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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 '25-'26 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 Morlighem, the 2025-2026 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 2026

Seminar is from 1:10-2:10pm on Thursdays (unless otherwise noted); Room TBD.

  • January 15, 2026
    Dr. C. Yao Lai - Stanford University; Graduate Student Hosts
    "Changing ice in a warming climate: a data-driven approach"
  • January 22, 2026
    Dr. Allie Balter-Kennedy - Tufts University; Faculty Host Meredith Kelly
    "TBA"
  • January 29, 2026
    Dr. Max Lloyd - Pennsylvania State University; Faculty Host Brenhin Keller
    "TBA"
  • February 5, 2026
    Geochemistry/Geobiology Search Candidate
  • February 12, 2026
    Geochemistry/Geobiology Search Candidate
  • February 19, 2026
    Geochemistry/Geobiology Search Candidate
  • February 26, 2026
    Geochemistry/Geobiology Search Candidate
  • March 5, 2026
    Dr. Peter Ryan - Middlebury College; Faculty Host Mukul Sharma
    "TBA"
  • March 12, 2026
    Dr. Ben Cook - NASA GISS; Faculty Host Justin Mankin
    "TBA"
Recent Seminars

FALL 2025

  • September 25, 2025
    Dr. Roman DiBiase - Penn State; Faculty Host Marisa Palucis
    "The transition from soil-mantled to bare-bedrock landscapes"
  • October 2, 2025
    Dr. Ben Black - Rutgers University; Graduate Student Hosts
    "Extinction and recovery: volcanoes and life after death"
  • October 9, 2025
    Dr. Cici Cruz-Uribe - University of Maine; Faculty Host Justin Strauss
    "Prospects and challenges for in situ beta decay geochronology by tandem mass spectrometry"
  • October 16, 2025
    Dr. Blake Dyer - University of Victoria; Faculty Host Brenhin Keller
    "Tropical beaches and polar ice"
  • October 23, 2025
    Dr. Charles Harvey - MIT; Faculty Host Carl Renshaw
    "Carbon Capture and Storage: Good for Oil Companies, but what about Reducing Emissions?"
  • October 30, 2025
    Dr. Noah Synder - Boston College; Faculty Host Carl Renshaw
    "Insights on New England landscape evolution from lake sediments"
  • November 6, 2025
    Dr. Paul Olsen - Columbia University; Faculty Host Justin Strauss
    "East Asian paleoclimates support massive Late Jurassic true polar wander"
  • November 13, 2025
    Dr. Sam Birch - Brown University; Faculty Host Marisa Palucis
    "Evolution of Titan's coastlines"