Events and Seminars
To explore past Seminar Series, please use the links to the left. Alternatively, use the search bar in the upper right corner of this page to find a specific speaker or institution.
All Seminars are located in the L.L. Sloss Room (Tech F285) on Friday mornings from 10-11 a.m. CT
If you have any questions or would like to request to be added to the seminar email list, please contact our Program Assistant.
Spring 2024 Seminars
Mar 29 - Julie Bowles - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Paleomagnetic Applications to Volcanic Processes
Apr 05 - Donald Argus - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
California in Water Year 2023
Apr 12- Jena Johnson - The University of Michigan
Exploring Mineral Signals of Early Iron-Cycling Life through (Bio)geochemical Experiments
Apr 19 - Victor Gensini - Northern Illinois University
Tornadoes and Hailstorms: Past, Present, and Future
Apr 26- Jacob Buffo - Dartmouth College
The Physics and Biogeochemistry of Planetary Analog Ices
May 03 - Tirzah Abbott (EPS) and Vinayak P. Dravid (MSE) - Northwestern Univeristy
The NUANCE Center – Window into the Nanoworld
May 10 - Matt Schrenk - Michigan State University
Serpentinization Shape Groundwater Microbial Communities
May 17 - Jacquelyn Gill - The University of Maine
May 24 - Undergrad Research Roundup , NU - EPS
An annual presentation on the research & accomplishments of our undergrad students
winter 2024 Seminars
Jan 05 - Tolulope Olugboji - University of Rochester
Africa Whole & In Parts: Crustal Taxonomy from Machine Learning on Ground Vibrations
Jan 12 - Tirzah Abbott (EPS) and Vinayak P. Dravid (MSE) - Northwestern Univeristy
The NUANCE Center – Window into the Nanoworld - Will be reschedules during Spring Quarter
Jan 19 - Brad Sageman - Northwestern Univeristy (EPS)
The Late Cenomanian Plenus Event in The Western Interior Seaway: an OAE2 Update
Jan 26 - Noah Planavsky - Yale University
Enhanced Weathering Progress and Pitfalls
Feb 16 - M Bayani Cardenas - The University of Texas at Austin
Water Cycling Across Terrestrial-Aquatic Interfaces from Pore to Planetary Scales
Feb 23 - Jana Sillmann - University of Hamburg
Physical Climate Storylines – History and Recent Innovations
Feb 23 - Frank Corsetti - USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Utility of Modern Analogues for Interpreting Ancient Stromatolites - Will be reschedules during Spring Quarter
March 01 - William D. Leavitt - Dartmouth College
Rare Isotopes of a Common Gas: Utilizing Clumped Isotopes in Methane to Differentiate Biological Pathways
Fall 2023 Seminars
Sept 22 - Sloss Graduate Research Symposium Part 1, NU - EPS
An annual presentation on the research & accomplishments of our graduate students
Sept 29 - Sloss Graduate Research Symposium Part 2, NU - EPS
An annual presentation on the research & accomplishments of our graduate students
Oct 06 - Ted Present, California Institute of Technology
Biogeochemical Signals in the Sedimentary Record Biogeochemical Record
Oct 13 - Caio Ciardelli, NU - EPS
Adjoint Waveform Tomography of South America
Oct 20 - Robin Mattheus & Mitchell Barklage, Illinois State Geological Survey – Prairie Research Institute
Sediment-Transport and Sand-Distribution Patterns along the Illinois Coast of Lake Michigan
Oct 27 - Elita Li, Purdue University
Listening to Cities: a Noisy, Fun, and Informative Data Mining Experience
Nov 03 - Steve Jacobsen, NU - EPS
The Future of Mineral Sciences
Nov 10 - Miquela Ingalls, Penn State
Diagenesis, Disequilibrium, and the Terrestrial Carbonate Record
Nov 17 - Dan Horton, NU - EPS
Community-engaged Research in the Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dec 01 - Dan Ibarra, Brown University
Ancient Lakes and Lithium: Connecting Past Warm-Wet States to an Emerging Natural Resource