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
EAPS undergrad received hands-on experience at ACRE with DURI internship
09-03-2021
Purdue University offered many opportunities for students to get involved with research. One such opportunity is the Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship Program (DURI) . Purdue University senior Matthew Graber, an Atmospheric and Chemistry student, accepted a DURI internship this summer to work with field characterization of agricultural aerosols at Purdue’s Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE).
08-25-2021
The eastern United States is a hot spot for severe thunderstorms. Researchers from Purdue University say the reason is much more closely tied to the terrain of North America, rather than the presence of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Science of Wet Bulb Temperature
08-25-2021
Nearly 50 million Americans are under heat alerts as hot and humid weather grips the Midwest and south central U.S. But it's not just the number on the thermometer that counts. Purdue EAPS Prof. Matthew Huber explains on pattrn why researchers use wet bulb temperatures to measure just how unbearable heat can be.
River ecology internship prepares EAPS undergrad for geoscience success
08-24-2021
The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) offers internships to undergraduates that give professional experience with projects spanning from ecological research, education, outreach, and policy. Purdue University Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) undergraduate Adriana Brown was able to carry out an NGRREC internship this summer locally in the Purdue Stable Isotope Facility.
Living on Mars Time with Mastcam-Z
08-20-2021
*BEEP!!!!!* *BEEP!!!!* The awakening sound of the alarm clock rings out through the bedroom. It’s 4 pm and the dying late winter light bleeds in around the makeshift blackout curtains of repurposed bed sheets. It’s another beautiful evening on Mars.