The School of Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) consists of Department of Geophysics and Space Sciences and Department of Geochemistry and Environmental sciences. The school offers degree of BS, MS, and Ph.D in five main geo-science disciplines, space physics, atmospheric science, solid state geophysics, geochemistry, and environmental science. The School of ESS is proud of the excellent faculties. Currently, the school has 115 faculties and staffs, including 44 professors and 32 associate professors. Among the professors, 4 were elected as academicians of Chinese Academy of Science, Six professors have been supported by the “outstanding youth” funding provided by the National Science Foundation of China. The essential goal of the school of ESS is to educate/train excellent, versatile, and creative students.