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Meet our faculty – 2 minute introductions
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422
watch seminar
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Changing Climate, Changing Ocean, Changing Data
Dr. Claudie Beaulieu
Associate Professor – University of California, Santa Cruz
Ocean Sciences Department
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422
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The Future is Lower Carbon
Matt Duke
General Manager – Chevron Technical Center
Subsurface Geology
Host: Dr. Matthew Weingarten
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422 (speaker will be virtual)
watch Matt’s talk
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What lurks beneath: Biogeochemical cycling in the Salton Sea and implications for ecological and human health
Dr. Tim Lyons
Distinguished Professor of Biogeochemistry – University of California, Riverside
Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422
watch Tim’s talk
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77 Million Years of Mass Extinction, Climate Change, Solar System Chaos, and Metal Contamination in the Early Mesozoic of the Colorado Plateau
Dr. Paul Olsen
Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor – Columbia University
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422
watch Paul’s talk
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Water and sediment problems along the US-Mexico Border region: Monitoring, magnitudes, and management
Dr. Trent Biggs
Professor – San Diego State University
Geography
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422
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Analyzing rapid, high resolution active rift processes in the Corinth Rift, Greece
Dr. Lisa McNeill
Professor – University of Southampton
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422 (speaker will be virtual)
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Dr. Rebecca Harrington
Professor and Chair of Hydrogeomechanics – Ruhr University Bochum
Host: Dr. Matthew Weingarten
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
3:30 pm – CSL 422
watch Rebecca’s talk
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Art in the Service of Science: Visual paths to science literacy
Victor Leshyk
Director, Science and Art – Northern Arizona University
Center for Ecosystem Science and Society
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422 (speaker will be virtual)
watch Victor’s talk
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Dr. Kate Rychert
Associate Scientist – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Geology & Geophysics
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
1 pm – CSL 422