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The Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences Department at Rice University

Picture of students and faculty, Richard Gordon, organizers of the most recent Rice Science Olympiad. Text reads, "A decade of stem olympics: inside rice university's science olympiad"
Picture of Morgan Underwood speaking with text "Morgan Underwood, EEPS Phd student, makes her research accessible to all through article in the conversation"
Picture of Adnan Dehghani and Dr. Noemi Vergoplan with text "EEPS PHD Student, Adnan Dehghani, awarded two federally funded grants for AI-supported research on water resources"
A geological map of the US interior and Gulf Coast is the background. The slide focuses on Kelsey Murphy, and the title reads: "Rice Graduate Student Dr. Kelsey Murphy Maps the Mississippi River's Uncertain Future.
Picture of 50+ people outside smiling at the camera with text "Rice EEPS Professors Drs. André Izidoro and Rajdeep Dasgupta hosted an Inner Solar System Workshop funded by the Center for Planetary Origins to Habitability (CPO2H), Rice Creative Ventures and NASA grant"
Picture of Bidong Zhang and colleague with Houston Meteorite fragment and text "“It was beyond exciting when I realized that the Rice Astromaterials Research and Exploration (RARE) lab’s first piece to be analyzed and categorized could be a meteorite that had not only landed in Houston but provided a rare opportunity to analyze freshly landed samples.” Dr. Bidong Zhang, Assistant Professor Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences"
Picture of Sylvia Dee presenting with text "Decoding the Climate Crisis with Rice Associate Professor, Dr. Sylvia Dee" and "Swipe for more"
Picture of researchers over screenshot of paper titled "Global and regional climate modes modulate armed conflict risk" Text below 5 images of people says "Divya Saikumar, Tyler Bagwell, Dr. Sylvia Dee, Dr. Frederi Viens, Anna Stravato" and "Rice study finds that cliamte patterns may shape where violent conflict risks are amplified"
Picture of Andrew Hoffman with text "Andrew Hoffman, incoming EEPS professor, awarded $1.9 million grant to improve the accuracy, actionability and regional relevance of sea level rise projections."
10 graduates pretending to eat rocks
Picture of Ainsley ganti with her name, BS. in EEPS, minor in french studies and the title graduate highlight. Baker college logo in top left.
Picture of Divya Saikumar with Lovett college logo. Text: B.S. in Environmental Science minor in environmental studies. Title "Graduate highlight"
Picture of Adam Leff with hanszen college logo and text "B.S. in Environmental science minor in creative writing" and title "graduate highlight"
Picture of Haolin Zhou in the lab with text "Graduate highlight" "Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Science"
Picture of Claire Hooper with text stating her name, B.S. in Environmental Science, Earth Science concentration. and the title graduate highlight. The duncan college logo is in the top left corner.
Picture from left to right: Megan Wright, Ainsley Ganti, Nyla Hartigan, and Malcolm Wigder
Picture for Carrie Masiello with text "Dr. Carrie Masiello, 2026 Recipient of the Marjorie Corcoran Award"
Join us on May 8th for the 2026 EEPS Awards & Graduation Celebration Awards 📍 Anderson Biology Lab 131 🕒️ 3:30 PM Reception & Igneous is Bliss Concert 📍 Keith Wiess Geological Laboratories Patio 🕒️ ~ 4:00 PM
picture of two eeps graduate students posing in front of two tents at beer bike 2026
Seminar flyer with title " Archean Transitions: Geochemical Snapshots from Singhbhum Craton Zircon" picture of Dr. Heather Kirkpatrick with text "School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette". Text: April 16th, 2026, 1 pm, KWGL room 100.
Picture of a man lecturing in front of a room full of people in an auditorium
Curiosity rover with eeps student and staff and text "Coming Fall 2026: EEPS Field Trip to Mars. Meet the Curiosity rover in person"
New Frontiers for IRESS2026 Industry-Rice Earth Science Symposium April 9-10 James A. Baker Hall Geothermal Energy: From Hot Rocks to a Future Low-Carbon Grid Join us at Rice University for IRESS 2026, in Houston, TX for a 1.5 day symposium designed to bring together Full program and conference details: https://eeps.rice.edu/iress-2026 Co-sponsored by: Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science (EEPS), Rice Sustainability Insti tute (Geothermal Working Group), and the Baker Institute (Center for Energy Studies).
Picture of Bidong Zhang with text "Bidong Zhang, EEPS Assistant Professor, awarded $2.54 Million NASA grant for Lunar Research"
New Frontiers for IRESS2026 Industry-Rice Earth Science Symposium April 9-10 James A. Baker Hall Geothermal Energy: From Hot Rocks to a Future Low-Carbon Grid Join us at Rice University for IRESS 2026, in Houston, TX for a 1.5 day symposium designed to bring together Full program and conference details: https://eeps.rice.edu/iress-2026 Co-sponsored by: Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science (EEPS), Rice Sustainability Insti tute (Geothermal Working Group), and the Baker Institute (Center for Energy Studies).
EEPS Seminar poster Title: Recent advances in understanding the rheology of geological melts from lab and field measurements. "Special Guest: Dr. Stephan Kolzenburg, March 26th, 2026, 1 pm KWGL room 100". Picture of Dr. Kolzenburg with text "Department of Earth Sciences University at Buffalo"
Picture of EEPS postdoc pointing at her poster presentation with text "EEPS students and faculty present at the 2026 lunar & planetary science conference - swipe for more"
EEPS Seminar flyer with title "Planetary impact and hydrothermal events revealed by nano-mineralogy" with special guest "Dr. Jinping Hu" March 12th, 2026, 1 pm KWGL Room 100. Picture of Dr. Jinping Hu with text "Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of Houston"
12 students stand on a mountain with owl hands in the air
A student and faculty stand with a mountain in the background, hair flying back from the wind.
student and faculty stand with a sign that reads "Badwater Basin 282 feet/855 meters below sea level"
Photo of happy students yelling with text "Today is the day! 24 hour challenge march 4th"
8 students pretende to be terrified in pothole they climbed into.
Flyer with earth in the center with text "Rice Earth, Planetary & Space Open House, Discover the mysteries of our planet and our place in the universe. -Bring your rock and we will help you identify it! -Fossil Dig - Discovery Dome - Hands-on demonstrations -free educational materials - food trucks. Saturday, February 28, Rice stadium practie bubble 10am-2pm (plan for one hour at the event) free parking. (on bottom left there is a qr code that says scan for more info: https://eeps.rice.edu/rice-k-12-earth-and-planetary-open-house)
Photo of to smiling people with rice logo and text 24 hour challenge March 4th, Early giving is open.
Photo of Sylvia dee with map in background and text "“This work is about expanding our scientific community’s ability to study the water cycle across space and time.” -Dr. Sylvia Dee"
Flyer with earth in the center with text "Rice Earth, Planetary & Space Open House, Discover the mysteries of our planet and our place in the universe. -Bring your rock and we will help you identify it! -Fossil Dig - Discovery Dome - Hands-on demonstrations -free educational materials - food trucks. Saturday, February 28, Rice stadium practie bubble 10am-2pm (plan for one hour at the event) free parking. (on bottom left there is a qr code that says scan for more info: https://eeps.rice.edu/rice-k-12-earth-and-planetary-open-house)
students stand at multiple tables at green career forum in rice grand hall
flyer that says "Igenous is bliss @battle of the bands, Friday February 6th, 7:00 pm, Willy's Pub (RMC Basement)
Olympic flag behind Dr. Sylvia Dee with text: "Rice expert, Dr. Sylvia Dee, now available to discuss 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games"
Artemis II mission ad with cut out of Rice expert Kirsten Siebach with text "Rice Expert Kirsten Siebach now available to discuss NASA's Artemis II
The background is an image of Tim Diedesch kneeling on a rocky plane surrounded by a group of students, all holding notepads. He appears to be demonstrating or lecturing in an outdoor field setting near water. The text on the slide is the post title, which reads: "Rice Lecturer Dr. Tim Diedesch is redefining Field Methods for the 21st Century."
Picture of EEPS scientists: Ellie Moreland, Nyla Hartigan, Sylvia Dee, and Kirsten Siebach with text "EEPS scientists foudn that "Thin ice may have protected lake water on frozen Mars"
Seminar advertisement: The Billion $$$ Samples: Managing Data for NASA's Sample-Return Missions and Samples from Earth. Special guest: Dr. Kerstin Lehnert, January 22nd, 2026, 1 pm; KWGL room 100. Picture of Kerstin with text "Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory"
Ad that says: Gems, dirt, and oil: A geologic Journey trough civilization starting March 24 picture of gem, lightbold, gold mineral, oil barrel, wind turbine, and hands with dirt in them
two students sit on an outcrop overlooking the grand canyon
Rice EEPS Seminar "Periodic dike intrusions in Kilauea's middle east Rift zone continue post 2018. Special guest: Dr. Emily Montgomery Brown. research geophysicist with the US geological survey. January 15th, 2026 1 pm KWGL room 100.
IRESS 2026 (Industry-Rice Earth Science Symposium) New Frontiers for Geothermal Energy: From Hot Rocks to a Future Low-Carbon Grid April 9-10 - James A. Baker Hall Hosted by Rice University's Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences in partnership with The Rice Sustainability Institute & the Baker Institute's center for energy studies. Full agenda and registration details coming soon: https://eeps.rice.edu/iress-2026
picture of 5 eeps students hiking towards a foggy mountain