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

March 27 2006 04:00 PM

Professor James Jackson, Cambridge University

Fatal Attraction: Living with Earthquakes, the Growth of Villages into Megacities, and Earthquake Vulnerability in the Developing World

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

March 29 2006 03:40 PM

Bjorn Stevens, associate professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, UCLA

The Trades Winds: A Cloud Perspective

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

March 30 2006 04:00 PM

Natalia Deligne, Caltech

Large Explosive Volcanic Eruptions: Completeness of the Holocene Record and Application of Extreme Value Statistics

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

March 31 2006 12:00 PM

Richard Wildman, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

The World Bank and the Environment

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 03 2006 04:00 PM

Kurt Cuffey, professor of geography, UC Berkeley

Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 05 2006 03:40 PM

Amy Schaefer, research scientist, University of Washington

Coming Out of the Dark: Using Genomics to Shed Light on the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

April 07 2006 12:00 PM

Ashley Jones, Caltech

What Can Prehistoric Easter Island Teach Modern America about Sustainability?

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 10 2006 04:00 PM

Don Brownlee, professor of astronomy, University of Washington

The Stardust Mission —Analyzing Samples from the Edge of the Solar System

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 12 2006 03:40 PM

Professor Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland, College Park

Land Use and Climate Change

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

April 13 2006 04:00 PM

Meenakshi Wadhwa, curator of meteorites, the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Exploration of Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Perspective from Short-Lived Radionuclides

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 14 2006 12:00 PM

Nathan Chan, Caltech

An Interdisciplinary Examination of Sustainable Development

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 17 2006 04:00 PM

Robert Stern, professor of geosciences, University of Texas, Dallas

Evidence from Ophiolites, Blueschists, and Ultra-High Pressure Metamorphic Terranes that the Modern Episode of Plate Tectonics began in Neoproterozoic Time (1000–544 Ma)

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 19 2006 03:40 PM

Heidi Nepf, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, MIT

Flow through Aquatic Vegetation

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

April 20 2006 04:00 PM

Magali Billen, assistant professor of geophysics, UC Davis

Rheologic Controls on the Shape and Evolution of Subducted Lithosphere in the Upper Mantle

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 21 2006 12:00 PM

Laurin Tuleja, South Coast Air Quality Management District

Death by Gas Station: The Continuing Struggle to Reduce Air Pollution at 4,000 Stations

ESE & Society Discussion Group

April 24 2006 04:00 PM

Robert E. Blankenship, professor and chair, Arizona State University

The Evolutionary Transition from Anoxygenic to Oxygenic Photosynthesis

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

April 27 2006 04:00 PM

Gry Barfod, associate research geologist, UC Davis

Lu-Hf Phosphorite and Apatite Geochronology: Constraints on Snowball Earth and Precambrian Tectonics

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

April 28 2006 12:00 PM

John Grotzinger, Caltech

Exploration for Oil and Gas: What's Really Down There?

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 01 2006 04:00 PM

Claudia Pasquero, senior research fellow in oceanography, Caltech

Upper Ocean Heat and Tropical Cyclones

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 03 2006 03:40 PM

Terry J. Keating, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollutants and Its Implications

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

May 04 2006 04:00 PM

Taylor Perron, graduate student, UC Berkeley

What Controls Landscape Scale? Connecting Models and Morphology

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 05 2006 12:00 PM

Terry Keating, Environmental Protection Agency

Catriona Rogers, Environmental Protection Agency

Careers in Public Service for ESE PhDs—Informal Discussion

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 08 2006 04:00 PM

James T. Randerson, associate professor, UC Irvine

The Burning of the Biosphere: Fire and Its Role in the Earth System

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 12 2006 12:00 PM

ESE and Society Discussion Group

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 15 2006 04:00 PM

Geoff Marcy, professor of astronomy, UC Berkeley

Extrasolar Planets: A Rocky Start

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

May 17 2006 03:40 PM

Steven Sherwood, associate professor of geology and geophysics, Yale University

Do We Understand the Water Vapor Feedback on Climate Change?

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck

May 19 2006 12:00 PM

Barry Butler, Butler Sun Solutions

Your Energy, Your Atmosphere, Your Life, Your Choice

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

May 22 2006 10:00 AM

Thesis Defense

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

May 26 2006 12:00 PM

Rebecca Adler, Caltech

Clair Patterson's Battle Against Lead Pollution

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

June 07 2006 03:40 PM

Geoffrey D. Smith, assistant professor of chemistry, University of Georgia

How Composition, Phase, and Morphology Control the Rates of Reactions in Atmospheric Organic Particles

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

142 Keck