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 '24-'25 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

SPRING 2025

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

  • 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 at St. Louis; Graduate Student Hosts
    TBA 
  • May 8, 2025
    Dr. Maureen Long - Yale University; Faculty Host Justin Strauss
    TBA
  • May 15, 2025
    Dr. Taylor Perron - MIT; Faculty Host Marisa Palucis
    TBA
  • May 22, 2025
    Dr. Marco Tedesco - Columbia University; Faculty Host Erich Osterberg
    TBA
Recent Seminars

WINTER 2025

  • 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
    "Going 'all in' – activating for climate solutions in a warming world"
  • February 6, 2025
    Geophysics Candidate
  • February 13, 2025
    Geophysics Candidate
  • February 20, 2025
    Geophysics Candidate
  • February 27, 2025
    Geophysics Candidate