Events for Winter 2012-2013 - Caltech: Geological and Planetary Sciences

January 07 2013 04:00 PM

Scott Dawson, Associate Professor , University of California, Davis

A geobiological perspective on commensal and parasitic anaerobic eukaryotes

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

January 08 2013 04:00 PM

Sarah M. Hörst, NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado

Understanding the Formation and Composition of Planetary Atmospheric Hazes

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 10 2013 04:00 PM

Daniel Hummer, Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA

The surprising effects of Ferric iron on MgSiO3 perovskite in earth's lower mantle

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 11 2013 04:00 PM

Einat Lev, Columbia University

TBA

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

January 14 2013 04:00 PM

Gregory Dick, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

New views of the deep sea: surprises from genomes and insights for geochemistry

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

January 15 2013 04:00 PM

Jay Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, Williams College, Massachusetts

Jean-Michel Désert, Sagan Fellow Astronomer, Caltech

Three 2012 Transits of Venus: From Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn (Jay Pasachoff); Atmospheric Characterization of Extrasolar Planets in the Era of Kepler (Jean-Michel Désert)

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 16 2013 04:00 PM

Michelle Gierach, Scientist, JPL

Contrasting Biophysical Responses to Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 17 2013 04:00 PM

Ryan McKeon, Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 18 2013 04:00 PM

Hejun Zhu, Princeton

Wavespeed and Attenuation Structure of the European Upper Mantle Based on Adjoint Tomography

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

January 23 2013 04:00 PM

Maxim Nikurashin, Physical Oceanographer, University of Tasmania

A Theory of the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Associated Stratification of the Ocean

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 24 2013 04:00 PM

Sean Loyd, Agouron Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

January 25 2013 04:00 PM

William Ellsworth, University of Washington

TBA

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

January 28 2013 04:00 PM

Kenneth A. Farley, W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry; Chair, Caltech

Extraordinarily ancient landscapes in the Brazilian jungle: evidence from new techniques in geochronology and surface exposure dating

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

January 29 2013 04:00 PM

Yingdong Jia, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Earth and Space Sciences

The Enceladus Plume as Seen by the Cassini Magnetometer and MHD Modeling

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 30 2013 04:00 PM

James Rae, Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech

Deglacial CO2 release from the North Pacific constrained by boron isotopes, radiocarbon and earth system modeling

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

January 31 2013 04:00 PM

Daniel Hummer, Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 01 2013 04:00 PM

Marine Denolle, Stanford

Ground Motion Prediction using the Ambient Seismic Field

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

February 04 2013 04:00 PM

Grenville Turner, Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, University of Manchester

Studies of extinct Pu-244, I-129 and Cl-36 based on the analysis of xenon and argon isotopes

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

February 05 2013 04:00 PM

David Schriver, Research Geophysicist, University of California Los Angeles

TBD

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 06 2013 04:00 PM

Sally Newman, Senior Research Scientist, Caltech

CO2 Emissions in the Los Angeles Megacity as Observed in Pasadena

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 07 2013 04:00 PM

Claire Thomas & Joel Scheingross , Graduate Students, Caltech

The influence of large-magnitude earthquakes and fault zone damage on the spatial distribution of slow-moving landslides (Joel)

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 08 2013 04:00 PM

Andre Niemeijer, UTRECHT U

TBA

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

February 11 2013 04:00 PM

Raffaele Ferrari, Breene M. Kerr Professor of Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

First direct measurements of heat and carbon transport across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

February 12 2013 04:00 PM

Christopher Edwards, Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech

Cedric Pilorget , Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech

TBD

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 13 2013 04:00 PM

Timothy Merlis, Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton

The sensitivity of global tropical cyclone frequency to climate changes

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 14 2013 04:00 PM

Kathleen Grey, Geological Survey of Western Australia

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 15 2013 04:00 PM

Paul Wessel, University of Hawaii

TBA

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

February 19 2013 04:00 PM

David Paige, Professor, University of California Los Angeles

TBD

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 20 2013 04:00 PM

Andrew Stewart, Postdoctoral Researcher, Caltech

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 21 2013 04:00 PM

Melissa Rice, Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

February 26 2013 04:00 PM

James Shirley, Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

TBD

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 27 2013 04:00 PM

Eli Tziperman, Pamela and Vasco McCoy, Jr Professor of Oceanography and Applied Physics, Harvard University

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

February 28 2013 04:00 PM

Andy Ridgwell, Professor, University of Bristol

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

March 01 2013 04:00 PM

Greg McLaskey, USGS

TBA

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

March 04 2013 04:00 PM

Jonathan J. Fortney, Associate Professor , University of California, Santa Cruz

Characterizing the Atmospheres of Low-Mass Low-Density Exoplanets

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

March 05 2013 04:00 PM

Julia Fang, NASA Earth and Space Sciences Graduate Fellow, University of California Los Angeles

TBD

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 06 2013 04:00 PM

Aiko Voigt, Postdoctoral scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 07 2013 04:00 PM

Bodo Bookhagen, Associate Professor, UCSB

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

March 11 2013 04:00 PM

Zhiming Kuang, Gordon McKay Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Harvard University

Title TBD

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

March 12 2013 04:00 PM

Carol Raymond, Dawn Deputy Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

TBD

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 13 2013 04:00 PM

Zhiming Kuang, Gordon McKay Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science , Harvard University

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

March 14 2013 04:00 PM

Don Anderson, Eleanor and John R. McMillan Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus, Caltech

The World According to GARP; Geophysics, Anisotropy and Realistic Physics

Geology Club Seminar

151 Arms, Buwalda Room

March 15 2013 04:00 PM

Don Anderson, Caltech

Beno Gutenberg's Low Velocity Zone Revisited; the roles of anisotropy, adiabaticity, anelasticity, anharmonicity, artefacts, advection, absolute wavespeeds, asthenosphere and ambient mantle

Dix Seismo Lab Seminar

256 S. Mudd, Benioff Room

March 26 2013 04:00 PM

Amy Mainzer, WISE Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

TBD

Planetary Science Seminar

365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room