School news
Petroleum Experts Ltd donates 10 MOVE softeware licences, a commercial equivalent of £1,525,561.89!
Petroleum Experts Ltd donates 10 MOVE softeware licences to the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Geology Field Camp Scotland 2020 programme confirmed. Apply now!
Join us for a walk in the footsteps of geological giants!
How volcanoes recycle the Earth’s crust to uncover rare metals that are vital to green technology
Isotopes reveal important information about how Earth concentrates important metals.
Sami Mikhail awarded Distinguished Lecturership
Dr Sami Mikhail has been recognized by the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland as one of the two Distinguished Lecturers for 2019/20.
Acidic oceans triggered marine mass extinction during dinosaur die-off
New international study confirms a long-held theory about the last great mass extinction event and the evolution of marine life.
Welcoming Nick!
A warm welcome to Dr Nick Gardiner, our new Lecturer in Applied Earth Resources.
Dr Paul Savage awarded Teaching Excellence Award
A big congratulations to Dr Paul Savage who has been awarded one of the University’s four Teaching Excellence Awards for 2018-2019.
Funding Awarded – Searching for Life on Europa
Claire Cousins, Aubrey Zerkle and Mark Fox-Powell have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant
Young Person’s Lecture competition
Abigail Robinson takes first place in MIS Young Person’s Lecture regional competition.
Ammonium fertilised early life on Earth
A team of international scientists, led by the University of St Andrews (Dr Aubrey Zerkle, School of Earth and Environmantal Sciences), has demonstrated a new source of food for early life on the planet.