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, Thomas Weber by email at t.weber@rochester.edu


Fall 2024
(Every Friday at 3 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
DateLocationSpeakerTopic
August 30

Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

September 6Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

September 13

Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison HallProfessor Dan Shim (ASU)Origin of Water: New Insights from High-Pressure Experiments on Exoplanets
September 20Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

 

September 27

(3:30 pm - 4:30 pm)

Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

Assistant Research Professor Tyler Doane (Desert Research Institute)

The subtle topographic signature of unusual events
October 4

Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

Professor Charles-Edouard Boukare (York University in Toronto)

Fluid Dynamics of Magma Oceans: from Early Earth to Lava Exoplanets
October 11

Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall

Postdoctoral Associate Sarah Williams (University of Rochester)A Probabilistic Perspective of Rarefied Sediment Transport
October 18Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison HallPostdoctoral Associate Anshul Yadav (University of Rochester)
October 25Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall
November 1Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall
November 8Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall
November 15Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison HallProfessor Carrie McCalley (RIT)
November 22Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall
December 6Lander Auditorium, 140 Hutchison Hall