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Geobiology is at the interface between earth and life sciences. Life has left its signatures on the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the geosphere, and these spheres have undoubtedly left their own signatures on life as it has evolved. Geobiological study at USC is dedicated to deciphering the interaction of the Earth and its biosphere at all scales, from small to large, from ancient to modern.
USC is home to one of the most exciting and extensive Geobiology programs in the world. In the past decade, USC has brought together a diverse group of scientists covering virtually all of the areas required to launch an intellectual assault on the questions in Exobiology. These areas include: geology, biology, chemistry, geochemistry, paleontology, and, more recently molecular genetics and genomics. The USC Geobiology / Astrobiology program has a keen interest in pushing the boundaries of interdisciplinary research.
Our program can be broadly organized around 3 main themes:
The modern biogeochemical processes perspective - examining the way in which life and the geosphere interact in modern systems
The time perspective - putting what we know about modern systems into a deep time perspective
The molecular perspective - adding the techniques and approaches of molecular genetics, genomics, and metagenomics to understand life, and its signals and signatures at a new level.
More information about the geobiology group can be found at geobiology.usc.edu.
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