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Research Spotlight
Assistant Professor Clara Blättler holding a vial of seawater dating from the last ice age.
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Jade Checlair studies potentially habitable extrasolar planets.
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Graham Slater is a paleobiologist who uses phylogenetic trees and statistical models to ask questions about the evolution of morphological diversity.
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Committee on Evolutionary Biology makes UChicago News
November 21, 2019
Prof. David Jablonski was recently featured in UChicago News for his cross-disciplinary work in UChicago's Committee on Evolutionary Biology. For the last fifty years, the committee has fostered impactful scientific inquiry by connecting graduate programs across multiple relevant departments. Congratulations, Prof. Jablonski!
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Nie and Dauphas measure rubidium isotopes to create model for moon formation
November 06, 2019
Nicole Nie, PhD '19 now at the Carnegie Institution for Science and Professor Nicolas Dauphas have made a "long-needed step to connect the lines between isotope measurements and physical models of the proto-planetary bodies." Click on the link to learn more!
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Jansen and Marzocchi featured for climate feedback work
October 31, 2019
Assistant Prof. Malte Jansen and former postdoc Alice Marzocchi were featured in UChicago News for their recent paper modeling the effect of Antarctic sea ice on the glacial carbon cycle. Congratulations, both!
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Recreating the Sounds of Antarctica
October 23, 2019
Graduate Student Grant Macdonald recently collaborated with artist Katie Wood to create an audio work entitled "dripping, creaking, flowing." The piece recreates the sounds of Antarctic glaciers, with a special focus on the effects of climate change. Congratulations, Grant!
