Events for Winter 2010-2011 - Caltech: Geological and Planetary Sciences

January 03 2011 04:00 PM

John Grotzinger, Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology, Caltech

Mars Science Laboratory: One Year Before Launch

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

January 06 2011 09:00 AM

Jennifer Walker, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Topic to be announced.

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 06 2011 04:00 PM

Everett Salas, postdoctoral scholar, JPL

Shedding Light on the Deep Subsurface Biosphere: Deep UV Fluorescence for the In Situ Detection of Microbes on Opaque Surfaces

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 10 2011 04:00 PM

Gerald Haug, professor of climate geology, ETH Zurich

Climate and Societies

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

January 11 2011 04:00 PM

Francis Nimmo, associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences, UC Santa Cruz

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 12 2011 04:00 PM

Jason Amundson, postdoctoral scholar in geophysical sciences, the University of Chicago

The Energetics and Potential Implications of Iceberg Calving

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 13 2011 09:00 AM

Jennifer Walker, Caltech

Environmental Justice: Historical Perspectives and Policy Challenges

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 13 2011 04:00 PM

Shanan Peters, assistant professor of geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Coevolution of Earth Systems: Insights from Quantitative Analyses of the Rock Record

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 17 2011 04:00 PM

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar—cancelled

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

January 18 2011 04:00 PM

Timothy Morton, graduate student in astronomy, Caltech

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 19 2011 12:00 PM

Mark Quigley, lecturer in geological sciences, University of Canterbury

The Remarkable Story of the Australian Plate: Climate and Geodynamics of the Continental Interior and Northern Plate Boundary in Timor Leste

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 19 2011 04:00 PM

Masha Prokopenko, assistant research professor of Earth science, USC

Using Triple O Isotopes and O₂/Ar Ratios for Estimating Primary Production under Non-steady Conditions in Marginal Ice Blooms in the Bering Sea

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 20 2011 09:00 AM

Michael Hoffmann, James Irvine Professor, Caltech

The Chlorine Dilemma: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 24 2011 12:00 PM

Frank H. Shu, professor of physics and astronomy, emeritus, UC San Diego

Climate Change and Energy Solutions

Cahill Center, Hameetman Auditorium

January 24 2011 04:00 PM

Robert S. Anderson, professor of geological sciences and Fellow INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder

Of Ice-Water Interactions in Arctic and Alpine Landscapes: Rapid Arctic Coastline Erosion and the Sliding of Glaciers

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

January 25 2011 04:00 PM

Jonathan Lunine, professor, University of Arizona

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 26 2011 04:00 PM

Kate Campbell, research biogeochemist, U. S. Geological Survey, Boulder, Colorado

Field-Scale Bioremediation of a Uranium-Impacted Aquifer under Natural and Artificially Stimulated Conditions

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 27 2011 09:00 AM

Gretchen Keppel-Aleks, graduate student in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

The Science and Politics of Soil

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 27 2011 04:00 PM

Zorka Saleeby, geologist, Caltech

Burial and Erosional Stripping of the Southern Sierra Nevada by the Eastern San Joaquin Basin in Relation to Mantle Lithosphere Removal

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 31 2011 04:00 PM

Bethanny L. Ehlmann, Marie Curie Incoming International Fellow, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, France

The Mineralogic Record of Aqueous Environments on Early Mars

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

February 01 2011 04:00 PM

Ulyana Dyudina, staff scientist in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 02 2011 04:00 PM

Benjamin David Kocar, postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University

Defining and Scaling Coupled Hydrological-biogeochemical Processes Responsible for the Worlds Largest Mass Poisoning

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

February 03 2011 09:00 AM

Mamadou Diallo, visiting associate in environmental science and engineering, Caltech

Nanotechnology for Sustainability: Environment, Water and Climate

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 03 2011 04:00 PM

Itay Halevy, postdoctoral scholar in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

The Archean Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotope Record: Prospects and Limitations

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 07 2011 04:00 PM

Jillian Banfield, professor, UC Berkeley

Follow the C: Development of Integrated "Omics" and Geochemical Methods for Carbon Cycle Analysis

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

February 08 2011 04:00 PM

Carolyn Crow, graduate student in Earth and space sciences, UCLA

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 09 2011 04:00 PM

Brian Rose , postdoctoral fellow in atmospheric sciences, University of Washington

On the Impact of Ocean Heat Transport in Warm and Cold Climates

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

February 10 2011 09:00 AM

Dan Turner-Evans, Caltech

A Solar Cell Primer: From the Sun to the Lab to the Market

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 10 2011 04:00 PM

Andrea Fildani, research geologist, Chevron

Importance of Erosion at Inception of Deep-sea Channels

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 14 2011 04:00 PM

Paul A. Kapp, associate professor of structural geology and tectonics, University of Arizona

Building the Tibetan Plateau (and Blowing it Away)

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

February 15 2011 04:00 PM

Jean-Luc Margot, associate professor of Earth and space sciences, UCLA

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 16 2011 04:00 PM

Klaus Lackner, professor of geophysics, Earth, and environmental engineering, Columbia University

Direct CO₂ Capture from Air Using Moisture Swing Absorption

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 17 2011 09:00 AM

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 17 2011 04:00 PM

Kim Lichtenberg, mission engineer, JPL

Planning Science: Orchestrating Surface Operations for the Most Complicated Rover Yet

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 21 2011 04:00 PM

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar—cancelled

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

February 22 2011 04:00 PM

Gerald Schubert, professor of Earth and space sciences, UCLA

Krishan Khurana, research geophysicist, UCLA

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 23 2011 04:00 PM

John Wallace, University of Washington

Insights Derived from Studying the Signature of the MJO in Satellite and Lightning Observations

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 24 2011 09:00 AM

Erik Conway, JPL

Can Montana Repeal the Physics of Climate? Market of Fundamentalism and the Rise of Anti-science in the United States

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 24 2011 04:00 PM

Victoria Petryshyn, graduate student in Earth sciences, USC

Stromatolites: Myths, Legends, Assumptions, and Confusion. What the Modern Can Tell Us about the World's Oldest Fossils

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 28 2011 04:00 PM

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar—cancelled

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

March 01 2011 04:00 PM

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 02 2011 04:00 PM

Pamela Martin, assistant professor of geophysical sciences, the University of Chicago

The Environment, Agriculture, and Food Nexus

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 03 2011 04:00 PM

Christie Rowe, associate researcher, UC Santa Cruz

Hot Dolomite Explodes! Evidence of Ancient Earthquakes on the Naukluft Thrust, Namibia

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

March 07 2011 04:00 PM

Peter Molnar, professor of geological sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder

The Gradual Closing of the Indonesian Seaway and the Onset of Northern Hemisphere Ice Ages

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

March 08 2011 04:00 PM

Kliegel Lecture in Planetary Sciences—cancelled

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 09 2011 04:00 PM

Peter J. S. Franks, professor of biological oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Microscale Distributions of Phytoplankton Revealed Using a Planar Laser Imaging Fluorometer

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 10 2011 09:00 AM

John Onderdonk, manager for sustainability programs, Caltech

Did the Retro Commissioning of the Mudd Buildings Actually Save Energy?

ESE & Society Discussion Group

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

March 10 2011 04:00 PM

Nithya Thiagarajan, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

Maggie Osburn, graduate student in geological and planetary sciences, Caltech

Movement of Corals on Climatic Timescales; D/H Fractionation in Lipids from Terrestrial Hydrothermal Springs

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

March 15 2011 04:00 PM

Fred Adams, professor of physics, University of Michigan

Topic to be announced.

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 16 2011 04:00 PM

Adam H. Sobel, professor, Columbia University

Projected Changes in the Seasonal Cycle under Global Warming

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 24 2011 04:00 PM

Pieter Vermeesch, RCUK Academic Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of London

A Simple Method for In-situ U-Th-He Dating

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room