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Students gain advanced knowledge of plate tectonics, structural geology, geophysics, geochemistry, petrology, rheology, stratigraphy, and geomorphology, in relation to evolution of the earth and planets; paleoecology, phylogeny reconstruction, and functional morphology in relation to biological evolution and paleoenvironments; environmental geology, geomorphology, ocean chemistry, paleoclimatology, and sedimentology in relation to modern/paleo climate change. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching of earth structure and evolution; resource geology; paleobiology; paleoenvironments; modern/paleo climate change. The campus is well situated to provide access to field areas exhibiting diverse geologic and tectonic phenomena, to the Bodega Marine Laboratory, and to other UC research stations.
Ph.D. Plan C
College of Letters and Science
Admissions and Fellowship Information
Space Available: May 1, 2025
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2025
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Program Contact Information
Primary Program Contacts
Program Coordinator
Mandy Rousseau
(530) 752-9100 | mlrousseau@ucdavis.edu
Department Chair
Magali Billen
mibillen@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Program Chair
Michael Oskin
(530) 752-3993 | meoskin@ucdavis.edu
Additional Contacts
Advisor: General
Christen Grettenberger
Earth and Planetary Sciences
clgrettenberger@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: Primary Contact
Michael Oskin
Earth and Planetary Sciences
(530) 752-3993 | meoskin@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: General
Barbara Ratschbacher
Earth and Planetary Sciences
bratschbacher@ucdavis.edu
Senior Academic Advisor
Samantha Duesdieker
(530) 752-4928 | samdues@ucdavis.edu