Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule

Seminars: Spring 2008

Seminars are held on Fridays from 3:30-4:30 PM (except where noted) in the Charles H. Jones Auditorium (L1205) in the Ford ES&T Building.

Organizers: Dr. Ellery Ingall, Associate Professor of geochemistry and oceanography, and Dr. Athanasios Nenes, Assistant Professor of aerosols and clouds.

For more information, please contact Susan Ryan at (404) 894-3893.

Jan. 11: Dr. Michela Biasutti, Lamont Doherty
"Climate Change in the Sahel."
Jan. 18: Dr. Jim McWilliams, UCLA
"Fluid Dynamics at the Margin of Rotational Control: Geophysical Turbulent Cascades from Megameters to Millimeters."
Jan. 25: Dr. Patrick Belmont, National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics
"Tracking sediment through drainage networks in theory and practice: Applications in Minnesota and the the Olympic Mountains, Washington."
Feb. 1: Dr. Seok-Woo Son, Columbia University
"Southern Hemisphere Westerly Jets in the Future Climate: Interpretation with a simple AGCM and Results of Chemistry-Climate."
Feb. 8: Mr. Steve McIntyre
"Climate reconstructions of the past millennium: statistical considerations."
Feb. 15: Dr. Jim De Yoreo, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
"Biomolecular controls on mineralization."
Feb. 22: Dr. Alessandra Giannini, Columbia University
"Climate change in the Sahel: a role for land-atmosphere feedbacks to explain the uncertainty in projections."
Feb. 29: Dr. David Noone, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
"Atmospheric water cycles and the large-scale controls on humidity from stable water isotopes."
Mar. 7: Dr. Richard Allen, UC Berkeley
"Detecting large earthquakes and warning before ground shaking."
Mar. 14: Dr. Doug LaRowe, Utrecht University
"Hydrothermal systems and the origin of life: RNA and DNA."
Mar. 21: No Seminar, Spring Break
Mar. 28: Dr. Keith Koper, Saint Louis University
"Seasonal Anisotropy in Seismic Noise Recorded in South Asia"
Apr. 4: Mr. Chris Mooney, Scientific Author - Washington DC
"War on Science."
Apr. 11: Dr. Ken Mopper, Old Dominion University
"Absorption spectra and spectral slopes as indicators of molecular weight and source dissolved organic matter: Implications in ballast water source and remote sensing of coastal ocean color."
Apr. 18: TBA
Apr. 25: Field Methods Class Presentations