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 26, 2024
The Emerging Field of Position-Specific Isotope Analysis: Applications in chemical forensics, exobiology, geo- and environmental sciences
Cornelia Rasmussen
Research Associate, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Recording available on request.
April 19, 2024
Predicting greenhouse gas fluxes to the atmosphere from thawing permafrost
Tanner Mills
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
April 12, 2024
Biotic response to environmental perturbations in the Pliensbachian and Toarcian stages of the Lower Jurassic
Crispin Little
Professor, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
April 12, 2024
Integrating geological realism into subglacial investigations
Emma “Mickey” MacKie
Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida
April 5, 2024
Crustal and Upper Mantle Seismic Anisotropy Across Alaska and the Juan de Fuca Plate from Surface Wave Observations
Chuanming Liu
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Jackson School of Geosciences, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
March 29, 2024
Biogeochemistry of a Greenland Ice-Marginal Lake
Melisa Diaz
Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
Recording available on request.
March 26, 2024
Predicting and Observing Geophysical Patterns of Sea Level Change
Sophie Coulson
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire
March 22, 2024
Enhancing Environmental Seismology with Fiber Optic Sensing
Zhongwen Zhan
Professor of Geophysics, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
This talk was not recorded.
March 19, 2024
Next-Generation Seismic Monitoring and Imaging with Artificial Intelligence
Hongyu Sun
Postdoctoral Scholar in Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
Recording available on request to members of the UTIG community.
March 8, 2024
Adventures in unraveling earthquake source complexities and the implications to earthquake physics and hazard mitigation
Zhe Jia
Green Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
March 5, 2024
Landslides, Lakes, and Landscapes: Interpreting surface processes and landscape morphology to reveal natural hazards
Will Struble
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona
February 29, 2024
Demystifying Nature
Michael White
Senior Editor, Nature, Springer Nature
February 27, 2024
From freshwater and saltwater: Investigating the 21st century evolution of the Aurora Subglacial Basin, East Antarctica, using coupled ice sheet modeling
Tyler Pelle
Green Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
February 23, 2024
Spatial and temporal variations of the seismic velocity within the crust of Oklahoma
Shuo Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
February 9, 2024
Recent Advances in High-Resolution Climate Simulations
Ping Chang
Professor, Louis & Elizabeth Scherck Chair in Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
February 2, 2024
Anthropogenic Aerosol as a Driver of Climate Risk
Geeta Persad
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences
January 26, 2024
Mixing electricity and water: The world of marine electromagnetic methods
Steven Constable
Professor of Geophysics, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography