Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D.

geologist and geophysicist

• bio

  Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., a full-time faculty member at Boston University since 1984, earned his doctorate in geology and geophysics at Yale University. In addition to teaching, Dr. Schoch serves as Director of the Institute for the Study of the Origins of Civilization (ISOC) at Boston University’s College of General Studies. He is the author of Forgotten Civilization: The Role of Solar Outbursts in Our Past and Future, among other titles, and works closely with his wife, Catherine Ulissey, in pursuit of a deeper understanding of humanity’s past.