Research Areas
Atmospheric Sciences
We study extreme weather, climate change, and their impacts on both ecosystems and modern society.
Environmental Geoscience
We use biology, chemistry, geology, and physics to understand how the Earth System supports such a diversity of life and how human behavior is impacting this system.
Geodata Science Initiative
Data science is the fourth and the newest paradigm of science. In Geodata Science Initiative, we conduct transdisciplinary research, merging or articulating EAPS subject matters with technical areas in data science: statistical and machine learning methods and models, algorithms for the models and methods, and computational environments for data analysis.
Geology and Geophysics
We study the processes that shape our planet, from the building of mountains and oil-bearing sedimentary basins, to the flow of warm rocks and cold glaciers, to the triggering of earthquakes.
Planetary Science
We study the evolution of the solar system and how planets evolve over time due to impacts, tectonics, and atmospheric processes, with an eye to the potential for past and future habitability.
Research News
Mars boffins probe mysterious new mineral
08-21-2025
The Northern Miner — Scientists have spotted on Mars what could be a previously unknown mineral linked to the kind of sulphaty gunk that clogs tailings ponds on Earth. EAPS's Roger Wiens was mentioned in this article.
Purdue picked as a host institution for prestigious 51 Pegasi b postdoctoral fellowship
08-21-2025
Purdue University has been selected to serve as a host institution for the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded by the Heising-Simons Foundation to give scholars the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge theoretical, observational and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
08-18-2025
Tabb Prissel, assistant professor in Purdue University's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Susan Mahan Niebur Award. One of NASA's most prestigious honors for early career planetary scientists.
Moisture changes the rules of atmospheric traffic jams
08-14-2025
New research from Purdue University reveals how moisture influences atmospheric blocking, a phenomenon that often drives heat waves, droughts, cold outbreaks and floods, helping solve a mystery in climate science and improving future extreme weather predictions.
Decoding Space Rocks with AI: The Meteorite Breakthrough
08-13-2025
Securities — Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we do things, not only on Earth but also in Space. Lead author Marissa Tremblay, assistant professor with EAPS, further noted that meteorites tend to be denser than rocks on Earth, are magnetic and contain metal. However, finding meteorites isn't that easy.