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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

FALL 2026

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

  • September 25, 2025
    Dr. Roman DiBiase - Penn State; Faculty Host Marisa Palucis
    TBA
  • October 2, 2025
    Dr. Ben Black - Rutgers University; Graduate Student Hosts
    TBA
  • October 9, 2025
    Dr. Cici Cruz-Uribe - University of Maine; Faculty Host Justin Strauss
    TBA
  • October 16, 2025
    Dr. Blake Dyer - University of Victoria; Faculty Host Brenhin Keller
    TBA
  • October 23, 2025
    Dr. Charles Harvey - MIT; Faculty Host Carl Renshaw
    TBA
  • October 30, 2025
    Dr. Noah Synder - Boston College; Faculty Host Carl Renshaw
    TBA
  • November 6, 2025
    Dr. Paul Olsen - Columbia University; Faculty Host Justin Strauss
    TBA
  • November 13, 2025
    Dr. Sam Birch - Brown University; Faculty Host Marisa Palucis
    TBA
Recent Seminars

SPRING 2025

  • April 10, 2025
    Dr. Gaia Stucky de Quay - MIT; Graduate Student Hosts
    "Craters: A solar system exploration tool"
  • April 17, 2025
    Dr. Leonard Sklar - Concordia University; Faculty Host Marisa Palucis
    "The problem of predicting the size distribution of sediment produced on hillslopes and supplied to rivers"
  • April 24, 2025
    Dr. Kat Allen - University of Maine; Faculty Host Meredith Kelly
    "The last glacial termination: a view from the seafloor"
  • May 1, 2025
    Dr. Rita Parai - University of Washington in St. Louis; Graduate Student Hosts
    "Co-evolution of the terrestrial interior and atmosphere from noble gas isotopes"
  • May 8, 2025
    Dr. Maureen Long - Yale University; Faculty Host Justin Strauss
    "Evolution of continental lithosphere: Insights from geophysical investigations in New England"
  • May 15, 2025
    Dr. Taylor Perron - MIT; Faculty Host Marisa Palucis
    "River basin reorganization: Which way, how fast, and so what?"
  • May 22, 2025
    Dr. Marco Tedesco - Columbia University; Faculty Host Erich Osterberg
    "Greenland darkening and climate inequalities"