Events and Seminars
To explore past Seminar Series, please use the links to the left. Alternatively, use the search bar in the upper
right corner of this page to find a specific speaker or institution.
All Seminars are located in the L.L. Sloss Room (Tech F285) on Friday mornings from 10-11 a.m. CT, unless noted otherwise.
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Spring 2025 Seminars
Apr 04 - Thomas Elliott Arnold, West Chester University
Exploiting Differences in the Hydrogen Isotope Ratios of Leaf Waxes to Reconstruct Paleo-Precipitation Regimes
Apr 11 - Giuseppe Buscarnera, NU-CEE
Learning from Sand: How Natural Extremes can Inspire Adaptive Material Models for Infrastructures and Geosystems
Apr 18 - Debatosh Partha, NU-EEPS
Solid Biofuel Burning Poses Serious Threats to Ambient Air Quality and Human Health: Long-Term Impacts on Global & Regional Scales
Apr 25 - Pouyan Asem, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Hydromechanical-Geochemical Processes Involving Low-Porosity Rocks: Experimental Challenges
May 02 - Carlos Chaves, University of São Paulo
Illuminating the Mantle Transition Zone Complexities: Modeling the Influence of Mantle Heterogeneities on Teleseismic Converted Waves Using the Spectral Element Method
May 09 - Barbara Sherwood Lollar, University of Toronto*
Water and Life in Earth's Deep Subsurface - Insights for Sustaining Life on the Planet and Beyond
*Time: 5-6:30pm, Location: Segal Visitor Center, RSVP
May 16 - Chris Parendo, NU-EEPS
Hydromechanical-Geochemical Processes Involving Low-Porosity Rocks: Experimental Challenges
May 23 - Angeline Greene Pendergrass, Cornell University
Topic TBA
May 30 - Undergrad Research Roundup, NU-EEPS
An Annual Presentation on the Research & Accomplishments of our Undergraduate Students
Winter 2025 Seminars
Jan 10 - Arjan Mann, Field Museum | CANCELLED
Jan 17 - Dominique Rissolo, University of California San Diego
Visualizing Subterranean Yucatan: Multimodal Digital Documentation of Caves and Cenotes
Jan 24 - Doug Schmitt, Purdue University
The Earth as a Vault: What Is Geological Sequestration of CO2 and How Can We Monitor It?
Feb 28 - Nyree Zerega, NU-PBC
Plants, People, and Planet – Interactions across time and space
Mar 07 - Amanda Oehlert, University of Miami
Elucidating the Role of Ichthyocarbonate in the Global Carbon Cycle
Fall 2024 Seminars
Sept 27 - Sloss Graduate Research Symposium Part 1, NU-EEPS
An Annual Presentation on the Research & Accomplishments of our Graduate Students
Oct 04 - Sloss Graduate Research Symposium Part 2, NU-EEPS
An Annual Presentation on the Research & Accomplishments of our Graduate Students
Oct 11 - Andrew Jacobson, NU-EEPS
Detecting Deep Time Ocean Acidification Events with Stable Ca and Sr Isotopes
Oct 18 - Ludmilla Aristilde, NU-EEPS
Molecular Insights Into the Role of Biological and Mineral Catalysts in Organic Carbon Cycling
Oct 25 - Arjan Mann, Field Museum | RESCHEDULED to Jan 10
The Carboniferous Radiation of Early Terrestrial Tetrapods: New Discoveries from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte
Nov 01 - Frank Corsetti, University of Southern California
Hanging around Hot Springs to Gain Insight Into Life on Early Earth, or “Dear Reviewer 2: I Am Aware the Proterozoic Ocean Was Not a Hot Spring.”
Nov 08 - Evan Mallen, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nature-Based Heat Resilience: A Framework for Data-Driven Policy Design
Nov 15 - Susan Anenberg, The George Washington University
Tracking Worldwide Urban Progress Towards Climate and Environmental Goals
Nov 22 - Isabel P Montañez, University of California, Davis
Co₂pip Consortium for Advancing Paleo-CO₂ Reconstruction and Our Understanding of CO₂-Climate-Ecosystem Feedbacks of the Past