🧑‍🔬 The Scientist | The Science 🔬 Shumin Li, Physical Oceanography In this series we are showcasing some of the incredible graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the EOAS department, along with a taste of what they're working on right now.

☀️ Grad students & postdocs — teach Earth & environmental science to international high schoolers in Vancouver this summer! 🌊 July 20 – Aug 14, 2026 💰 $4,000/half-course 🎓 Masters/PhD quals or postdoc required 📩 www.eoas.ubc.ca/about/job-opportunities 🗓 Review begins April 15th

🌍 UBC grad students — EOAS is hiring 2 GAAs to develop courses for the Vancouver Summer Program! 📚 Earth Systems & Change + Environment & Sustainability ⏱ Apr–Jun 2026 | ~4–5 hrs/week | 50 hrs total 💰 $38.65/hr 📩 www.eoas.ubc.ca/about/job-opportunities 🗓 Review begins March 30th

🌍 UBC is hiring a Lecturer in Geoscience, Environmental or Atmospheric Science! 📍 Vancouver | 3-year full-time role 💰 $80–95k/year 🎓 Min. Master's required 📅 Deadline: April 12, 2026 Teach at one of the top Earth Science depts in the world! 🔗 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31781

PhD candidate Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social is presenting her research at #OSM2026 🌊 Her work explores how water mass dynamics shape inflow into semi-enclosed seas at the northern edge of the California Current System. 🗓️ Wednesday 24th February | 4–6pm 📍 Poster PI24D-1526 | Hall 4

PhD candidate Jose Valentí Muelas is presenting at #OSM26 🌊 His research focuses on polyester microfibres and how they move through estuarine environments. 🗓️ Feb 23 | 4–6pm 📍 Poster HC14B-0141 | Hall 4 Have a great presentation, Jose!

Join PhD Candidate in Oceanography Becca Beutel @bbeutel.bsky.social for her first research cruise on the La Perouse biochemical survey! Spotting whales, dolphins, squid, pteropods... sounds like a pretty great first research cruise experience, even if we agree the night shift sounds a bit scary!

My paper with Susan Allen, @jilian0717.bsky.social, @jaytcullen.bsky.social, & @tiaanderlini.bsky.social is out! We show how Pacific source waters shape property flux into the Salish Sea, and separate dynamical vs property-driven change—useful for understanding coastal conditions in a changing ocean

The discovery of the first major lithium-bearing pegmatite in B.C. — and the geochemistry behind it — could help make Canada more self-sufficient in #criticalminerals resources. @eoas.ubc.ca mineralogist Dr. Catriona Breasley discusses her discovery via @science.ubc.ca medium.com/ubcscience/b...

UBC mineralogist Dr. Catriona Breasley has made the first significant discovery of #lithium in B.C. "There could be much bigger deposits out there,” she says. “We just haven't found them yet." @eoas.ubc.ca Learn more: bit.ly/4nPQOvV youtu.be/SV3yY1aaW6M

Congratulations to EOAS Faculty Member Shandin on receiving this award from AGU for his excellent lecture last year. More info on our website: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/news/1762200557

🎉 Congratulations to PCIGR’s Julie Prytulak for being appointed as a #CanadaResearchChair Tier 1 in Isotope Geochemistry at #UBC, and for receiving $700,000 from #CFI-JELF! Read more here: bit.ly/4ouwVeG

PCIGR is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in High-Precision U-Pb #Geochronology! Contribute to our U-Pb program and facilities while developing your own research program. Details about the position at bit.ly/3K7KPVe Contact us and apply now at [email protected]!

🪨 First geochemical analyses of asteroid Bennu (Nature Astronomy)! UBC’s Dr. Dominique Weis, Dr. Marghaleray Amini & Vivian Lai (PCIGR/EOAS) joined nearly 100 scientists showing Bennu formed >4.5B yrs ago—with grains older than the Sun. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02631-6

Colloquium is back!! 8 of our profs, with experience from over 20 years to under 2 weeks in the job. Each with 8 minutes to weave a compelling scientific tale - not one to miss! 12pm for snacks, 12:30 for science. Tomorrow in ESB 5104 - see you there!

🌊 A decade-long mystery solved: UBC-led researchers identified the bacteria behind sea star wasting disease (Vibrio pectenicida FHCF-3), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A huge step for marine recovery. 🪸🌍 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02797-2

Sign up now at the link in bio for the Certificate in Climate Studies and Action Welcome event next Thursday! - Meet other students - Learn about the program - 18 Credits, open to any students from any undergraduate program who are interested in climate change - Pizza! 🍕 See you there :)

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Laura Lukes, second author of the paper awarded Outstanding Paper Award 2025 by the Journal of Geoscience Education! You can find the paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2024.2355821

Three drillers have been freed from being trapped underground at the Red Chris Mine in northern B.C, a site transitioning from open-pit to block-cave mining. @eoas.ubc.ca prof Dr. Erik Eberhardt discusses why mines are transitioning via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position. DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025! ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...

"This discovery highlights how little we know about viruses infecting invertebrates in general and oysters in particular," said senior author Dr. Curtis Suttle. @virosphere.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca phys.org/news/2025-08... via @physorg

Pacific #oysters are the most widely farmed #shellfish in the world, but have been dying in large numbers. @news.ubc.ca's Dr. Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social, says that the reason for the die-off could be a previously unknown #virus. www.cbc.ca/player/play/... @science.ubc.ca @eoas.ubc.ca

📢 We are #HIRING for the position of Finance Manager! Job description and application portal in the link below. Submissions accepted until September 7. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...

🌊 Big opportunity for ocean scientists! UBC seeks a CERC in Ocean Ecological Modelling (Assoc/Full Prof, tenure). 🌎 Lead global-impact ocean research. Apply by Sept 12, 2025 ➡️ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30204 #OceanScience #CERC #UBC #AcademicJobs

SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in #Ocean #Ecological #Modelling. #Professor or #Associateprofessor level with #tenure. ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac... @science.ubc.ca @eoas.ubc.ca

Thrilled to share that Dr. Susan Allen has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society for her exceptional work in marine science & service to the field. A huge congrats on this well-earned honour! 🌊🌦️

POSTING: @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca are recruiting for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Associate #Professor or Professor, with tenure. Deadline: September 12, 2025 research.ubc.ca/media/file/c...

Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social sits down for a Q&A with the European Association of Geochemistry during #Goldschmidt2025 in Prague! Read here! bit.ly/3Ts7ME1 Catch Dominique and others from PCIGR — TODAY — in Goldschmidt Session 02l: Chemical Heterogeneities in the Earth's Mantle!

UBC EOAS has secured $434K to launch PROTÉGÉ—a Canada-Chile grad student exchange on ocean hazards, climate resilience & marine research. Funded by QES & UBC, it’s a key step toward national-scale Pacific Ocean research. 🌊🌍 #UBC #QES #OceanScience #ClimateAction

RESEARCH: Basin-scale zooplankton composition in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific in the winter-spring. First author: Joanne Breckenridge, with Evgeny Pakhomov and Brian Hunt @UBCzoops @ubcpelagic.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via Progress in Oceanography

PCIGR is excited to showcase our facility and share with you what we do, ahead of #Goldschmidt2025! Watch the video below to learn about the cool research we do. Our doors are open to assist you on your project. Get in touch with us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQn...

EOSC 328 wrapped up a successful field season in the southern Okanagan this May. Three weeks of mapping, hiking, and hands-on structural geology in (surprisingly cool) spring weather. Thanks to our instructors, TAs, and the Field Station team for supporting this work in the field.

RESEARCH: A review of benthic cnidarians as underappreciated predators in the gelatinous ocean. Co-authored by @fluskow.bsky.social and Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov. link.springer.com/article/10.1... via @springernature.com #MarineBiology @eoas.ubc.ca

The Treatise of Geochemistry III is out in print. Happy to have been part of this undertaking with A. Anbar and an amazing team of section editors.

📢 Hot off the press! New paper by Nicole Williamson, Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Elly Thistlethwaite, Lauren Harrison, Catherine Armstrong, James Scoates and Michael Garcia on enriched geochemical compositions in Hawaiian lavas. Read here! (open access) doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...

Hot off the press! New publication by Nichole Moerhuis, James Scoates, Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Jon Scoates, and Christian Tegner. Read here! (open access) doi.org/10.1093/petr...

Big thanks to everyone who came out to this year’s Poster Corral! 💬📊 Here are this year’s winners: 🏆 – Emma Betz 🥈 – Nicolás Pérez Estay 🗳️ Public Choice (Tie): • Raul Mendoza • Samuel Martin 🎓 Undergrad Public Choice: Jade Jordan (with Shandin Pete) Congratulations all!!

Big congratulations to PhD candidate Alexis Bahl for receiving the Killam Teaching Assistant Award! 🎉👏 Her passion for teaching and commitment to equity in science are shaping the future of geoscience education. 🌊🌎 #UBC #STEM #Education #Geoscience

We are closing up the term's seminars on Tuesday with a special one - the annual graduate and postdoctoral research carnival! Come along and learn about the wide variation of research that goes on in our department! As usual, fruits snacks and coffee available from 12pm onwards. See you there!

Congrats to PhD student Emma Betz for winning the Outstanding Student Poster Award at #AGU2024! 🎉 Her work on innovative, inclusive hominin evolution lab activities is shaping the future of paleontology education. 👏🔬 #Geoscience #STEMEducation #Paleontology #UBC

🚨 Calling all science enthusiasts! The EOAS Poster Corral is here! 🏆 📅 Undergraduates: This week 📅 Graduate students: Next week Explore cutting-edge research, vote for your favourites, and celebrate the amazing work of our students. See you there!

This week, we are pleased to welcome the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) Foundation distinguished lecturer 2024-25, Andrea Crook, Co-founder and CEO of OptiSeis. Andrea will be presenting on the topic of Sustainability and Innovation in Seismic Data Acquisition. See you there!

This week, we are pleased to welcome Isla Myers-Smith, who is making the long journey from the Faculty of Forestry here at UBC! Isla will be talking about how tundra ecosystems are responding to accelerating climate change in the Canadian Arctic. See you there!

Hot off the press! New paper by Racquelle Mangahas, Allan Bertram, Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Jay Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social and Maria Maldonado. Read the paper here! (open access) doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

🚀 Now Hiring: Scientific & Business Development Director at UBC’s EMXDF! If you have expertise in electron-beam microanalysis, X-ray diffraction, and mineral chemistry, this leadership role is for you. Apply by April 21, 2025. Details: https://hr.ubc.ca/careers

Congrats to Ryan Mitchell, a fourth-year Geological Engineering student, for being named a Wesbrook Scholar! 🏆 He’s also received the Carl Bradford Robertson Scholarship, recognizing his academic excellence, leadership, and community impact. Well done, Ryan! 👏🎉 #UBC #WesbrookScholar

This week, we are pleased to welcome Suzanne Carbotte, Bruce Heezen and Lamont Research Professor at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Suzanne will be presenting research on Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquakes, with particular local relevance. See you there!

Calling all artists, designers and climate activists! The Certificate in Climate Studies and Action Capstone is working on a project to dispel misconceptions about the use of natural gas as a climate solution. Submit an original design by 31 March 2025. Details at http://bit.ly/3EZIEk8

Dr. Matthew Tarling's favourite part about being a structural geologist is being able to experience science through the lens of the outdoors. He studies how rocks break, bend, squish and flow in the interior of the Earth. @eoas.ubc.ca youtu.be/plMvgAqTeNo

RESEARCH: Pathways for converting zooplankton traits to ecological insights are paved with findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) data practices. Co-authored by Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov @UBCzoops @eoas.ubc.ca and Dr. Brian Hunt @ubcpelagic.bsky.social academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...