Geochemistry

专业介绍

Welcome to the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences (EPSS) at UCLA. Our mission is to understand Earth and our surrounding solar system, as well as extrasolar planets and the star systems that host them. EPSS continues to provide new insights about the processes that formed our universe and that continue to shape its evolution. Our department is committed to advancing rigorous scientific discovery, multimodal education, and impactful STEAM outreach. We are proud to have a department culture based on respect, collaboration, and openness to new ideas and methodologies.

Among the exciting topics we study are: how planetary bodies form and evolve; how life developed here on Earth; whether life has existed elsewhere; how the sun works; what processes shape planetary interiors, surfaces and atmospheres; and how to protect humanity from hazards like earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and nearby asteroids. Researchers in EPSS are leaders in geology, geobiology, geo- and cosmochemistry, geophysics, planetary sciences, atmospheric sciences and space physics. 

Education is of paramount importance to us. We provide our students opportunities to conduct investigations in state-of-the-art research laboratories and at field sites around the world.  Our students are involved in building instrumentation used in space missions and  space-based telescopes. We are committed to training the next generation of scientific thinkers who have the skills to tackle important questions about Earth, the Solar System, and beyond.

Please explore our web site to learn more about the research conducted by our students, researchers, and faculty. You can also read about our activities in our newsletters.