HRL/JEDI Seminars
Hard Rock Lunch (HRL) and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) seminars are hosted virtually via Zoom and are held on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m. The Zoom link for each individual seminar will be sent out internally by the HRL/JEDI coordinator. If you do not receive these announcements and would like to join us for a virtual seminar, please contact Donna Whitney (dwhitney@umn.edu) or Marc Hirschmann (mmh@umn.edu).
Fall 2023 Schedule
*indicates JEDI Talk
September 13
Kamil Erkan, Marmara University, Istanbul
Something about heat flow
September 20
Donna Whitney, Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
ESCI discussion about safe & inclusive off-campus research activities
September 27
Jeremiah McElwee, grad student, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Reaction-Induced Fracture during Serpentinization in the Mantle Wedge Corner
October 4
Daoheng Wang, grad student, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
What do Cr-rich spinels tell us about melting in the Earth’s mantle?
October 11
Jen Mitchell, Electron Microprobe Manager, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Three Flavours of Fayalite on Asteroid Vesta
October 18
Ikuko Wada, Assistant Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Why and how do we constrain the thermal conditions of subduction earthquakes?
October 25
Zhengyang Zhou, postdoc, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Why are there no earthquakes in Ireland?
November 1
Marc Hirschmann, Lars Hansen, Brandi Toner, Cara Santelli, Donna Whitney, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Geo-applications of synchrotron analysis
November 8
Caroline Seyler, Postdoc, RAMP, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Constraining the strength of cold subduction zones with experimentally deformed blueschist
November 15
Ivanka Woodell, University of Vienna, Austria
Speleotherm Deformation
November 22
No Seminar - Fall Break
November 29
Zsu Allerton & Rebeca Oliveira, grad student, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Zsu: Proterozoic Ore Mineralization in Archean Northeastern MN; Rebeca: Tomography of Lake Superior
December 6
Adaire Nehring, grad student, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
TBD