Speaker Series

Healing Earth, Envisioning Space: Indigenous Knowledge and Partnerships for a Resilient Future Thursday, February 27 at 12PM (MDT) Cameron Library 2-20-A, Digital Scholarship Centre Bio: Shí éí Alvin Harvey yinishyé. Tó baazhni’ázhi nishłį́. Honágháahnii bashishchiin. Dághaałchííʼ dashicheii. Kiyaa’áanii dashinalí. My

Unpredictable pathways: Subsurface radon and an academic career never envisioned Friday, November 25 at 12PM (MDT) in Tory 3-36 Abstract: The Devonian period saw an increase in terrestrial organic matter abundance through the development of tree root networks and forest

Unpredictable pathways: Subsurface radon and an academic career never envisioned Friday, November 25 at 12PM (MDT) in Tory 3-36 Abstract: Radon inhalation is a leading cause of lung cancer.  While the soil zone is the main source of radon in indoor

Failure and Imposter Phenomenon Discussion Wednesday, February 16 at 11:00AM (MDT): Drs Tom Chacko, Alberto Reyes, and Sasha Wilson Abstract: Experiencing failure in research is more common than success and often leads to feelings of disheartenment and inadequacy. Despite it

Macro and microscale structural geology: applications to geothermal energy Thursday, January 20 at 11:00AM (MDT): Dr. David McNamara Abstract: Many conventional and enhanced, geothermal reservoirs are hosted in rocks with low intrinsic permeability. As such, successful development of these resources

Future projections of global-sea level rates from glacier models Thursday, December 2 at 11:00AM (MDT): Dr. Lavanya Ashokkumar Abstract: Glaciers contribute significantly to mass loss and sea-level rates. Apart from anthropogenic causes, thermal and ocean warming are the major causes

The Unsurprising Secret of Enceladus’s Plume Thursday, November 18 at 11:00AM (MDT): Dr. Emily Martin Abstract: Pit chain formation on Enceladus is consistent with extension fracturing or dilational faulting and Enceladus is the only body in the outer solar system

Community Driven University Partnerships to Assess Exposures and Risk Perceptions of Diné Communities following the Gold King Mine Spill Thursday, October 21 at 11:00AM (MDT): Dr. Karletta Chief Abstract: On August 5, 2015, 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage

Asking Different Questions About the Great Oxidation Event Thursday, April 1 at 11:00AM (MDT): Dr. Dawn Sumner Abstract: The Great Oxidation Event changed Earth’s surface oxidation state, on average. However, this transformation depended on the accumulated effects of cyanobacterial evolution,