Bethany Ehlmann

  • Professor
  • LASP Director
  • GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Research

Remote compositional analysis of planetary surfaces; environmental change over Mars history; chemical and physical weathering processes on terrestrial planets; infrared spectroscopy and quantitative radiative transfer modeling; habitability, rock-microbe interactions, biomarker preservation; early Earth surface environments; environmental science and applications of remote sensing; science policy.

Keywords

Geology;  Planetary Science

Department Topic Areas

Education and Training

  • Ph.D.; Sc. M., Brown University, Geological Sciences
  • M.Sc. by research, University of Oxford, Geography (Geomorphology)
  • M.Sc. with distinction, Univ. of Oxford, Environmental Change & Management
  • A.B. summa cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis