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EES Distinguished Speaker Series - Fall 2025

The Distinguised Speaker Series is the Department of
Earth and Environmental Sciences Weekly Seminar

Meets* on Thursdays at 3:00 PM, Room NS 351
*unless noted otherwise

Date Speaker Affiliation Title Host
September 4 M. Bayani Cardenas University of Texas at Austin Insights on groundwater renewability from age and residence time analysis Jay Zarnetske
September 18 Deric R. Learman Central Michigan University Using metagenomics to study the breakdown of organic contaminants Megan Elwood Madden
September 25 Kaitlyn Trestrail '13 and MS '16 GHD — An Engineering, Architecture & Construction Services Company From Outcrop to Outlook: Navigating Geoscience Consulting Careers Tyrone Rooney
October 2 David Zakharov Western Michigan University Water-rock reactions as an archive of Earth’s surface conditions Tyrone Rooney
October 16 Sara Pearson Michigan Geological Survey The Best-Kept Secret Beneath Our Feet: Why a Geoscience Career Rocks Anthony Kendall
October 23 Chris Svoboda '15 and PhD '22 and Sahira Cancel Vázquez MS '22 Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Legal EGLE: An Alumni Perspective on Life After Academia as Michigan Regulators Tyrone Rooney
November 6 James Schiffbauer University of Missouri Death, decay, and reconstruction: Tracing the history of animals and ecosystems through the lens of preservation Katie Maloney
November 13 Gregory Dick University of Michigan TBD Dalton Hardisty
November 20 Jin Zhang Texas A&M University Davemaoite: the ultimate solution for lower mantle heterogeneities? Susannah Dorfman
December 4 Lars Hansen University of Minnesota TBD Shawn Wei

EES Graduate Student PhD Dissertation and MS Thesis Defenses

Date Student Event Title Time and Location
October 7 Noah Bohl MS Thesis Defense Predicting Warming in a Groundwater Dominated Cold Water Stream Network 2:15 PM at Natural Sciences Building (NS) Rm 140

MSU Seminars of Possible Interest to Earth and Environmental Sciences Department Staff and Students

Date Speaker and Affiliation Title Host Time and Location
October 1 Madison Brady, Michigan State University The Masses and Compositions of Planets Around Nearby M Dwarfs Astronomy Group Seminar 1:30 PM at Biomedical and Physical Sciences (BPS) Rm 1400
October 10 Warren Wood, Michigan State University Wrecking the rocks: The role of groundwater in global weathering Quaternary Landscapes Research Group 4:00 PM at Geology Building (GEO) Rm 126
October 17 Kurt Fausch, Colorado State University Reverence for rivers: imagining an ethic for running waters Department of Fisheries and Wildlife 11:30 AM at Packaging Building Rm 100
October 24 Anthony Kendall, Michigan State University Michigan's dynamic hydrogeological (and stream geomorphic?) responses to varying Great Lakes levels Quaternary Landscapes Research Group 4:00 PM at Geology Building (GEO) Rm 126
November 5 Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University Making better decisions about sustainability Stan and Toba Kaplowitz Distinguished Lecture Series 3:00 PM at Kellogg Center Auditorium
November 7 Alanna Post, Michigan State University A forest in recovery: what drives the recovery of forest structure in the aftermath of the Chimney Tops 2 wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains? Quaternary Landscapes Research Group 4:00 PM at Geology Building (GEO) Rm 126
December 12 David Pruder and Randy Schaetzl, Michigan State University The various sources for the thick loess in western Wisconsin Quaternary Landscapes Research Group 4:00 PM at Geology Building (GEO) Rm 126