Seminars
2007-2008 SES Seminar Schedule
All seminars are at 4:00 pm in Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Room 100, unless otherwise noted.
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title |
| 2007-09-27 | Dr. Elizabeth Catlos Oklahoma State University Hosted by Dr. Matt Saltzman |
From Mineral Grain to Mountain Range: Perspectives on the Evolution of the Himalayas |
| 2007-10-11 | Dr. Peter Doran University of Illinois at Chicago Hosted by Dr. Andrea Grottoli |
Climate Forcing of Antarctic Lakes and Their Use as Planetary Analogs |
| 2007-10-25 | Dr. Howard Spero University of California - Davis Hosted by Dr. Andrea Grottoli |
Not all Foraminifera are Fossils - What would Cesare Emiliani have done in 1955 if he knew what we know today? |
| 2007-11-08 | Dr. Doug Burbank University of California Santa Barbara Hosted by Dr. Lindsay Schoenbohm |
Monsoons and Mountains: Building the Himalaya |
| 2007-11-15 | Bernard Hallet University of Washington Hosted by Dr. Lindsay Schoenbohm |
Connections between erosion and tectonics in active orogens |
| 2007-11-29 | Dr. C. K. Shum The Ohio State University Hosted by Dr. Lindsay Schoenbohm |
20th Century Global Sea Level Rise: Measurement & Causes |
| 2008-01-17 | Dr. Donna Whitney University of Minnesota Hosted by Dr. Lindsay Schoenbohm |
Crustal flow and continental tectonics |
| 2008-01-24 | Dr. Wei-Jun Cai University of Georgia Hosted by Dr. Andrea Grottoli |
Air-sea CO2 flux, inorganic carbon export and metabolic state in ocean margins. |
| 2008-01-31 | Dr. Kamini Singha Penn State University Hosted by Dr. Matt Saltzman |
Peering into the black box of solute transport studies: Distinguishing controls on mass transfer in-situ with electrical geophysics |
| 2008-02-14 | Dr. Ed Boyle Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Hosted by Dr. Andrea Grottoli |
Hydrothermal Iron in the Deep South West Pacific and the Evolving Distribution of Anthropogenic Lead in the Ocean |
| 2008-02-21 | Dr. Bill Ausich The Ohio State University Hosted by Dr. Lindsay Schoenbohm |
Macroevolutionary Boundaries: Ordovician Extinction and Silurian Radiation Among the Crinoidea |
| 2008-02-28 | Dr. Bill Showers North Carolina State University Hosted by Dr. Matt Saltzman |
Nitrogen Flux in Watersheds: Links between Water Quality and Global Climate Teleconnections |
| 2008-04-03 | Dr. Tom Lippmann The Ohio State University Hosted by Dr. Frank Schwartz |
Vertical Structure of Mean Nearshore Flows: Theory and Observation |
| 2008-04-17 | Dr. Jess Adkins California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Hosted by Dr. Andrea Grottoli |
The circulation of the deep Atlantic Ocean during the Last Glacial Maximum |
| 2008-05-01 | Dr. James E. Hansen NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Hosted by Dr. Garry McKenzie |
BOWNOCKER LECTURE (4PM) How Sensitive is the Earth’s Climate? Uh, oh |
| 2008-05-01 | Dr. James E. Hansen NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Hosted by Dr. Garry McKenzie |
BOWNOCKER LECTURE (8PM) Climate Tipping Points: The Threat to the Planet |
| 2008-05-08 | Dr. Phil Meyers University of Michigan Hosted by Dr. Larry Krissek |
Joint Oceanographic Institute Distinguished Lecture Speaker "Cretaceous Black Shales, Mediterranean Sapropels, and Greenhouse Climate" |
| 2008-05-15 | Dr. Tim Grove Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Hosted by Dr. Lindsay Schoenbohm |
Unlocking the secrets of subduction zones: The role of H2O in mantle wedge melting |
| 2008-05-29 | Dr. Justin Reis Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Hosted by Dr. Matt Saltzman |
Benthic marine calcifiers exhibit mixed responses to CO2-induced ocean acidification |