Jasmine Zollinger, a science student at ANU, can pinpoint the beginning of her fascination with Earth sciences to the day that ANU seismologist Dr Sima Mousavi visited her school in year eight.
Steven Petkovski is the Museum Curator for the National Mineral and Fossil Collection at Geoscience Australia. He graduated from ANU with a Bachelor of Science and is now studying a Master of Science in Earth Sciences.
What’s the first question an aspiring geologist asks their ‘future self’? Their favourite rock, of course. ANU student Seb Bland sits down with Professor Jochen Brocks from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences to find out what his life will be like thirty years from now.
Graduating with a Master of Earth Sciences (Advanced), Hangyu Meng came to ANU to pursue his curiosity about how the world works and to develop his research skills with the hope of continuing his studies with a PhD.
“It was very stressful,” Hana says. “I was worried about so many things. It was the very first time I lived all alone, and it was a totally different country."
“This is wild,” says Tharika Liyanage talking about cheilanthanes. And the thing is, you can’t help but agree – even if you don’t know what cheilanthanes are.