Conference Schedule and Oral Presentations
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DayTimeEvent
Mon
6/9		Evening
17:00 – 18:30
18:30 – 20:30		Keynote Lecture I:
Athena NgHiem (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Icebreaker
Tues
6/10		Morning
9:00 – 11:30

Topical Oral Session I:
Microbial iron cycling and magnetic records of global change

Conveners: Joe Stoner (Oregon State University) & Courtney Wagner (Kent State University)

 Speakers:

  • Sarah Slotznick (Dartmouth College)
    Greigite and the role of life in its formation
  • Rob Hatfield (University of Florida) 
    Bulk Sediment Magnetic Properties: What Are They? What Do They Mean?
  • Yi Wang (Tulane University)
    Iron speciation and sedimentary diagenesis revealed by magnetism
  • Nitin Kadam (CSIR National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India)
    Magnetofossils and oxygen minimum zone in the Northern Indian Ocean
Afternoon I
13:00 – 15:30

Topical Oral Session II:
Fundamentals of terrestrial and extraterrestrial rock magnetic assemblages

Conveners: Cauê Borlina (Purdue University) & Ji-In Jung (Stanford University)

Speakers:

  • Richard Harrison (University of Cambridge)
    Multi-dimensional, multi-scale, multi-modal microscopy and machine learning of magnetic minerals in meteorites
  • Sarah Steele (Harvard University)
    Advances in planetary magnetism from quantum diamond microscopy
  • Ualisson Bellon (University of Edinburgh)
    Toward a New Microscopy-based Paleointensity (MicroPi) Method
  • Frenk Out (Utrecht University)
    Applying Micromagnetic Tomography to basaltic rocks: Advancing the understanding and workflow of acquiring magnetic moments
Afternoon II
16:00 – 18:00		Poster Session
Weds
6/11		Morning I
9:00 – 11:30

Topical Oral Session III:
Applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence to rock and paleomagnetic methods

Conveners: Adrian Muxworthy (Imperial College London) & Brendan Cych (University of Liverpool)

Speakers:

  • Zhaeowen Pei (Peking University)
    Machine learning for mineral magnetism: from mineral recognition to magnetic inversion
  • Facundo Fabián Sapienza (Stanford University)
    Physics-informed Machine Learning for Apparent Polar Wander Path Estimation
  • Kyle Gwirtz (University of Maryland & NASA)
    Using machine learning to search for precursors to excursions and reversals
  • Hirokuni Oda (AIST, Japan)
    Measurements and Corrections
Morning II
10:15 – 11:45		Keynote Lecture II:
Ben Drenth (USGS)
Aeromagnetic Petrophysics: Identifying and understanding critical mineral deposits through aeromagnetic surveys and rock magnetism.
Afternoon I
13:00 – 15:30

Topical Oral Session IV:
Magnetism of critical mineral deposits

Conveners: Joe Biasi (University of Wyoming) & Mikala Hammer (University of Minnesota)

Speakers:

  • Joe Biasi (University of Wyoming)
    The Current State of Ore Deposit Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism
  • Anthony Fuentes (University of California, Berkeley)
    Extending Lake Superior iron ore development one billion years using paired Hematite U-Pb dating and Paleomagnetism
  • William McCarthy (University of St. Andrews)
    Geofluid mobility and critical mineral resources; a rock magnetic approach
Thurs
6/12		Morning & Afternoon
9:00 – 15:30		Workshop on Rock Magnetic Data Analysis

All Oral Session Presentations will be uploaded to our YouTube channel. There you will find each session organized as playlists.