« 2026 Fall Seminar Series Watch Recording Speaker: Michalea King, Senior Research Scientist,University of Washington, Polar Science Center Title: Mapping ice motion beyond the Greenland ice sheet’s margins with SAR Host: Ginny Catania Abstract: Synthetic Aperture Radar (or SAR) imagery has enabled repeat mapping of the ice sheet surface and flow speeds at nearly regular,… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Michalea King

« 2026 Fall Seminar Series Watch Recording Speaker: Taiyi Wang, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin Jackson School for Geosciences Title: Cascading magmatic unrest and aseismic faulting in the Aegean Sea enabled by elastic stress relay Host: Zhe Jia Abstract: Magma reservoirs commonly exist in clusters and situate within complex fault networks, yet sequential… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Taiyi Wang

« 2026 Fall Seminar Series Watch Recording Speaker: Francesca Samsel, Research Scientist, Texas Advanced Computing Center Title: Melding, Morphing and Blending the Languages of Art, Science and Visualization Host: Benjamin Keisling Abstract: Our research explores how expertise from the arts can expand both the analytical practice and communicative capabilities of multivariate, volumetric visualizations of environmental… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Francesca Samsel

« 2026 Fall Seminar Series Watch Recording Speaker: Jason Sylvan, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, professor Title: Very much alive ecosystems on dead hydrothermal vent deposits Host: Chris Lowery and Elizabeth Spiers Abstract: Active hydrothermal vent systems are a vital component of the ocean system, balancing elemental budgets, exchanging heat with the Earth’s interior,… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Jason Sylvan