Events for Fall 2005-2006 - Caltech: Geological and Planetary Sciences

September 26 2005 04:00 PM

Justin Ries, Post Doctoral Scholar, Johns Hopkins University

The Effect of Secular Variation in Seawater Mg/Ca (Calcite and Aragonite Seas) on Calcareous Biomineralization

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

September 30 2005 12:00 PM

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 03 2005 04:00 PM

John Suppe, Professor of Geosciences, Princeton University

The Weak-Fault Problem

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 05 2005 03:40 PM

Michael McInerney, Professor, University of Oklahoma

Lipopeptides of Bacilli and Their Use in Oil Recovery

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 07 2005 12:00 PM

Janet Hering, Professor, Caltech

The Grants Game Part 1: Proposal Writing in General and the National Science Foundation in Particular

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 10 2005 04:00 PM

Neal Blair, Professor, North Carolina State University

Kerogen Redux: The Recycling of Ancient Sedimentary Organic Carbon in Modern Sedimentary Systems"

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 12 2005 03:40 PM

Patricia Maurice, Professor, University of Notre Dame

Interactions of Aerobic Bacteria with Minerals and Metals

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 14 2005 12:00 PM

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 19 2005 03:40 PM

Terrance Beveridge, CRC Professor, University of Guelph

Microbial Surfaces Interact Strongly with the Environment: A Microscopist's View

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 21 2005 12:00 PM

Woody Studenmund, Professor, Occidental College

Electricity Regulation, Deregulation, and Reregulation in California

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 24 2005 04:00 PM

Lars Stixrude, Professor, University of Michigan

Silicate Liquids in Earth's Deep Interior

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

October 26 2005 03:40 PM

Lyatt Jaegle, Assistant Professor, University of Washington

Global Partitioning of Nitrogen Oxides Sources Using Satellite Observations

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

October 28 2005 12:00 PM

Franklin Jiron, Caltech

A Profile of Nicaragua and Its Environmental Issues

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

October 31 2005 04:00 PM

Elizabeth (Zibi) Turtle, Assistant Research Scientist, University of Arizona

Exploring the Surface of Titan with Cassini-Huygens

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 02 2005 03:40 PM

Franz Geiger, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University

Environmental Interfaces Studied by Lasers: From Geochemistry to Atmospheric Chemistry

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

November 03 2005 04:00 PM

Azra Bilgin, Caltech

Enhancement of Bacterial Iron Respiration as a Means to Inhibit Acid Mine Drainage

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 04 2005 12:00 PM

Anna Rose Beck, Grad. Student, Caltech

Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Clean-Up Issues

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 07 2005 04:00 PM

Jay J. Ague, Professor, Yale

Fast Mountain Building

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 09 2005 03:40 PM

Yi Chao, Principal Scientist, Jet Propultion Laboratory

Virtual Observatory for Coastal Ocean Science and Applications

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

November 10 2005 04:00 PM

Natasha Kramer, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Deposition, Resuspension, and Alteration of Colorado River Delta Sediments, Lake Powell, Utah

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 11 2005 12:00 PM

Andrew R. Metcalf, Grad. Student, Caltech

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 14 2005 04:00 PM

Nicolas Gruber, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Recent insights into the Anthropogenic Perturbation of the Global Carbon Cycle

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 16 2005 03:40 PM

Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Microbial Ecologist, Portland State University

Backarc Basins, Mid-Ocean Ridges and Hotspots: Thermophiles Thriving in Dynamic Environmental Gradients

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

November 17 2005 04:00 PM

Martine Simoes, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris / Caltech

"Mountain-building processes in Taiwan: kinematics of deformation and thermal evolution"

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 18 2005 12:00 PM

Claire Farnsworth, Grad. Student, Caltech

A Case for a More Sustainable Water Cycle

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 21 2005 04:00 PM

David M. Ward, Professor, Montana State University

Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution of Predominant Phototrophic Bacteria Constructing a Hot Spring Cyanobacterial Mat

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 28 2005 02:00 PM

Charles Marshall, Professor, Harvard University

Developing a Framework for Understanding the Interplay between Developmental, Environmental, and Ecological Factors in Determining Morphological Innovation and Changes in Biodiversity

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

November 30 2005 02:00 PM

Ken Deffeyes, Professor, Princeton

Deffeyes diagram: a graphical approach to complex equilibria.

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

November 30 2005 03:40 PM

Jay Turner, Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

The St. Louis–Midwest Supersite: Towards a Conceptual Model for Ambient Fine Particles in St. Louis"

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

December 01 2005 04:00 PM

Yongchun Tang, Director, Caltech

Recent Development of Gas Isotope Modeling and Hydrocarbon Oxidation under Subsurface Condition

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

December 02 2005 12:00 PM

Javier Soliz, Caltech

ESE & Society Discussion Group - CANCELLED

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room