Seminar Schedule

Looking to attend geology and environmental sciences seminars? The department sponsors several seminars throughout the year, bringing notable speakers from around the country. Check out the seminar schedule below for this year’s presentations.

Seminars take place Fridays at 3 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) at the locations noted in the schedule below. Seminars are free and open to the public. Please direct any questions about this schedule to the seminar coordinator, Miki Nakajima by email at mnakajima@rochester.edu.



Fall 2026
(Every Friday at 3 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
DateLocationSpeakerTopic

September 11

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Sydney Licata

University of Rochester

"Exploring the History of Lunar Silicic Crust Production through Ti Coordination in Zircon"

September 18

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Tsuyoshi Iizuka

University of Tokyo

"Using Hf isotopes to trace fluids on C-asteroids, the Moon, and early Earth"

October 9

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Kim Tait

ROM

“How museum collections can support the planetary science community”

October 16

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Eileen Martin

Colorado School of Mines

"Maximizing environmental seismology data with limited computing resources"
October 22

Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

Jonathan Aurnou

UCLA

TBD

October 23

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Joseph Levy

Colgate University

"Martian Gullies & Antarctic Brines:  Putting Water to Work in Cold and Dry Landscapes"

October 30

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Harrison Todd

University of Rochester

"Making the Most of Detrital Zircons:  Age, Morphology, and Chemistry"

November 6

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Meredith Holgerson

Cornell University

"Why are ponds biogeochemical hotspots?  Examining how waterbody size shapes carbon fluxes"

November 13

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Annmarie Eldering

"Measuring Methane Plumes from Space:  Challenges and Successes"

November 20

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Schuyler Lockwood

University of Rochester

"Atmospheric gas-phase and aerosol chemistry:  measuring kinetics of methane oxidation and time-evolution of emissions from biomass burning"

December 4

Sloan Auditorium, 101 Goergen Hall

Sebastian Miller

University of Rochester

"Using 14CO to Understand Past, Present, and Future Atmospheric OH"