(Division of Science)

Professor Z. Johnny Luo, Chair • Department Office: MR 926• Tel: 212-650-6984

General Information

The City College offers the following undergraduate degree in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences:

B.S. in Earth and Atmospheric Science

B.S. in Environmental Earth Systems Science

B.A. in Earth and Atmospheric Science

Departmental Facilities

The EAS Department maintains well-equipped hydrology, geochemistry, geophysics, and remote sensing laboratories.  Geochemical analysis equipment includes spectroscopy, spectrometry, and microscopy. Environmental geophysical equipment includes an electromagnetic ground conductivity meter, an automated resistivity system, an engineering seismograph system, a gravimeter, and a proton precession magnetometer. In remote sensing, field gear supporting ground measurements for validation of remote sensing datasets concerning terrestrial ecosystem dynamics and the carbon and water cycles is available, as well as workstations for analyzing satellite data. The EAS facilities also include a Weather and Climate Lab that hosts a wide range of tools for the downloading and analysis of data from weather satellites. Additional access to the CUNY supercomputing center at College of Staten Island, analytical equipment (e.g., electron microscopy, XRD, stable isotope mass spectrometry) through the CCNY Division of Science Core Facility, the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, the NY Structural Biology Center on South Campus, and allocated time for electron probe microanalysis through our faculty affiliation with the American Museum of Natural History.

Research

Qualified students are encouraged to become research assistants to faculty, and must complete a capstone research project (EAS 472**) as part of the major requirements sequence.  Many are assisted in their research with support from the NOAA sponsored Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (NOAA-CESSRST) and the CUNY-GISS REU: Global Climate Change.  Through an exciting research program with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), up to ten students per summer are supported to perform fieldwork under the direct supervision of USGS scientists.  Student fieldwork under this program has been carried out from New Jersey to Massachusetts, with new possibilities being created for throughout the United States.  Internships are also available in a variety of earth science disciplines with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Departmental Activities

CCNY Geology Club

The Geology Club has meetings during club hours. Meetings include guest lectures, environmental films, and field trips in the NYC area.

Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)

A student chapter of this society has recently been formed, with a focus on the use of geophysics for environmental and engineering applications.

American Meteorological Society

The American Meteorological Society is for students interested in meteorology and its applications. Visits to weather stations are scheduled.

Awards

The Dr. Sol. J Heiligman Scholarship

The Henry Newhouse Scholarship

The Lorraine Wyler Award

The Ward Medal & Jeffrey Steiner Research Award

Presented each year to outstanding graduating seniors. For detailed information, see the Guide to City College Prizes, Awards, and Medals in the office of the Chair.

Advisement

For general advisement for all program options:

Prof. Pengfei Zhang

Prof. Zhengrong Wang

Prof. Diomaris Padilla 

Faculty

Karin Block, Associate Professor
A.B., Univ. of Michigan; M.Phil., CUNY, Ph.D.

James Booth, Associate Professor
B.S., Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.S., Univ. of Kentucky; Ph.D., Univ. of Washington

Spencer Hill, Assistant Professor,
B.S. UCLA; Ph.D., Princeton Univ.

Kimberly Huppert, Assistant Professor
B.A., Gimnasio Moderno (Colombia); M.S., Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Ph.D.

Steven Kidder, Associate Professor
B.S., Univ. of Minnesota; M.S., Univ. of Arizona; Ph.D., California Inst. of Technology

Angelo Lampousis, Lecturer
B.S. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece); M.Phil., CUNY, Ph.D.

Z. Johnny Luo, Professor
B.S., Peking Univ. (China); M.Phil., Columbia Univ., Ph.D.

Kyle McDonald, Terry Elkes Professor
B.E.E., Georgia Inst. of Technology; M.S., Johns Hopkins Univ.; M.S., Univ. of Michigan, Ph.D.

Diomaris Paddila, Lecturer,
B.S., NYIT; Ph.D. CUNY Graduate Center 

Nicholas Steiner, Research Assistant Professor
B.A., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder; M.Phil., CUNY, Ph.D.

Maria Tzortziou, Martin & Michele Cohen Professor
B.S., Aristotle Univ. (Greece), M.Sc.; M.S., Univ. of Maryland, Ph.D.

Zhengrong Wang, Associate Professor
B.S., Univ. of Science and Technology of China, M.S.; Ph.D., California Inst. of Technology

Pengfei Zhang, Professor and Chair
B.S. Univ. of Science and Technology of China; M.S., Montana Tech; Ph.D., Univ. of Utah

Professor Emeritus

Stanley Gedzelman

Edward Hindman

Patricia Kenyon

Margaret Anne Winslow