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Department Contact
Email: sees@qc.cuny.edu
Phone: (718) 997-3300
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Administrative Staff
Chair of Department
College Laboratory Technicians
Mustafa Kamal
Ilias Georgalis
College Office Assistant
Maria Silvestri
Anne Marie Devlin
NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGY LICENSE
Are you interested in obtaining a New York State Professional Geologist license to further your Earth science career? If yes, then the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) at Queens College is the place for you!
Meet Your Academic Advisors!
Environmental Science & Studies
Jeffrey Bird
Environmental Science & Studies
Christine Ramadhin
Geology
Dara Laczniak
Graduate Studies
Greg O’Mullan
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News & Events
FEATURED STUDENT
Nicole Liew
Student in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
SEES Student Nicole Liew was selected to join the University of Washington’s VISIONS25′ expedition to Axial Seamount in the NE Pacific Ocean! VISIONS is an anual expedidition that services the Ocean Observatories Iniative Cabled Array. Check out her blog as she describes her daily adventures!
August 2025
GRADUATION EVENT 2025
SEES 2025 Graduation Ceremony
CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2025!
Dr. Stephen Pekar, Professor and Chair of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, welcomed students, families, and friends to the SEES 2025 Graduation Ceremony with a heartfelt message celebrating the resilience, purpose, and power of the graduating class.
This year’s graduates represent more than academic achievement — they are environmental heroes stepping into careers aimed at safeguarding the future of our planet. As Dr. Pekar emphasized, these students are “the superheroes of our time,” armed with knowledge and a mission to create a more sustainable world.
Congratulations to our graduates for completing their degree !
June 2025
Career Panel Events
Why SEES
WHY STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BA ?
WHY STUDY GEOLOGY BA ?
WHY STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BS ?
WHY STUDY GEOLOGY BS ?
WHY STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES BA ?
Colloquium
Wednesday November 19th, 2025
Science Building C-207, 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm
Zoom ID: 843 0287 5858
Passcode: 672323
Grace Bungenstab Alves
Assistant Professor Department of Geography Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
Soils as Storytellers: decoding landscape evolution in Brazil’s tropical drylands
The lowlands of Brazil’s Northeast offer a unique record of long term landscape evolution in tropical drylands. This talk shows how surface processes and weathering regimes have interacted to form extensive planation surfaces under alternating humid and semiarid conditions. Combining geomorphological analysis with indicators derived from soil profiles and vegetation, we identify stable and relict surfaces that capture successive stages of denudation and
environmental change. The results reveal a complex landscape mosaic shaped by multiple morphogenetic phases and highlight how weathering patterns can serve as valuable archives for reconstructing Earth’s surface dynamics in tropical environments.
Contact Us
Department Office
Office Hours:
Monday – Thursday
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Department Contact
Email: sees@qc.cuny.edu
Phone: (718) 997-3300
Questions? Concerns? Contact us!
Administrative Staff
Chair of Department
College Laboratory Technicians
Mustafa Kamal
Ilias Georgalis
College Office Assistant
Maria Silvestri
Anne Marie Devlin