Eco-hydrology, Fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrogeology, Snow Hydrology, Water Resources and Water Policy are important components of our Geosciences research agenda. Water related investigations are supported by complementary research activities in Forest Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Crop and Soil Science, Bioengineering, the Center for Water and Environmental Sustainability, and the College of Liberal Arts. There is an active Hydrophiles community on campus that shares regular seminars, research projects, and a supportive curricular program. Specialized multi-disciplinary research groups focus efforts on several research areas including ecological aspects of watershed processes; geophysical aspects of watershed process, Transboundary water studies, and Hydrogeology. Many Geosciences faculty members are also involved with the Watershed Processes Group on campus. Oregon State University is also a part of the Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters. The department of Geosciences is also involved in the cross-disciplinary Water Resources Graduate Program at Oregon State. There are also strong linkages with the OSU Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (EBB) program.

Geosciences faculty who advise students in this field include Grant, Haggerty, Jones, Lancaster, Nolin, Wildenschild and Wolf. Prospective students are invited to examine faculty specific research activity through connections found in the Faculty section of our website. Perusing the Student Theses and Student Publications sections provides evidence of specific directions of water research over time.