New instrument on ESA ExoMars rover
A new infrared spectrometer called Enfys will be included on the Rosalind Franklin rover, set to launch to Mars in 2028. The scientific development is co-led by Dr Claire Cousins.
School news
Lots of funded PhD projects on offer!
We have two routes for funded PhD projects open for 2024 entry with several projects from planetary formation and exploration to oceanography to mass extinctions (and more)!
GeoBus Without Borders
GeoBus Without Borders launched in the first week of October 2024 at the Geological Survey of Namibia (GSN) in Windhoek.
Dr Hana Jurikova awarded prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
Dr Hana Jurikova awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
STFC Knowledge Exchange Institutional Award Successes
Congratulations to SEES academics for securing funds from the 2023 - 2024 STFC Knowledge Exchange Institutional Award (KEIA).
Dr Abu Baidya awarded prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr Abu Saeed Baidya who has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship.
Successful Thesis Defence: Dr Michele Rinaldi
Congratulations to Dr Michele Rinaldi for defending his PhD thesis entitled "A thermodynamic modelling approach to predict the outcome of carbonaceous fluid metasomatism on Earth and Mars"
Life on Earth quickly became independent from lightning as a nitrogen source
Lightning’s role in making nitrogen available for life on Earth may have been relatively short-lived, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science.
Salt delivery from the Indian Ocean helped end the ice ages
Scientists from St Andrews and Cardiff, along with international colleagues, have discovered the source of warm super salty water that rushed up the Atlantic 15,000 years ago, ushering in the end of the last ice age
Join us! We have two open faculty positions in Earth and Environmental Sciences
We have two open faculty positions in Earth and Environmental Sciences at St Andrews, one in Terrestrial Environments, one in Atmospheric Sciences, both broadly defined, closing date 12 May.