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Seminars

The Department of Earth Science seminar series is a weekly hr-long seminar open to the public that involves invited speakers from other institutions. The Fall '24 seminar will be in-person with no remote option.  If you would like information on the meeting location or have any additional questions please contact Professor Strauss, the 2024-2025 seminar series organizer. If you would like to schedule a meeting with the guest speaker, contact the Faculty Host mentioned below next to each invited speaker.

CURRENT SEMINARS

WINTER 2025

Seminar is from 1:10-2:10pm on Thursdays (unless otherwise noted) in Steele 006.

  • January 16, 2025
    Dr. Jane Willenbring - Stanford University; Faculty Host Meredith Kelly
    "Forging Signatures: Climate's Limited Role in Shaping Mountains"
  • January 23, 2025
    Dr. Kimberly Lau - Pennsylvania State University; Faculty Host Brenhin Keller and Justin Strauss
    "Phosporites as windows into metal cycling and diagenesis"
  • January 30, 2025
    Dr. Kimberly Cobb - Brown University; Faculty Host Erich Osterberg
    TBA
  • February 6, 2025
    Geophysics Candidate
  • February 13, 2025
    Geophysics Candidate
  • February 20, 2025
    Geophysics Candidate
  • February 27, 2025
    Geophysics Candidate
Recent Seminars

FALL 2024

  • September 26, 2024
    Dr. Alex Robel - Georgia Tech; Faculty Host Mathieu Morlighem
    "New theories on the role of water in driving rapid ice sheet change"
  • October 3, 2024
    Dr. Marissa Trembley - Purdue University; Faculty Host Brenhin Keller
    "From the Alps to Outer Space: Advancing our Understanding Earth and Planetary Processes Using Noble Gases"
  • October 10, 2024
    Dr. Victor Tsai - Brown University; Faculty Host Sarah Slotznick
    "Predicting Earthquake and Ice Sheet Behavior"
  • October 17, 2024
    Dr. Adrian Castro - Wellesley College; Graduate Students Host
    "Beyond Monazite: The limits of accessory phase geochronology during long-lived orogenesis"
  • October 24, 2024
    Dr. Will Amidon - Middlebury College; Faculty Host Justin Strauss
    "When did New England become mountainous? Evidence for post-rift tectonism"
  • October 31, 2024
    Dr. Jena Johnson - University of Michigan; Faculty Host Wil Leavitt
    "Identifying the mineral signals of early iron-cycling life through (bio)geochemical experiements"
  • November 7, 2024
    Dr. Jon Woodruff - University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Faculty Host Carl Renshaw
    "Sediment sourcing in the northeastern coastal zones and its contribution to salt marsh resilience"
  • November 14, 2024
    Dr. Greg de Wet - Smith College; Faculty Host Sarah Slotznick
    "The brGDGT paleotemperature proxy "Hype Cycle" – from the Trough of Disillusionment to the Plateau of Productivity"