The Department of the Earth Sciences offer the seminar series to introduce students to cutting-edge research projects.
Upcoming Seminar
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Time: 7 pm
Location: Online
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Ndehedehe
Senior Lecturer
School of Environment & Science
Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane, Australia
Title: Changes in the Earth system: A look into the Anthropocene
We now live in the Anthropocene, a new dispensation where anthropogenic activities (e.g., groundwater extraction, dam constructions, etc.) have increased over the last few decades, coalescing with climate change to amplify the disturbance and alterations of the Earth system.
Past Seminars
March 2023
Dr. Lin Li (University of Arizona)
Outward and upward growth of north-central Tibet: Constraining mechanisms that build high elevation, low relief plateaus
December 2022
Dr. Erika Rader (University of Idaho)
Beyond Thermal: VNIR Imaging of Molten Lava
March 2022
Dr. Atsuhiro Muto (Temple University)
Revealing Deep Secrets: Geophysical Investigations of Subglacial Controls on Ice-Sheet
November 2021
Dr. Camila Martinez (University in Medellin, Colombia)
Paleoclimatic and Paleoaltitudinal Inferences Based on the Neotropical Plant Fossil Record
November 2020
Dr. Emily Martin (Smithsonian Institution)
Cracking through Enceladus’s Ice Shell with Tectonic Pit Chains
October 2019
Dr. Nick Perez (Texas A&M)
Exploring Impact of Shallow-Subduction on the Upper Plate: Central Andes of Peru
February 2019
Dr. Basil Tikoff (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
The Jagged Western Edge of North America: The Profound Influence of Precambrian Rifting on Subsequent Mountain Building.