Home
About
People
Faculty
Research Faculty
Cooperating Faculty
Affiliate
Staff
Graduate Students
Alumni
Research
Overview
Themes
Divisions
Facilities
Visitor Program
Academics
Overview
Undergraduate
Graduate
Course Catalog
Scholarships
Student Work
Course Info
Fall '24 Class Availability
Fall '24 Syllabi
Spring '24 Syllabi
Fall '23 Syllabi
Course Catalog
Long Term Schedule
JEDI
Overview
Huliamahi
News
Recent
Newsletters
Archive
Application Info
BA-BS
MS-PhD
Fall 2024 Courses
View
ERTH students exploring basalt outcrops at Wawamalu Beach, Southeast Oahu.
ERTH News
View
UHM Earth Sciences students in the field.
Spring 2024 TGIF Seminars
View
Professor Julia Hammer and ESVI REU students exploring East Oahu geology.
ERTH field trip to Kūpuna Islands, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
Giving to ERTH
View
ERTH 305 (Geologic Field Methods)students enjoying field camp in the Mojave Desert.
EPIK REU
View
EPʻIK Summer high school students, with Professor Scott Rowland, on a field trip to Windward Oahu.
Earth Alumni and Friends Days 2024 - May 3-4!
2022-2023 Earth Sciences Department Newsletter
Department Features
Student diversity
Award-winning Faculty
Engaging courses
Placed-based learning in Hawai'i
Cutting-edge facilities
Recent
Rankings
: UHM is in the top 51-100 worldwide and No. 22 in the USA in both Geology and Geophysics
Internationally recognized research in 4 divisions
Geophysics and Tectonics
◆
Marine and Environmental Geology
Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology
◆ Planetary Geoscience and Remote Sensing, hosted in
HIGP
Mission Statement
To identify and solve fundamental and applied problems in the Geosciences and Environmental Sciences; to acquire new knowledge about Hawaiʻi, the Pacific Basin, and Earth; to serve society by teaching and training future geoscientists, teachers, and citizens; and to be a principal resource for objective Earth science expertise to the state of Hawaiʻi.
Prospective Students
Apply to our
undergraduate program
by January 5th (priority) or March 1st (final) for Fall admission
Apply to our
graduate program
by December 1st for Fall admission
Browse our
course list
in the UH Mānoa catalog.
Explore ways we are striving to
improve our community
Graduate students and post-doc
opportunitites
(page content changes periodically).
Tenure Track
Assistant professor with specialization in paleoclimatology