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2020-2021 Seminar Series

Fall 2020 Seminars

September 25 - Sloss Graduate Research Symposium, Part I
The Sloss Graduate Research Symposium is an annual tradition in which EPS graduate students present short talks on their research and accomplishments over the summer.

October 2 - Sloss Graduate Research Symposium, Part II
The Sloss Graduate Research Symposium is an annual tradition in which EPS graduate students present short talks on their research and accomplishments over the summer.

Winter 2021 Seminar

February 19 - Brad Stevenson, University of Oklahoma
Can Modern Microbes Tell Ancient Stories? A Role for Microbial Ecology in the Earth Sciences

Spring 2021 Seminars

April 2 - José M. Cerrato, University of New Mexico
Biogeochemical Interactions of Uranium and Organic Matter in Mineralized Deposits

April 16 - Bärbel Hönisch, Columbia University
Evolution of Atmospheric CO2 over the Cenozoic

April 23 - Jim Kasting, Pennsylvania State University (Co-Hosted with CIERA)
The Search for Life on Planets around Other Stars

April 30 - Gail M. Ashley, Rutgers University
The Role of Springs in Hominin Evolution

May 14 - Kaustubh Thirumalai, University of Arizona
Methane, Monsoons, and Milankovitch Modulation of Millennial-Scale Climate Variability

May 21 - Raquel Bryant, Texas A&M University
Exploring Cretaceous Oceans and Abrupt Environmental Change: Insights from Microfossil and Geochemical Records from the Mancos Shale (Carthage, New Mexico)