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.
December 8, 2023
AGU Special!
Talk 1: Mikayla Pascual, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics – “Ice-sediment coupling increases modeled ice volume”
Talk 2: Ethan Conrad, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics – “Investigating the morphotectonics of transpressional systems through erosion-tectonic analog modeling”
Talk 3: Carson Miller, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics – “Internal sand bank seismic stratigraphy provides insight into paleo-barrier island preservation”
December 1, 2023
A Range of Outcomes: The combined effects of internal variability and anthropogenic influences on regional climate trends over North America
Clara Deser
Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate Analysis Section
November 17, 2023
Seismicity and rupture behavior in geometrically complex fault zones
Camilla Cattania
Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Recording available on request.
November 10, 2023
Seafloor Pressure Geodesy for Observing Transient Slip Processes in Offshore Subduction Systems
Erik Fredrickson
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
November 3, 2023
From ice to fjords and ocean: The complex interactions between the Greenland Inland Ice and its watery margins
Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson
Senior Scientist, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
This talk was not recorded.
October 27, 2023
Volcanism on Venus: tools for studying past and potentially ongoing activity
Indujaa Ganesh
Research Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute
October 20, 2023
Geochemical and thermal constraints on forearc dewatering and megathrust pore fluid pressure at the Hikurangi and Cascadia subduction zones
Evan Solomon
Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington
October 13, 2023
Acoustically Mapping the Ocean: The Progress and Prospects of Seismic Oceanography
Jingxuan Wei
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
October 6, 2023
The Effects of Non-Newtonian Rheology on Relative Sea Level Change Induced by Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Process and its Implications on Antarctic Ice Sheet Evolution
Kaixuan Kang
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
September 29, 2023
Earthquake Swarms, Slow Slip, and Fault Valving in Coupled Models of Earthquakes and Fault Zone Fluid Transport
Eric Dunham
Professor, Department of Geophysics, Director, SDSS Center for Computation, Stanford University
September 22, 2023
Lunar tectonics – insights from deep and shallow moonquakes
Alice Turner
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
September 15, 2023
From individual life-history to species evolution: a case study with planktonic foraminifera
Anieke Brombacher
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
September 8, 2023
Deciphering the Nature of Titan’s Mysterious Magic Islands: The Role of Simple Organics
Xinting Yu
Assistant Professor in Physics Astronomy, The University of Texas at San Antonio
September 1, 2023
Geophysics in Sustainable Resource Development and Hazard Assessment: A Focus on Marine Electromagnetics
Dallas Sherman
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ocean and Earth ElectroMagnetic laboratory (OCEEMlab), University of Texas Institute for Geophysics