Walter Alvarez

Walter Alvarez is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley and maintains an affiliation with the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) as a Curatorial Associate.

His research spans fundamental earth science disciplines with emphasis on:

• Geology
• Paleontology
• Planetary Science
• Impact Cratering
• Dinosaur Extinction
• Plate Tectonics

This work centers on catastrophic geological events, notably the asteroid impact theory explaining Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. His contributions integrate field geology with planetary science to reconstruct Earth's evolutionary history.

Contact is available via platetec@berkeley.edu or (510) 643-9980 through UC Berkeley's Valley Life Sciences Building.