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Gage Coon portrait, seated, with two yellow chairs in foreground.

Gage Coon: An Earth scientist exploring the power of microbes

August 28, 2026

Categories: Climate, Life + Environments, Natural Resources, Profile, Students + Postdocs

A photo of Sheila Baber in front of cherry blossoms in Washington, DC

Sheila Baber ’21 Combines Love of Farming, Passion for Space

August 20, 2026

Categories: Alumni, Life + Environments, Natural Resources, Profile

Perrin Davidson stands, posing, against an indoor angled pillar.

Characterizing Earth’s damping mechanisms

June 24, 2026

Categories: Health of the Planet, Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Learning to teach, learning to discover

May 22, 2026

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Abigail Bodner: Modeling where the ocean and atmosphere communicate

December 2, 2025

Categories: Climate, Faculty + Senior Researchers, Profile

Ananda Santos Figueiredo seated at a table in a classroom, with a pug sitting in the chair next to her.

Meet Ananda Figueiredo ’25: Shaping the future through systems thinking

May 27, 2025

Categories: Community, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Andrew Babbin sits inside with Boston skyline in background.

Seeking climate connections among the oceans’ smallest organisms

February 06, 2025

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Profile

Jared Bryan: bridging the heavens and Earth through seismology

September 17, 2024

Categories: Planets, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Student Spotlight: Emma Bulllock on researching extreme environments

April 19, 2024

Categories: Health of the Planet, Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Katie Kempff sits outside on a balcony in nice weather, smiling at the camera.

Course 1-12 spotlight: From space to sustainability, Katie Kempff changes to new MIT climate major

April 12, 2024

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Lauren Aguilar sits on a bench and smiles at the camera, surrounded by bamboo.

Course 1-12 spotlight: Lauren Aguilar finds her path to energy systems

April 5, 2024

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Ananda Santos Figueiredo sits at a table in front of a white board with math equations on it, smiling at the camera.

Course 1-12 spotlight: Ananda Santos Figueiredo pivots from astrophysics to climate change

March 22, 2024

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Roger Summons and Angel Mojarro stand together and smile at the camera.

EAPS Alumnus Angel Mojarro featured in NASA early career scientist spotlight

March 18, 2024

Categories: Alumni, Profile

Justin Cole sits on a couch in front of a whiteboard of math equations.

Course 1-12 spotlight: Justin Cole pivots from military service to climate crisis

March 15, 2024

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Fatima Husain stands in a lab with arm resting on table. The table has a complex machine with a cylindrical base and tubes and wires connected to the table and ceiling.

Unlocking history with geology and genetics

January 25, 2024

Categories: Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Timur Cinay sits on a rocky outcrop on the sea, smiling at the camera while the sun warms the ocean colors.

Seeing the world in high definition

June 26, 2023

Categories: Profile, Students + Postdocs

Becca Mastrola sits on a rock formation and smiles at the camera.

Unlocking Age-Old Secrets Set in Stone

May 2, 2023

Categories: Landscapes + Planetary Interiors, Planets, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Greg Fournier stands in the woods, and there is a stream in background. There are fallen leaves and branches, and it is a cloudy day in early Spring.

Searching across deep time to understand “ecogenesis”

April 7, 2023

Categories: Faculty + Senior Researchers, Life + Environments, Profile

Student Spotlight: Ciara Willis on balancing ocean research and fieldwork

February 1, 2023

Categories: Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs

Aviva Intveld, smiling and leaning on a railing overlooking the Charles River with the Boston skyline in the background.

Looking to the past to prepare for an uncertain future

January 11, 2023

Categories: Community, Life + Environments, Profile, Students + Postdocs