EES Distinguished Speaker Series - Spring 2025
The Distinguised Speaker Series is the Department of
Earth and Environmental Sciences Weekly Seminar
Meets* on Thursdays at 3:00 PM, Room NS 145
*unless noted otherwise
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 23 | Libby Ashby | MSU | Geology Club Fieldtrip Show and Tell | |
| January 30 | Andrew Birkey | MSU | Revealing the unseen: seismology and Earth's interior | Shawn Wei |
| February 6 | Earth and Planetary Materials Faculty Candidate | Suki Dorfman | ||
| February 17* *Special Time and Place: Monday at 12:30 pm in NS 205 |
Earth and Planetary Materials Faculty Candidate | Matt Schrenk | ||
| February 20 | Matt Pritchard | Cornell University | The outrageous surface changes from the rhyolite eruption of Cordón Caulle, Chile: 2011-2012 to now | Julie Elliott |
| February 24* *Special Time and Place: TBD |
Earth and Planetary Materials Faculty Candidate | Shawn Wei | ||
| February 27 | Earth and Planetary Materials Faculty Candidate | Suki Dorfman | ||
| March 10* *Special Time and Place: TBD |
Earth and Planetary Materials Faculty Candidate | Shawn Wei | ||
| March 13 | Isabella Oleksy | University of Colorado | TBD | Kelly Aho |
| March 20 | Nicole Nie | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Geochemical insights into lunar formation and surface evolution | Seth Jacobson |
| March 27 | Cole McCormick | Pennsylvania State University | Recent advancements in the characterization of dolomite | Dalton Hardisty |
| April 3 | Harold Tobin | University of Washington | Ocean Discovery Lecture: TBD | Shawn Wei and Jeffrey Freymueller |
| April 10 | Danita Brandt | MSU | ||
| April 17 | Emily Fairfax | University of Minnesota | TBD | Anthony Kendall |
| April 24 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
MSU Seminars of Possible Interest to Earth and Environmental Sciences Department Staff and Students
| Date | Speaker and Affiliation | Title | Host | Time and Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 22 | Allyson Bieryla Harvard University & Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
Exoplanets and Solar Eclipses for Research and Community Engagement | Astronomy and Astrophysics Seminars Department of Physics and Astronomy |
1:30 pm in BPS Rm 1400 |
| January 31 | Michiel Lambrechts University of Copenhagen |
TBD | Astronomy and Astrophysics Seminars Department of Physics and Astronomy |
1:30 pm in BPS Rm 1400 |
| January 31 | Sara Peasron Michigan Geological Survey |
Michigan Geological Survey: Progress, Partnerships, and Plans for the Future | Quidders Quaternary Landscapes Research Group |
4 pm in Geography Bldg Rm 126 |
| February 12 | Rafael Luque University of Chicago |
Exoplanets | Astronomy and Astrophysics Seminars Department of Physics and Astronomy |
1:30 pm in BPS Rm 1400 |
| February 14 |
Randy Schaetzl |
A newly-discovered, Late-Pleistocene(?) advance of the Lake Michigan Lobe in northern Michigan | Quidders Seminar Series | 4 pm in Geography Bldg Rm 126 |
| February 19 | Aaron Bello-Arufe Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Exoplanet atmospheres | Astronomy and Astrophysics Seminars Department of Physics and Astronomy |
1:30 pm in BPS Rm 1400 |
| March 13 | Dong Lai Cornell University |
Hot Jupiters and super-Earths: spin-orbit dynamics in exoplanetary systems | Physics and Astronomy Colloquia Department of Physics and Astronomy |
3:30 pm in BPS Rm 1415 |
| March 21 | Jim Selegean US Army Corps of Engineers |
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' sediment mission within the Great Lakes | Quidders Quaternary Landscapes Research Group |
4 pm in Geography Bldg Rm 126 |
| April 4 | Michael Velbel Michigan State University |
Reworking of Sand by Wind on a Terrestrial Periglacial Polygonal Patterned Ground Landscape? Grain Shape Analysis from Three Post-Glacial Landforms | Quidders Quaternary Landscapes Research Group |
4 pm in Geography Bldg Rm 126 |
| April 9 | Bertram BitschUniversity College Cork | Planetary dynamics | Astronomy and Astrophysics Seminars Department of Physics and Astronomy |
1:30 pm in BPS Rm 1400 |
| April 17 | Jessie Christiansen California Institute of Technology |
Exoplanets | Physics and Astronomy Colloquia Department of Physics and Astronomy |
3:30 pm in BPS Rm 1415 |
| April 24 | Katherine de Kleer California Institute of Technology |
All Io | Physics and Astronomy Colloquia Department of Physics and Astronomy |
3:30 pm in BPS Rm 1415 |
| May 2 | Eldiiar Duulatov Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic |
Landslide hazard characterization in Kyrgyzstan | Quidders Quaternary Landscapes Research Group |
4 pm in Geography Bldg Rm 126 |