Seminar Schedule
Earth and Environmental Sciences Spring 2020 Rast-Holbrook Seminar Schedule
All seminars will be held on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. in 303 Slone Research Building, preceded by refreshments at 3:30, unless otherwise noted.
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Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title |
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Jan. 16 |
No Seminar |
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Opening of Term |
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Jan. 23 |
Dr. Colin Sumrall |
University of Tennessee |
Universal elemental homology – the key to unraveling the echinoderm tree of life |
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Jan. 30 |
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Feb. 6 |
Dr. Georgina Lukoczki |
Kentucky Geological Survey |
From recrystallized dolomites to critical minerals |
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Feb. 13 |
Dr. Michael McGlue |
UK, EES |
Conservation Limnogeology at Lake Tanganyika: Human and Climate Change Impacts on East Africa's Oldest and Largest Lake |
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Feb. 20 |
Dr. Michael Hamburger |
Indiana University |
Earthquakes, Landslides, and Tsunamis |
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Feb. 27 |
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March 5 |
EES Open House |
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March 12 |
Yichuan Zhu |
Kentucky Geological Survey |
Statistical Characterization and Risk Assessment in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering |
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March 19 |
No Seminar |
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Spring Break Week (March 16-21) |
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March 26 |
Graduate Student Double Header |
UK-EES |
TBA |
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April 2 |
Solomon Seyum |
Colorado College |
The mechanics of echelon veins and their significance for interpreting tectonic settings |
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April 9 |
Bradley Deline |
University of West Georgia |
Using new techniques to understand old fossils: Unraveling the mystery of coiling crinoid anal sacs |
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April 16 |
Dorothy Vesper |
West Virginia University |
Contaminant transport in karst… what we think we know |
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April 23 |
Jonathan B. Martin |
2020 Birdall-Dreiss Lecturer |
Reversing Springs: Impacts on Carbonate Aquifers |
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April 30 |
No Seminar |
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Dead Week |
