The UTIG Seminar Series is a forum for cutting-edge earth and planetary sciences attended by scientists, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics and the wider UT Jackson School of Geosciences. See our Events Calendar for upcoming talks. Past talks are posted below and on our YouTube playlist.
April 11, 2025
Catchment sensitivities of the west and east Antarctic ice sheets to orbital forcing during the mid- to late Pliocene
Molly Patterson
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Binghamton University
April 4, 2025
Shrimp as a model organism for bio-inspired underwater vehicles
Sara Oliveira Santos
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
March 28, 2025
The Columbia River flood basalts– plume-triggered delamination and lithospheric reconstruction
Gene Humphreys
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon
March 14, 2025
Potential Risks, Benefits and Impacts of Solar Climate Intervention
James (Jim) Hurrell
Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
March 7, 2025
Seismic architecture of the deep continental crust and its implications
Weisen Shen
Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University
February 14, 2025
Remote Sensing of Ocean Temperatures with Seismic-Acoustic Waves
Wenbo Wu
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
February 7, 2025
Magmatic margins, ridge jumps and isochrons – a refined tectonic model of the Gulf of Mexico
Tim Grow
Geophysical Advisor, Hess Corporation
This talk was not recorded.
January 31, 2025
Adventures in Atlantic Ocean Heat Transport: AMOC, gyres, and tropical upwelling
Spencer Jones
Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
January 17, 2025
How to make an Earth: Lessons from Venus
Peter James
Assistant Professor, Baylor University