Events for Spring 2011-2012
April 02 2012 04:00 PM
Christian Schoof,
Assistant Professor glaciology, fluid dynamics, applied mathematics,
University of British Columbia
How meltwater drives ice sheet dynamics
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
April 03 2012 04:00 PM
Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
April 04 2012 12:00 PM
Junle Jiang
Geophysics Brown Bag Seminar
Geophysics Brown Bag Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
April 05 2012 04:00 PM
Geology Club Seminar
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
April 09 2012 04:00 PM
Daniel Schrag,
Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University
Revisiting the history of the global carbon cycle
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
April 10 2012 04:00 PM
Reid Parsons,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Young Fluvial Valleys on Mars: Constraining the Water Source Using Quantitative Geomorphology
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
April 11 2012 04:00 PM
Eric Hoek,
Associate Professor,
University of California, Los Angeles
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
April 12 2012 12:00 PM
Lindsay Yee, Graduate Student, Caltech
Plastic Island: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
ESE & Society Discussion Group
162 Mudd Laboratory, South
April 12 2012 04:00 PM
Topic to be Announced
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
April 13 2012 04:00 PM
Yuri Fialko, UCSD
To Be Announced
Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
April 16 2012 04:00 PM
Kip Hodges,
Foundation Professor of Geological Sciences,
Arizona State University
The Tibet-Himalaya Accommodation Zone: New Perspectives on Quaternary Tectonics
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
April 17 2012 04:00 PM
Sasha Hinkley,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
California Institute of Technology
Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
April 18 2012 04:00 PM
Bradley Tebo,
Professor and Division Head,
Oregon Health and Science University
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
April 19 2012 12:00 PM
Alex Teng, Graduate Student, Caltech
A Review of Particulate Matter Toxicity & Implications for Management
ESE & Society Discussion Group
162 Mudd Laboratory, South
April 19 2012 04:00 PM
Erosion history of Grand Canyon: Clues from Tertiary conglomerates in the Los Angeles area
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
April 20 2012 04:00 PM
Nadaya Cubas, Caltech
To Be Announced
Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
April 23 2012 04:00 PM
Atoms in motion: Access to Earth's interior
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
April 24 2012 04:00 PM
From protoplanetary disks to exoplanetary atmospheres: New views from Hubble
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
April 25 2012 04:00 PM
Seeing the forest AND the trees: Modeling ecosystem-climate interactions
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
April 26 2012 12:00 PM
Rebecca Schwantes, Graduate Student, Caltech
A Review of the Environmental Impact and Politics Associated with the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
ESE & Society Discussion Group
162 Mudd Laboratory, South
April 26 2012 04:00 PM
Thiago Piacentini, University of Queensland
Noble gas geochemistry and geochrolology of banded iron-formations: a case study of the Neoproterozoic Urucum deposit
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
April 27 2012 04:00 PM
Caroline Beghein, UCLA
To Be Announced
Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
April 30 2012 04:00 PM
The energy balance of the EarthÂ’s climate system
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
May 01 2012 04:00 PM
Modeling Exotic Clouds In Cool Brown Dwarfs and Planets
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 02 2012 04:00 PM
Multiple constraints on net community production and its regulating factors in the Southern Ocean
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 03 2012 12:00 PM
Kaitlyn Lucey, Graduate Student, Caltech
Seedbanks as Biodiversity Reserves: Not Your Typical Public Storage
ESE & Society Discussion Group
162 Mudd Laboratory, South
May 03 2012 04:00 PM
Geology Club Seminar
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
May 07 2012 04:00 PM
John Long, Vice President, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
May 08 2012 04:00 PM
Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 09 2012 04:00 PM
Chlorophyll fluorescence from space, new avenues in carbon cycle research
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 10 2012 12:00 PM
Science at Conservation International
ESE & Society Discussion Group
162 Mudd Laboratory, South
May 10 2012 04:00 PM
The Paleogene latitude of the Proto-Tibetan Plateau: Setting the Boundary Conditions for Strain Partitioning During the India-Asia Collision
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
May 11 2012 04:00 PM
Hiroyuki Tanaka, U Tokyo
To Be Announced
Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
May 14 2012 04:00 PM
Sean Solomon,
Research Staff Member and Director Emeritus,
Carnegie Institution of Washington
MESSENGER at Mercury: The Surprising Innermost Planet
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
May 15 2012 04:00 PM
The Brown Dwarf Desert: A Tale of Some Stars Engulfing Their Massive Close-in Companions
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 16 2012 04:00 PM
William Nazaroff,
Daniel Tellep Distinguished Professor,
University of California, Berkley
Perihuman aerosol science: UFPs, SVOCs, and the indoor microbiome
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 17 2012 10:00 AM
Andrew Metcalf, Graduate student , Caltech
Atmospheric Black Carbon: Measurements in the Los Angeles Atmosphere and Aging by Condensation of Organic Aerosol
Thesis Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 17 2012 12:00 PM
Jinqiang Chen, Graduate Student, Caltech
Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change, from CMIP5 to IPCC Reports
ESE & Society Discussion Group
162 Mudd Laboratory, South
May 17 2012 04:00 PM
Geology Club Seminar
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
May 18 2012 04:00 PM
Vedran Lekic, U Maryland
To Be Announced
Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
May 21 2012 04:00 PM
Roel Snieder,
W.M. Keck Distinguished Professor of Basic Exploration Science ,
Colorado School of Mines
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
May 22 2012 12:00 PM
Roel Snieder,
W.M. Keck Distinguished Professor of Basic Exploration Science ,
Colorado School of Mines
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
May 22 2012 04:00 PM
Glenn Orton,
Senior Research Scientist,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Standard Models for the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 23 2012 12:00 PM
Francisco Ortega
Geophysics Brown Bag Seminar
Geophysics Brown Bag Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
May 23 2012 04:00 PM
Ocean Circulation, Ice Volume, and CO2 in the Late Pleistocene
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 24 2012 12:00 PM
John Hall,
Professor of Civil Engineering,
Caltech
Reliability of the Water Supply in Southern California, Part 2: The State Water Project
ESE & Society Discussion Group
162 Mudd Laboratory, South
May 24 2012 04:00 PM
Kristin Bergmann
June Wicks
Geology Club Seminar
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
May 25 2012 04:00 PM
David Oglesby, UC Riverside
To Be Announced
Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
May 29 2012 03:30 PM
Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Planetary Science Seminar
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room
May 31 2012 04:00 PM
Matthieu Clog, Caltech
Geology Club Seminar
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
June 01 2012 04:00 PM
Anne Trehu, Oregon State
To Be Announced
Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
June 05 2012 03:30 PM
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall
June 07 2012 04:00 PM
Geology Club Seminar
Geology Club Seminar
151 Arms, Buwalda Room
June 08 2012 04:00 PM
Sebastian Hainzl, Potsdam
To Be Announced
Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room
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