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Guy F. Atkinson Endowed Distinguished Lecture Series in the Department of Geology and Geophysics
Paul Gabrielsen has been writing about science since 2012 after earning a bachelor’s degree in geology from BYU and a master’s degree in hydrology from New Mexico Tech. He is a graduate of the science communication program at the University of California, Santa Cruz and has worked in the news offices of Stanford University, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and PNAS. His work has also appeared in Mongabay, New Scientist and Science News. In addition to his writing, he’s produced videos, podcasts and magazine features. He and his wife have five children.
The Guy F. Atkinson Endowed Distinguished Lecture Series is a free, public, weekly event to which we invite researchers, educators, and communicators from around the world. Here they present their unique and intriguing contributions to the field of Earth sciences. Our hope is to encourage meaningful discussion, challenge ideas, and to spark interest in the creation of a rich and diverse scientific culture that our students, staff, and faculty may carry out to the rest of the world.
Note: This semester we have a NEW time: 12:30pm!
Meet and Greets will now be at 1:30pm in FASB 303!
Upcoming Lecture Information
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Jan 19 |
New Grad Students |
U of U Geology & Geophysics |
in person |
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Jan 26 |
Dr. Patrick Nduru Gathogo |
Stony Brook University |
in person |
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Feb 2 |
Dr. Scott Miller |
U of U Geology & Geophysics Instructor and Research Assistant Professor |
in person |
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Feb 9 |
Dr. Hauke Marquardt |
University of Oxford |
virtual |
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Feb 16 |
Paul Gabrielsen |
University of Utah Science Writer |
in person |
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Feb 23 |
Dr. Kennet Flores |
University of North Carolina |
in person |
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March 2 |
Dr. Randy Irmis |
U of U Geology & Geophysics and Natural History Museum of Utah |
in person |
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March 9 |
Spring Break |
No Lecture |
N/A |
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March 16 |
Dr. Christine Regalla |
Northern Arizona University |
virtual |
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March 23 |
Dr. Christian Hauck |
University of Fribourg |
virtual |
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March 30 |
Dr. Harry Jol |
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire |
in person |
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April 6 |
Dr. Harley Benz |
USGS; Outstanding Alumni Recipient |
in person |
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April 13 |
Dr. Michelle Koutnik |
University of Washington |
in person |
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April 20 |
Dr. Emma Morris |
U of U Geology & Geophysics Post Doc |
in person |
The 1-hour lectures take place from 12:30pm-1:30pm. Unless otherwise noted, the lectures take place in FASB 295.
All lectures will also be broadcasted via Zoom: https://utah.zoom.us/j/92330696837, passcode: GGDLS. You do not need a Zoom account in order to join.
Our Meet and Greets are a great opportunity to informally chat with the guest lecturer about their career and research. Students, staff, and faculty are invited to join for a half hour meet and greet from 1:30pm-2:00pm with each DLS lecturer in FASB 303
Previous Lectures
Check out our YouTube channel or click on the links below to watch past lectures (starting in 2019).
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Day |
Date | Location |
Distinguished Guest Lecturer | Institution | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TH | 1/20 | Virtual | GEOSLAM | University of Utah Geology & Geophysics Grad Students |
Grad students will present on their research topics |
| TH | 1/27 |
Virtual |
Catherine Macris |
Indiana University |
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) Distinguished Lecturer Program: "Laser Beams and Levitating Lava Orbs: Science fiction or real tools for studying planetary science?" |
| TH | 2/3 | Virtual | Susan Brantley |
Penn State University |
"Weatherability of rocks and minerals from the laboratory to the critical zone" |
| TH | 2/10 |
Virtual |
Chen Zhu | Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Indiana University | Henry Darcy Lecture: "How Are Geochemical Reactions in Aquifers Connected to Climate Change Mitigation?" |
| TH | 2/17 | Virtual | Michael Zhdanov |
Distinguished Professor Geology & Geopysics University of Utah |
Geophysical Inversion: Seeing the Unseeable. |
| TH | 2/24 | Virtual | Jeff Freymueller |
Michigan State University |
"Megathrust slip budget and earthquakes along the Alaska Peninsula" |
| TH | 3/3 | Virtual |
Keith Koper |
Utah Seismograph Stations University of Utah |
"New observations and interpretations of the fine-scale structure of Earth's solid
inner core" |
| M | 3/14 | Virtual | Rebecca Barnes |
Associate Professor at Colorado College PhD (2008) from Yale Research foci: Biogeochemistry; Global change; Wildfire; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
Enviromental Earth Science Series
Email gg-info@lists.utah.edu for Zoom information. |
| T | 3/15 | Virtual | Peter Crockford |
Postdoc at Woods Hole PhD (2018) from McGill University Research foci: Geobiology; Earth history; Stable isotope geochemistry |
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| W | 3/16 | Virtual | Rachel Lupien |
Postdoc at Lamont-Doherty PhD (2019) from Brown Research foci: Organic geochemistry; Paleoclimate; Hominid evolution |
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| TH | 3/17 | Virtual | Chad Ostrander |
Postdoc at Woods Hole (Ph.D. in 2020) PhD (2020) from Arizona State Research foci: Isotope geochemistry; Earth history; Geobiology; Modern isotope cycling |
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| M | 3/21 | Virtual | Elias Bloch |
Maitre assistant (equivalent research associate) at the Institute of Earth Sciences - University of Lausanne PhD (2013) from University of Arizona Research foci: High-T geochemistry, geochronology, diffusion, experimental met.pet |
Email gg-info@lists.utah.edu for Zoom information. |
| T | 3/22 | Virtual | Nikki Seymour |
Postdoc (NSF fellow) at Stanford University & UC Santa Cruz PhD (2020) from Colorado State University Research foci: Structural Geology, Geochronology, Tectonics, fieldwork |
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| W | 3/23 | Virtual | David Hernandez Uribe |
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Ph.D. (2020) from Colorado School of Mines Research foci: Metamorphic, Phase Equilibria, Tectonics, Subduction, fieldwork |
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| TH | 3/24 | Virtual | Juan Carlos de Obeso |
Postdoc at University of Calgary Ph.D. (2019) from Columbia University/LDEO Research foci: High-T geochemistry, fluid-rock reaction, CCS, experimental, fieldwork. |
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| F | 3/25 | Virtual | Elisabeth Gallant |
Postdoc (NSF fellow) at USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory PhD (2019) from University of South Florida Research foci: Volcanology, Volcanic Hazard Assessment, fieldwork |
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| TH | 3/31 | Virtual | Rolf Kipfer | Deputy Head of the Dept. of Water Resources and Drinking Water at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology | The ballade of noble gases, paleoclimate, Black Smokers and Arsenic … |
| TH | 4/7 |
Virtual |
Yemane Asmerom |
University of New Mexico |
TBA |
| TH | 4/14 |
TBA |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Asmeret Berhe | Spring 2021 |
| Mark Panning | Spring 2021 |
| Valier Galy | Spring 2021 |
| Estella Atekwana | Spring 2021 |
| Chris Jackson | Spring 2021 |
| Isabel Patricia Montañez | Spring 2021 |
| Matt Jackson | Spring 2021 |
| Valier Galy | Spring 2021 |
| Jorge Velez-Juarbe | Spring 2021 |
| Roland Bürgmann | Spring 2021 |
| Michael Kipp | Spring 2021 |
| Jamie McFarlin | Spring 2021 |
| Sarah Crump | Spring 2021 |
| Julia Kelson | Spring 2021 |
| Zachary Ross | Fall 2020 |
| Mark Torres | Fall 2020 |
| Shi (Joyce) Sim | Fall 2020 |
| Ellen Thomas | Fall 2020 |
| Enrique Merino | Fall 2020 |
| Kate Freeman | Fall 2020 |
| Parvathy Prem | Fall 2020 |
| Asmaa Boujibar | Fall 2020 |
| Jane Willenbring | Fall 2020 |
| Zack Spica | Fall 2020 |
| Kayla Iacovino | Fall 2020 |
| Naomi Levin | Fall 2020 |
| John Howell | Fall 2019 |
| Tony Dore | Fall 2019 |
| WILLIAM BRAZELTON | Fall 2019 |
| Philipp P Ruprecht | Fall 2019 |
| Zach Ross | Fall 2019 |
| Kendra Murray | Fall 2019 |
| Pete Lippert | Fall 2019 |
| Adrian Harpold | Fall 2019 |
| Alisha Clark | Fall 2019 |
| Brenda Bowen | Fall 2019 |
| Kent Condie | Fall 2019 |
| Kate Maher | Fall 2019 |
| Mark Schmitz | Spring 2019 |
| Alexis Ault | Spring 2019 |
| Justin Filiberto | Spring 2019 |
| Carlos Santana | Spring 2019 |
| Jani Radebaugh | Spring 2019 |
| Adolph Yonkee | Spring 2019 |
| Tim van Peer | Spring 2019 |
| Jamie Farrell | Spring 2019 |
| Tiffany Rivera | Spring 2019 |
| Emily Kleber | Spring 2019 |
| Enrique Merino | Spring 2019 |
| Harley Benz | Spring 2019 |
| Dr. David Sandwell | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Meghan Miller | Fall 2018 |
| Michal Kowalewski | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Allen Glazner | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Zhaoxia Pu | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Andrea Brunelle | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. David Boutt | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Ioan Lascu | Fall 2018 |
| G&G students & faculty | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Kristine Pankow | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Bonnie Baxter | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Kristine Larson | Fall 2018 |
| Dr. Francis Albarede | Fall 2018 |
| Paul Koch, Distinguished Professor | Spring 2018 |
| Geoslam | Spring 2018 |
| Sam Hudson, Assistant Prof. | Spring 2018 |
| Bob Biek | Spring 2018 |
| Eric Bilderback | Spring 2018 |
| Devon Orme, Assistant Professor | Spring 2018 |
| Rich Giraud | Spring 2018 |
| Marc Caffee | Spring 2018 |
| Kate Allstadt | Spring 2018 |
| Jeff Coe | Spring 2018 |
| None - Spring Break | Spring 2018 |
| Ramon Arrowsmith | Spring 2018 |
| Stephanie Prejean, Research Geophysicist | Spring 2018 |
| Adrian Hartley, Professor | Spring 2018 |
| Brian Collins | Spring 2018 |
| Jorg Pross | Fall 2017 |
| Summer Rupper | Fall 2017 |
| Bayani Cardenas | Fall 2017 |
| Jerry Schuster | Fall 2017 |
| Jessica Creveling | Fall 2017 |
| Leif Tapanilla | Fall 2017 |
| Yadira Ibarra | Fall 2017 |
| Susan Schwartz | Fall 2017 |
| Scott Hynek | Fall 2017 |
| Elizabeth Balgord | Fall 2017 |
| Jessica Tierney | Fall 2017 |
| T. J. Ulrich | Spring 2017 |
| GeoSlam | Spring 2017 |
| John Bartley | Spring 2017 |
| Tammy Rittenour | Spring 2017 |
| Steve Holbrook | Spring 2017 |
| Beatrice Magnani | Spring 2017 |
| Scott Giorgis | Spring 2017 |
| Glenn Thackray | Spring 2017 |
| Paul Brooks | Fall 2016 |
| Marie Jackson | Fall 2016 |
| Ron Harris | Fall 2016 |
| Kevin Ward | Fall 2016 |
| Yu Wang | Fall 2016 |
| Carie Frantz | Fall 2016 |
| Matt Haber | Fall 2016 |
| Kate Huntington | Fall 2016 |
| Ed Nissen | Fall 2016 |
| Nick Pyenson | Fall 2016 |
| Andrea Bunelle | Fall 2016 |
| Dr. Mike Poland | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Bill McDonough | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Reed Burgette | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Alex Gribenko | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. David Sandwell | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Peter Molnar | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Alan Carroll | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Sallie Greenberg | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Joe MacQuaker | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Gene Humphreys | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Jack Shroder | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Scott Miller | Spring 2016 |
| Dr. Hsin-Hua Huang | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Clark Johnson | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Jay Quade | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Craig Rasmussen | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Dave Pearson | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Dennis Newell | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Seulgi Moon | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Tiffany Rivera | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Mike Stearns | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Vera Schulte-Pelkum | Fall 2015 |
| Jerry De Graff | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Dennis Bazylinski | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Erik Oerter | Fall 2015 |
| Dr. Sora Kim | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Cristina Belanger | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Kathleen Ritterbush | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Adam Huttenlocker | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Bill Farrand | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Bethany Ehlmann | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Pheobe Lam | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Kyle Spikes | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Vedran Lekic | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Xin Song | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Patricia Manley | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Amir Allam | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. George Davis | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Joe Dufek | Spring 2015 |
| Dr. Song-Heon Dan Shim | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Thorne Lay | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Lauren Birgenheier | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Brandon Schmandt | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Aria Abubakar | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Eric Hellebrand | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Kerry Key | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Juergen Schieber | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. John Wahr | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Adrian Borsa | Fall 2014 |
| undergraduate students | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Tony Lowry | Fall 2014 |
| Dr. Rebecca Barnes | Fall 2014 |
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