Geosciences seminars
The Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering (DGSE) maintains an outstanding seminar program with invited speakers of international stature, which enables our graduate students to interact with leaders and innovators in their fields. DGSE seminars are open to the local and University geoscience community eager to learn about the latest topics in geological science and engineering research.
Spring 2025 seminar schedule
All seminars are on Monday at 4 p.m. and will be conducted in-person in DMSC 105 unless otherwise noted. Flyers with titles and abstracts are typically distributed about one week before the talk. Please email the department to be added to the announcement distribution list. Email James Faulds with questions.
| Date | Seminar title | Presenter | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/27/2025 |
Introductions to class procedures for students |
James Faulds |
University of Nevada, Reno |
| 2/3/2025 |
Geodynamics of early crust formation: Constraints on Earth’s long-term tectonic and thermal evolution |
Bradford Foley | Penn State |
| 2/24/2025 |
Paleoseismic investigations of Quaternary active faults in the forearc and backarc of the central Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. |
Ashley Streig | Portland State University |
| 3/3/2025 |
MOHO mission to the foundation of continents: The ICDP dive drilling project |
Mattia Pistone | University of Georgia |
| 3/10/2025 |
Structure, evolution and deformation environment of an exhumed intra-arc seismogenic fault system (Bolfin Fault Zone, Northern Chile) |
Simone Masoch | University of Nevada, Reno |
| 3/17/2025 | On Scientific Temptation, Transgression, and Fraud: Three Personal Stories | Ross Stein | Temblor, Inc. |
| 3/31/2025 |
Alpine collision from grain to the plate tectonic scale |
Marco Herwegh | University of Bern |
| 4/7/2025 |
The churning interior of Planet Earth—A view of the Pacific over the Cenozoic |
Mike Gurnis | California Institute of Technology |
| 4/14/2025 |
Unraveling two million years of climate-driven landscape evolution in the Southern Ozark Plateaus: A multi-geochronometer study |
Kathleen Rodrigues | Desert Research Institute (DRI) |
| 4/21/2025 |
Using minerals as tape recorders in magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits |
Andrew Martin | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 5/5/2025 |
Insights into the last ice age from solid Earth-ice sheet interactions |
Tamara Pico | University of California, Santa Cruz |