Department Seminars

SCEC practice poster presentations for students and faculty

Wednesday, September 4, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422

GSA practice poster presentations for students and faculty

Wednesday, September 18, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422

Spatial metabolomics-guided insights into urbanization and environmental exposure

Dr. Laura-Isobel McCall
Associate Professor – SDSU
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Wednesday, October 2, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422
watch Laura-Isobel’s talk

Tracing redox chemistry in several environments using the mineral pyrite

Dr. Dan Gregory
Assistant Professor – University of Toronto
Department of Earth Sciences
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422
watch Dan’s talk

Blind Athlete & Adventure Seeker

Shawn Cheshire
Host: Dr. Dave Kimbrough

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422

1100 years of large earthquakes in the southern San Andreas fault system: The effects of lake loading on local and regional seismicity on a fast-slipping plate boundary

Dr. Tom Rockwell
Professor – SDSU
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422
watch Tom’s talk

Exploring earth’s last great frontier: nextGEN approaches to mapping the global seafloor

Bradley Keith
Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific Expeditionary Unmanned Systems
Host: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422
watch Bradley’s talk

Tying the Knot between Environmental Restoration and the Geosciences: A Consultant’s Perspective

Damon DeYoung and Rick Cramer
Professional Geologist
Geosyntec
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422
watch Damon and Rick’s talk

Mantle waves and their impact on biogeochemical cycles

Dr. Tom Gernon
Professorial Fellow (Research) – University of Southampton
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Wednesday, November 13, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422
watch Tom’s talk

Early Dinosaur Evolution: from the Paleo-Equator to the Pole

Dr. Nathan Smith
Gretchen Augustyn Director Curator, Dinosaur Institute
Natural History Museum – Los Angeles County
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Wednesday, November 20, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422
or via zoom

The tropical icehouse: A 300-million-year-old record of climate and ecosystem change

Dr. Randy Irmis
Curator of Paleontology
Natural History Museum of Utah
Host: Dr. Jessica Whiteside

Wednesday, December 4, 2024
1 pm – CSL 422
or via zoom