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 Marc Hirschmann at mmh@umn.edu.
Spring 2022 Schedule
*indicates JEDI Talk
January 26
Dr. George Hudak, Minerals and Metallurgy Research Group Manager, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota
A Summary of Recent Geological, Geochemical, Geochronological and Mineral Potential Studies in the Vermilion District of NE Minnesota
February 2
No HRL
February 9
No HRL
February 16
Jabari Jones, Kris Gorman, Lindsey Kenyon, Kat Catner, Valerie Fox
Inclusive Teaching Session
February 23
Jonas Vanardois, post doc, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Partial melting, magmatism and strain partitioning in the Aiguilles-Rouges massif (French Alps)
March 2
Dr. Guy Evans, postdoctoral researcher, Aqueous Geochemistry, University of Minnesota
Hydrothermal Alteration of basalt
March 9
No Seminar - Spring Break
March 16
Sanath Aithala, grad student, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Fe3+/FeT - oxygen fugacity systematics in Martian magmas
March 23
Nick Estes, Department of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota
Settler Colonialism, Environmental Justice, and Decolonization
March 30
Christian Teyssier and Zsuzsanna Allerton, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Archean tectonics - latest thoughts
April 6
Xin Zhou, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Subduction Initiation at Passive Margins: 2D Numerical Modeling
April 13 *
Lindsey Kenyon, Valerie Fox, Kris Gorman
Inclusive teaching session
April 20
Allison Severson, Minnesota Geological Survey
Provisional: New geochronology of Minnesota crystalline rocks
April 27
Clem Hamelin, grad student, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
TBD