- Faculty Research Areas
- Laboratories, Facilities, and Research Groups
- Climate & Paleoclimate
- Environmental Sciences
- Geobiology
- Geochronology & Thermochronology
- Geophysics
- Hydrology & Surface Processes
- Low-Temperature Geochemistry
- Oceanography
- Paleontology
- Petrology & High Temperature Geochemistry
- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
- Structural Geology & Tectonics
- Laboratory Tour Videos
The fossil record documents interactions between life and planet over geological timescales. Paleontological research in EARTH is closely linked to the UM Museum of Paleontology, an internationally significant collection of over 3 million fossil specimens and associated support personnel and facilities. UM paleontologists conduct field-, lab-, and collection-based research to investigate the relationships and environmental implications of fossil plants, evolutionary radiation in aquatic vertebrates, the systematics of Mesozoic reptiles, links between topographic relief and diversification, and paleobiology and extinction of Pleistocene megafauna.
| Faculty | Specialties | Associated Laboratories and Research Groups |
| Mónica Carvalho | Paleontology | |
| Matt Friedman | Vertebrate Paleontology, Quantitative Paleobiology, Phylogenetics, Computed Tomography | |
| Sierra Petersen | Past Greenhouse Climates, Mass Extinctions, Stable and Clumped Isotope Paleothermometry, Fossil Mollusks, Sclerochronology, Morphometrics | SCIPP Lab |
| Selena Smith | Paleobotany, Paleoenvironments, Paleoecology, Plant science, Systematics and Evolution | Smith Lab |
| Luke Weaver | Paleontology | Weaver Lab |
| Jeff Wilson | Vertebrates, Mesozoic, Gondwana | Personal Website |
| Affiliated Faculty | Specialties | Primary Affiliation | Associated Laboratories and Research Groups |
| Catherine Badgley | Museum of Paleontology | Badgley Lab |
