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 21, 2023
Developing the Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan through a Data-Driven and Stakeholder Process
James Gibeaut
Endowed Chair for Coastal and Marine Geospatial Sciences, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

April 14, 2023
Impact cratering as a biological process
Charles Cockell
Professor of Astrobiology, UK Center for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh

April 7, 2023
What controls the long-term trajectory of Earth’s climate and ocean chemistry?
Ann Dunlea
Assistant Scientist, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

March 31, 2023
The Dynamic Oceanic Lithosphere-Asthenosphere System of the Equatorial Mid Atlantic Ridge System: Results from the PI-LAB Experiment
Nicholas Harmon
Research Specialist, Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

March 24, 2023
Why does the US Navy care about geology? — Geospatial machine learning and an application to Arctic gas hydrates
Ben Phrampus
Physicist, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

March 10, 2023
Modeling the ocean at different scales for marine ecosystem management in a changing climate
Liz Drenkard
Research Oceanographer, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA

February 24, 2023
Observation of type-II and type-III solar burst events in orbital Martian radar sounder data
Christopher Gerekos
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics

February 17, 2023
Texas Space Grant Consortium: Inspiring and Engaging a STEM Workforce for Artemis and Beyond
Tim Urban
Director, Texas Space Grant Consortium

February 10, 2023
Imaging, monitoring and modeling a seismogenic zone — Results and a future plan of JAMSTEC project
Shuichi Kodaira
Director General, Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

February 3, 2023
The NASA Psyche Mission: An Electric Journey to a Metal World
Lindy Elkins-Tanton
Foundation and Regents Professor, School Of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University

January 20, 2023
Compound and cascading processes shaping tsunami responses: A new era of multidisciplinary research
Ignacio Sepulveda
Assistant Professor, Coastal Engineering, San Diego State University