Our Seminars

The Earth & Planetary Sciences (EPS) Seminars are a cornerstone of our department’s academic life, offering a vibrant platform for learning, connection, and inspiration. Held on Tuesdays from 11:30 am to 1 pm in Geology Corner, these seminars run during the Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters of each academic year. Each session features renowned speakers and leading researchers presenting on a wide range of topics in Earth and planetary sciences. 

EPS seminars are designed to spark meaningful discussions and strengthen our community’s engagement with the latest scientific advances.

Our lineup for the Winter Quarter'25

  • Jan 7: Dr. Daniel Gregory "From economic geology to ocean chemistry: the wide range of information that can be obtained from a humble pyrite grain" -  University of British Columbia
  • Jan 14: EPS Seminar - Professor Peter DeCelles "Why the Central Andes are Larger than the Himalaya"- University of Arizona
  • Jan 21: Dr. Kevin P. Hand "Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System"– JPL
  • Jan 28: Dr. Alisa Kotash "Raising our Expectations for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Work in Geoscience Faculty Evaluation Systems" - Clackamas Community College
  • Feb 4: Dr. Jupiter Hansen (Cheng) "Origins and Growth of Fractures on Low Gravity Bodies: Insight from Earth to Asteroid 4 Vesta".
  • Feb 11: Dr. Alicia Marie Cruz-Uribe "Prospects and challenges for in situ beta decay geochronology by tandem mass spectrometry" - University of Maine
  • Feb 18: Dr. Rita Parai "Insights from noble gases on the accretion and transport of volatiles on planets"
  • Feb 25: Dr. Bob Hohlfelder "Back to the Future? – Rediscovering Roman Engineering in the Mediterranean Sea"- CU Boulder
  • Mar 4: DEI town hall
  • Mar 11: Justin Yeakel – Dr. Justin Yeakel - "Bioenergetic trophic trade-offs determine mass-dependent extinction thresholds across the Cenozoic" - UC Merced

Our lineup for the Spring Quarter'25

  • Apr 1: Dr. Joanmarie Del Vecchio  – "Is There and Landscape Signature of Permafrost?" William and Mary College
  • Apr 8: Dr. Chris Fedo – "Sedimentologic and stratigraphic reconstruction of the Glen Torridon region, Gale Crater, Mars using ground data from the Curiosity rover" University of Tennessee Knoxville
  • Apr 15: Dr. Laurie Leshin –  "Dare Mighty Things Together: Exploring Space with NASA JPL".
  • Apr 22:Dr. Dawnika Blatter – "Geochemistry and petrology of long-lived primitive volcanism at Clear Lake volcanic field, CA, elucidate melt generation sources and conditions in the wake of a migrating slab window". USGS
  • Apr 29: Dr. Mattia Pistone  – “Moho Mission to the Foundation of Continents: The ICDP DIVE Drilling Project” - University of Georgia
  • May 6: Dr. Dorothy Merritts – “Rediscovering and Restoring Lost River-Wetland Corridors along Heavily Dammed Waterways” - Franklin & Marshall College
  • May 13: Dr. Josh Roering –  "Do microbes care about landslides? Using geomorphic models to inform stocks and cycling of soil organic carbon" - University of Oregon
  • May 20: Dr. Adel Asadi "Bridging Geoscience and Data Science for Smart Mineral Exploration" - Stanford
  • May 27: Dr. Carl Simpson "The origin of animals from a unicellular perspective" – CU Boulder
  • Jun 3: Regan Dunn – Paleontology – La Brea Tar Pits

Our lineup for the Fall Quarter'25

  • Sept 23: No seminar scheduled
  • Sept 30: Dr. Anne Gold – “Transforming Field Culture in the Geosciences: Insights from an AGU Survey and a New Training Program” – CU Boulder, Center Director
  • Oct 7: Dr. Brian Beaty & Dr. Mark Nikolic – “Paleo” – Stanford, Postdocs
  • Oct 14: Dr. Juliet Ryan-Davis – MIT, Postdoc
  • Oct 21 (GSA): Dr. Manuel Pimenta Silva – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Postdoc
  • Oct 28: Dr. John He – “Tectonics, Sedimentary Geology & Geochronology” – UCLA, Assistant Professor
  • Nov 4: Dr. Amy East – “Geomorphology & Climate” – USGS, Research Geologist
  • Nov 11: Dr. Laura Webb – “Tectonics” – University of Vermont, Professor
  • Nov 18: Dr. Kristin Bergmann – “Earth History, Geobiology & Geochemistry” – MIT, Associate Professor
  • Nov 25: Thanksgiving Break – No seminar
  • Dec 2: Zakhele Nkosi – “Carbon Sequestration & Mine Tailings” – University of Pretoria (South Africa), PhD Candidate
  • Dec 9: No seminar scheduled

 

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