California Institute of Technology

John P. Grotzinger
Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology
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Phone: 626-395-6785
Office: 359 Arms Laboratory
Mailing Address:
MC 170-25
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
B.S., Hobart College, 1979; M.S., University of Montana, 1981; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. Visiting Associate Professor, Caltech, 1996; Moore Distinguished Scholar, 2004; Jones Professor, 2005-.

Research Interests

Sedimentology; stratigraphy; geobiology; ancient surface processes on Earth and Mars. Field-based investigations of depositional systems are the starting point for analysis of past processes, interactions between life and environment, and tectonic and climatic regimes.

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