Department Seminar Series
The 2024-25 Department Seminars will be hosted in a hybrid modality. The in-person talk will take place in Tate Hall room B20, or you can watch virtually via zoom on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. The Zoom link for each individual seminar is available upon request from [email protected], and will be included in email communications as well. If you do not receive these announcements and would like to join us for our virtual seminar, please send us an email so we may send you the appropriate Zoom webinar link. If you would like to be added to the seminar announcement list, please contact Kaleigh Swift at [email protected].
If you missed a seminar, make sure to check our department YouTube channel for the recording. Seminar recordings are posted by 12:00 pm on the Friday following seminar. Please note, not all seminars will be posted as it is up to the discretion of our speakers.
* denotes seminars that are closed to the public
Fall 2024
September 5*
Dr. Justin Revenaugh, Department Head, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Welcome to the 2024-2025 School year!
September 12
Dr. Kathleen Marsaglia, Professor, Geological Science, California State University Northridge
IODP Drilling Yields Exciting Insights into the Workings of a Young, Obliquely Rifted, Active Continental Margin
September 19
Dr. Meghana Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
The role of microphysics in governing ice sheet dynamics
September 26
Dr. Ikuko Wada, Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Subduction Zone Geodynamics: Thermal Evolution and Fluid Migration in Subducting Slabs
October 3
Dr. Jonathan Delph, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
Linking heterogeneous expressions of subduction along the Cascadia margin
October 10
Dr. Catherine A. Peters, The George J. Magee Professor of Geoscience and Geological Engineering, Princeton University
Underground H2 Storage and Natural Production: Pathways to Energy Decarbonization
October 17
Dr. Diego Riveros-Iregui, Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Physical Template of Landscapes and Implications for Watershed Science
October 24
Dr. Xinyuan Zheng, Assistant Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
New insights into the global potassium (K) cycle using stable K isotopes
October 31
Dr. Harriet Lau, Assistant Professor, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
Transient Rheology and Sea Level Fingerprinting reveals Pole-to-Pole Cascade of Ice Loss during Meltwater Pulse 1A
November 7
Dr. Cara Santelli, Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Shedding light on iron and sulfur biogeochemistry in terrestrial environments
November 14
Dr. Isabel Montañez, Distinguished Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California - Davis
Paleo-CO2 revisited — New insight into the Earth System of the Deep Past’
November 21
No seminar
November 28
No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
December 5
Dr. James Kasting (Nier Lecture), Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Emeritus, Penn State University
The Search for Life in our Solar System and Beyond
Spring 2025
January 23
Dr. Tarryn Kim Cawood, Structural & Economic Geologist, Geological Survey of Canada
The effect of deformation and metamorphism on sulfide minerals, and the critical metals they host
January 30
Dr. Abigail Fraeman, Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Exploring Mars' Habitable Past with the Curiosity Mars Rover
February 6
Anders Noren, Director, CSD Facility, University of Minnesota
Continental Scientific Drilling: New Frontier
February 13
Dr. Tom Johnson, Professor, Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change, University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign
Isotope ratios of chromium, selenium, and uranium as tracers of contaminant mobility, toxicity, and sourcing.
February 20
Dr. Mark Schmitz, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University
Constraining the tempo and dynamics of Cambrian Earth systems: unlocking clastic sedimentary successions with tandem detrital zircon geochronology and Bayesian age modeling
February 27
Dr. Dylan Millet, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota
Using satellite-based infrared measurements to characterize emissions and chemistry of atmospheric volatile organic compounds
March 6
Dr. David Fox, Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Reassessing the Neogene history of C4 grasses in the Great Plains, U.S.A. using (relatively) large compilations of carbon isotope data from modern plants, paleosols, and fossil mammals
March 13
No Seminar - Spring Break
March 20
Dr. Caue Borlina, Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
Understanding the Evolution of the Early Solar System through Paleomagnetism of Meteorites
March 27
Dr. Trista Vick-Majors, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Michigan Tech
Driven by ice: Microbial dynamics in a changing cryosphere
April 3
Dr. Julie Libarkin, Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University
Community engagement in a time of environmental concern
April 10 - Darcy Lecture
Dr. Grant Ferguson, Professor, Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan
Living Fossils: Ancient Groundwaters in the Anthropocene
April 17
Dr. Kaushik Mitra, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Texas - San Antonio
Why is Mars Red? Exploring Aqueous Systems & Habitable Environments in the Solar System
April 24
Dr. Jenn Macalady, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University
Strong acid and the carbon cycle
April 24
Dr. Jenn Macalady, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University
Strong acid and the carbon cycle
Tate Hall B20, or Virtual via Zoom.