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 swift095@umn.edu, 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 swift095@umn.edu.
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
September19
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
Post-Sabbatical Talk - Title TBD
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
TBD
October 31
Dr. Harriet Lau, Assistant Professor, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
TBD
November 7
Dr. Cara Santelli, Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
TBD
November 14
Dr. Isabel Montañez, Distinguished Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California - Davis
TBD
November 21
Dr. Thanos Bourtsalas, Lecturer in Sustainable Development and Circular Economy, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
TBD
November 28
No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
December 5
Dr. James Kasting (Nier Lecture),
TBD
Spring 2025
January 23
Dr. Tarryn Kim Cawood, Structural & Economic Geologist, Geological Survey of Canada
TBD
January 30
Dr. Abigail Fraeman, Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
TBD
February 6
Dr. Brady Foreman, Associate Professor, Geology Department, Western Washington University
TBD
February 13
Dr. Tom Johnson, Professor, Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change, University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign
TBD
February 20
Dr. Mark Schmitz, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University
TBD
February 27
Dr. Ben Bostick, Lamont Research Professor, Geochemistry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School
TBD
March 6
Dr. David Fox, Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
TBD
March 13
No Seminar - Spring Break
March 20
Dr. Caue Borlina, Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University
TBD
March 27
Dr. Trista Vick-Majors, Assistant professor, Biological Sciences, Michigan Tech
TBD
April 3
Earth Student Research Symposium
April 10
TBD
April 17
Dr. Kaushik Mitra, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Texas - San Antonio
TBD
April 24
Dr. Jenn Macalady, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University
TBD
Tate Hall B20, or Virtual via Zoom.
September19
Dr. Meghana Ranganathan, Assistant Professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
The role of microphysics in governing ice sheet dynamics