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October 2024
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Planets are not Points: Structure Evolution and Dynamical Evolution are Intertwined
Tiger Lu,
PhD candidate,
Astrophysics,
Yale University,
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Water Safety - Challenging Current Standards with New Insights into Aggregate-Bound Bacteria and Pathogens
Daniel Angelscu and Joyce Wong,
Fluidion Water Intelligence,
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Geoclub Kickoff: Faculty Spotlights
Claire E. Bucholz,
Professor of Geology,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Francois Tissot,
Professor of Geochemistry; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, October 4th, 2024
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
8:15am
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Browning of the Earth: Rapid Vegetation Change in the Past and its Impacts
Regan Dunn,
Assistant Curator,
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,
La Brea Tar Pits and Museum,
Tuesday, October 8th, 2024
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Sedimentary Geology of the Skrinkle Haven mbr ( "curvilinear unit"), Jezero crater, Mars
Elizabeth Ives,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Lab,
4:00pm
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The Wouk Lecture
Two Engineers and a Whiteboard: Reimagining Clean Energy Systems
Pedro Pizarro,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Edison International,
David Welch,
Co-Founder, NosTerra,
- Public Event
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
NASA's New Orbital Imaging Spectrometers
David Thompson,
JPL,
Thursday, October 10th, 2024
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Geology Club Seminar
Geoclub Kickoff: Faculty Spotlights
Woodward Fischer,
Professor of Geobiology,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Michael P. Lamb,
Professor of Geology,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, October 11th, 2024
12:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Starquakes a thousand light years away
James Fuller,
Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics,
Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology,
Monday, October 14th, 2024
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The destructive formation of moons and rings
Jacob Kegerreis,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
NASA Ames Research Center,
Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Magnetic field and tide of star, planet and moon
Xing Wei,
Professor of Astronomy,
Department of Astronomy,
Beijing Normal University,
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ice, Water & Climate: Radar Remote Sensing of Meltwater Dynamics on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Riley Culberg,
Cornell University,
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
No More Snowball, Sorry Joe! New Data and New Paradigm
Ross Mitchell,
Professor,
Institute of Geology & Geophysics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS),
Friday, October 18th, 2024
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Full-waveform seismic tomography using ambient noise and earthquakes: with application to imaging the Alaskan lithosphere
Monday, October 21st, 2024
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Continental Emergence as a Driver of Stabilization
Jesse Reimink,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Geosciences,
Pennsylvania State University,
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Polluting White Dwarfs with Oort Cloud Comets
Dang Pham,
Graduate Student,
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics,
University of Toronto,
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Global Storm-Resolving Models: Not just more of the same
David Randall,
Colorado State University,
7:30pm
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Thursday, October 24th, 2024
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Geology Club Seminar
A river in flux: The sediment deficit in the Fraser Delta
Jeremy Venditti,
Director of Environmental Science & Professor,
School of Environmental Science & Geography,
Simon Fraser University,
Friday, October 25th, 2024
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Wind-generated waves in the Earth system: learning about wave properties from microseisms
Monday, October 28th, 2024
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Bridging biological scales to assess the contribution of landslides to the functioning of tropical mountainscapes
Carla Restrepo,
Professor,
Department of Biology,
University of Puerto Rico,
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Astrobiology of Mars: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
Jeff Osterhout,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Lab,
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Exploring the Dynamics and Activity of Massive Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Blooms in South San Francisco Bay
Christopher Francis,
Stanford University,
Thursday, October 31st, 2024
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Geology Club Seminar
Isotope diagenesis of biogenic silica in marine sediments & implications for paleotemperature reconstruction
Anastasia Yanchilina,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Geochemistry,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,