s story here!
Dolphin ancestor’s hearing was more like hooved mammals than today’s sea creatures
Apr. 1, 2022—Vanderbilt University paleontologists, including EES Professor Simon Darroch, are looking into the evolutionary origins of the whistles and squeaks that dolphins and porpoises make — part of the rare echolocation ability that allows them to effectively navigate their dark environment. The team, one of the first in the world to examine the ability’s origins, used...
Research in Colorado Mountains Takes Students’ Environmental Immersion to New Heights
Jan. 21, 2022—Vanderbilt EES professor Dan Morgan took students on a research trip to Colorado in the Fall of 2021. Watch the video below and read the article on the Vanderbilt website here to learn more about this amazing trip!
Kat Turk Awarded President’s Prize for Talk at Palaeontological Association Conference
Dec. 23, 2021—Congratulations to EES Ph.D. Candidate Kat Turk for winning the President’s Prize for her talk at the Palaentological Association Conference. The prize is awarded for the best talk at the Annual Meeting. All student members of the Palaeontological Association, and all members of the Association who are early-career researchers within one year of the award...