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Byrd Center Principal Investigator Melisa Diaz Named a 2025–2027 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

The Ohio State University’s Byrd Center is proud to announce that Assistant Professor Melisa Diaz, a faculty member in the School of Earth Sciences and principal investigator of the Polar and…

Melisa Diaz receives Instrumentation and Infrastructure Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences

Byrd Center Principal Investigator and Assistant Professor Melisa Diaz (Earth Sciences) will purchase a benchtop ED-X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, which can measure the concentrations…

Empowering Youth Through Science and Adventure: CIRES' Girls* on Rock Program

This article/story covers activity that took place before June 27, 2025, when Ohio Senate Bill 1 took effect.

High school students from across the country gathered in Colorado’s mountains…

The Polar and Environmental Geochemistry Lab Seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar

The Polar and Environmental Geochemistry Lab, led by Byrd Center Principal Investigator Melisa Diaz, an assistant professor in the School of Earth Sciences, is currently seeking to…

Three New Faculty to Join the Byrd Center in 2024!

The Byrd Center is pleased to announce that three new Byrd-affiliated faculty members in the School of Earth Sciences (SES) will start in January 2024! A warm welcome to Emilie Beaudon, Melisa…

Congratulations to Melisa Diaz and the Other Recipients of the 2023-24 Provost’s Early Career Scholars

The Ohio State University's Office of Academic Affairs has named Melisa Diaz, assistant professor (starting January 2024) at the School of Earth Sciences (SES) and a principal investigator at…