Research

The Department's programs include research activities in many interdisciplinary areas that can be broadly described in terms of their principal fields of study listed below with the names of faculty engaged in each. Each field of research links to pages describing these areas that are also available as downloadable brochures (as pdf files). Faculty names link to their departmental web pages.

Adjunct Faculty (in italics above) from the Indiana Geological Survey and the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs collaborate in these research activities and serve as co-advisors for graduate students.

Various thematic research fields, such as Astrobiology and Geoarchaeology, are also represented by well-funded programs within the Department, including the following projects.


NASA Astrobiology Institute: Deep-Subsurface Life
PEPP Earthquake Science Institute
SAVA: South Aegean Volcanic Arc Database Project
The Thesprotia Expedition
The Asea Valley Archaeological Project
Willow Creek Demonstration Watershed