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November 2024
Friday, November 1st, 2024
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Isotropic high-frequency radiation and elevated P/S amplitude ratios
Yehuda Ben-Zion,
Director of the Statewide California Earthquake Center and Professor of Earth Sciences,
University of Southern California,
Monday, November 4th, 2024
8:15am
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12:30pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Reconceptualizing Mentoring
Joyce Yen,
Director of University of Washington ADVANCE,
Center for Institutional Change,
University of Washington,
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Microwave Remote Sensing of Living Systems and Water Resources on the 3rd Planet from the Sun
Paul Siquiera,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Massachusetts,
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate, energy, and economic development: Exploratory research
Ken Caldeira,
Carnegie Science,
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Preparing for life detection strategies in future ocean world exploration
Bonnie Teece,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Origins and Habitability Lab,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Friday, November 8th, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Extracting Hidden Riches from Biomass: Focus on Fruit Wastes and Bioenergy Grasses
Shivali Banerjee,
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Minute-scale Dynamics of Repeated Dike Intrusions in Iceland with Fiber-Optic Geodesy
Jiaxuan Li,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Seismo Lab,
California Institute of Technology,
Monday, November 11th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Morphodynamics of deformable planetary surfaces: Examples from big and small salt basins on Earth
David Mohrig,
Professor, Peter T. Flawn Centennial Chair in Geology Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Jackson School of Geosciences,
University of Texas at Austin,
Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Venus Volcanism: Insights into Volcanic Activity and Surface Evolution
David Sulcanese,
PhD Student,
Department of Geosciences,
Università d'Annunzio/Jet Propulsion Lab,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Slow, fastidious, and the king of the hill. Investigating growth limitations of SAR11 bacterioplankton
Cameron Thrash,
USC,
Thursday, November 14th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Organosulfur formed in Planetary Atmospheres: Implications for Biosignatures, Prebiotic Chemistry, and Metabolic Potential
Nathan Reed,
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow,
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Colorado Boulder,
Friday, November 15th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
The Three-Body Problem: Supraglacial Lakes, the Greenland Ice Sheet, and Subglacial Sediments
Wenyuan Fan,
Associate Professor Geophysics,
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
University of California San Diego,
Monday, November 18th, 2024
8:15am
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12:30pm
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4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Salmon vs the landslide: The rockslide that blocked the Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada
Jeremy Venditti,
Director of Environmental Science & Professor,
School of Environmental Science & Geography,
Simon Fraser University,
Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
A Novel Approach to Revealing the Early Stellar Spins of >1Gyr-Old Sun-like Stars through Secular Dynamics
Thea Faridani,
Ph. D Candidate,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Desert Chrome- Natural and Anthropogenic Cr in Groundwater near Hinkley, CA. Sequestration and re-oxidation of Cr in experimental microcosms.
Larry Miller,
USGS (retired),
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Position-Specific Isotope Analysis for Life Detection and Beyond: Applications in astrobiology, environmental sciences and chemical forensics
Cornelia Rasmussen,
Research Associate,
Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences,
The University of Texas at Austin,
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Building Seismic Resilience for a Carbon-Neutral Future and in Urban Environments