American Journal of Science

American Journal of Science

Editorial Board

AJS is guided by an editorial board representing a broad range of expertise across Earth science, including geochemistry, tectonics, petrology, biogeochemistry, stratigraphy, geochronology, and Earth history.

Editors

The Editors oversee the journal's scientific direction and editorial decision-making.

Editor

Mark T. Brandon

Yale University

Tectonics · Deformation processes · Thermochronology · Geomorphology · Paleotopography

Editor

C. Page Chamberlain

Stanford University

Geochemistry

Editor

Louis A. Derry

Cornell University

Biogeochemistry · Isotope geochemistry · Elemental cycling · Earth surface processes · Paleoceanography

Editor

Francis Macdonald

University of California, Berkeley

Geology · Stratigraphy · Tectonics · Paleoclimate

Editor

Michael T. Hren

University of Connecticut

Bstable isotopes, geochemistry, paleoclimate, paleotopography, biomarkers

Associate Editors

Associate Editors provide subject-matter expertise across the journal's areas of coverage.

Jay J. Ague

Yale University

Petrology, mineralogy, high-temperature geochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics

Ethan Baxter

Boston College

Geochemistry, geochronology, petrology, tectonics

Edward W. Bolton

Yale University

Reactive transport modeling

Claire E. Bucholz

California Institute of Technology

Igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry

Don E. Canfield

University of Southern Denmark

Biogeochemistry, geobiology, microbial ecology

William H. Casey

University of California, Davis

Solution chemistry, reaction kinetics, aqueous geochemistry

Nadja Drabon

Harvard University

Sedimentology, stratigraphy, geochronology

Michael T. Hren

University of Connecticut

Stable isotopes, geochemistry, paleoclimate, paleotopography, biomarkers

Daniel E. Ibarra

Brown University

Isotopes, paleoclimate, lakes, soils, caves, geochemistry, reactive transport, Quaternary geochronology, surface processes

C. Brenhin Keller

Dartmouth College

Igneous petrology, geochemistry, geochronology, thermochronology, geoinformatics

Kimberly Lau

Pennsylvania State University

Isotope geochemistry, Earth history, biogeochemistry

Xian-Hua Li

Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Geochronology, igneous petrology and geochemistry, Precambrian geology

Timothy W. Lyons

University of California, Riverside

Biogeochemistry, geobiology, astrobiology, paleoceanography

Evangelos Moulas

Johannes Gutenberg University

Petrology, metamorphic processes, thermodynamics in Earth systems, numerical geodynamic modelling

Andreas Mulch

Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre

Paleoclimate, tectonics, stable isotopes, geology

Amanda M. Oehlert

University of Miami, RSMAS

Carbonate biogeochemistry, diagenesis, sedimentology, global carbon cycle

Ann Pearson

Harvard University

Biogeochemistry, organic geochemistry, light stable isotope geochemistry, geomicrobiology, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle

Brad Sageman

Northwestern University

Stratigraphy, geochemistry

Zachary Sharp

University of New Mexico

Stable isotopes

Mark Albert Torres

Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Biogeochemistry, surface processes, chemical weathering

Richard J. Walker

University of Maryland

Trace element and radiogenic isotope geochemistry, mantle geochemistry, early solar system processes

A. Joshua (Josh) West

University of Southern California

Low-temperature geochemistry, geomorphology, erosion, weathering, carbon cycle, biogeochemistry

Simon A. Wilde

Curtin University

Geochemistry, geochronology, tectonics, petrology

Matthew J. Winnick

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Reactive transport modeling, global biogeochemical cycles, chemical weathering, stable isotopes

Robert Wintsch

Wesleyan University

Structural petrology, geochronology

Guochun Zhao

The University of Hong Kong

Precambrian geology, metamorphic geology, supercontinents

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board provides institutional and scholarly guidance for the journal.

Jay J. Ague

Yale University

Peter Raymond

Yale University

Editorial Office

For questions about submissions, editorial procedures, or journal policies, please contact the editorial office.