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UT Paleontology Seminar: Simon Scarpetta (PhD Talk)
Start:April 1, 2021 at 11:00 am
End:
April 1, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Location:
Contact jamoretti@utexas.edu for Zoom link
Contact:
John A Moretti, jamoretti@utexas.edu
Simon Scarpetta (Jackson School of Geosciences, Bell Lab)
PhD Talk
Research Interests: Lizard biogeography and systematics, Influence of climate on cladogenesis
DeFord Lecture: Rufus Catchings
Start:April 1, 2021 at 4:00 pm
End:
April 1, 2021 at 5:00 pm
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Near-surface earthquake fault exploration and evaluation
About Dr. Rufus Catchings (USGS)
Geophysical earthquake research, studying fault zones in Los Angeles, Beijing, and other places; precise locations and identification of faults at the surface using sensors to measure energy traveling within fault zones, and ratio of P- to S-wave velocities. Read more about his research and experience here.
DeFord Lecture Series
Since the 1940’s, the DeFord (Technical Sessions) lecture series, initially the official venue for disseminating EPS graduate student research, is a forum for lectures by distinguished visitors and members of our community. This is made possible through a series of endowments.
Dr. Patrick Dobson - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Start:April 2, 2021 at 9:00 am
End:
April 2, 2021 at 10:00 am
Contact:
Dena Miller, dena.miller@beg.utexas.edu
UTIG Seminar Series: Cyril Grima, UTIG
Start:April 2, 2021 at 10:30 am
End:
April 2, 2021 at 11:30 am
Contact:
Constantino Panagopulos, costa@ig.utexas.edu, 512-574-7376
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Speaker: Cyril Grima, Research Associate, UTIG
Host: Don Blankenship
Title: Deciphering the surface and near-surface of planets with radar statistics
Abstract: The outstanding achievements of in situ planetary exploration by automatic landers and rovers has received well-deserved media coverage. However, the production of knowledge on how those worlds work is still mainly driven by sets of remote orbital observations that offer fragmented insights of surface processes at meter scales, and a hollow vision of the near-surface structure down to several decameters deep.
Yet, those superficial planetary portions hold signatures of outstanding processes related to the regional depositional and erosional history, but also structures relevant to future in situ exploration such as surface roughness and porosity for landing site reconnaissance, coveted ice deposits, basaltic caves and putative accessible aquifers.
Because of its meter-scale wavelengths, the surface echo from space-born radar transmitters convolves much information on surface and near-surface structure and composition. The Radar Statistical Reconnaissance (RSR) is a technique developed at UTIG to disentangle those signatures from spaceborne and airborne radar sounder observations. We review a set of outstanding science questions addressed by the RSR in planetary cryospheres, and we discuss future theoretical and practical advancements.
UTIG Discussion Hour: Kirk Scanlan, UTIG
Start:April 6, 2021 at 2:00 pm
End:
April 6, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Contact:
Naoma McCall, nmccall@utexas.edu
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Speaker: Kirk Scanlan, Postdoctoral Fellow, UTIG
Title: Using REASON to investigate Europa plumes
LEO Seminar Series: Didey Montoya and Alison Mote
Start:April 7, 2021 at 1:00 pm
End:
April 7, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Location:
Zoom
The purpose of LEO is to create a more inclusive and educated community within the JSG by sharing and listening to each other’s stories. Speakers will interview each other and talk about why they are involved in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts and the heart behind their work. By learning more about why individuals are involved in DEI, we will broaden our understanding of the impacts the JSG is making on students, faculty, staff, and greater society. Taking initiative to get to know each other, ask questions, and Listen to Each Other is a skill that will propel us further to be leaders in the geosciences.
UT Paleontology Seminar: Katelyn McDonough
Start:April 8, 2021 at 11:00 am
End:
April 8, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Location:
Contact jamoretti@utexas.edu for Zoom link
Contact:
John A Moretti, jamoretti@utexas.edu
Katelyn McDonough (Department of Anthropology, Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University)
Research Interests: Palynology, Human-environment interactions, Hunter-gatherer foodways, Paleoenvironmental reconstruction
DeFord Lecture: Frances Rivera-Hernandez
Start:April 8, 2021 at 4:00 pm
End:
April 8, 2021 at 5:00 pm
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From Grains to Landscapes: Reconstructing Martian Environments at Multiple Scales
About Dr. Frances Rivera-Hernandez (Georgia Tech)
Planetary geologist focused on using the sedimentary record to reconstruct what the surface of planetary bodies may have looked like in the past and to evaluate whether they had conditions capable for supporting life.
DeFord Lecture Series
Since the 1940’s, the DeFord (Technical Sessions) lecture series, initially the official venue for disseminating EPS graduate student research, is a forum for lectures by distinguished visitors and members of our community. This is made possible through a series of endowments.
Dr. Jean-Philippe Nicot & Dr. Peter Eichhubl - GCCC & FRAC consortiums
Start:April 9, 2021 at 9:00 am
End:
April 9, 2021 at 10:00 am
Contact:
Dena Miller, dena.miller@beg.utexas.edu
UTIG Seminar Series: Christopher Piecuch, WHOI
Start:April 9, 2021 at 10:30 am
End:
April 9, 2021 at 11:30 am
Contact:
Constantino Panagopulos, costa@ig.utexas.edu, 512-574-7376
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Speaker: Christopher Piecuch, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Host: Patrick Heimbach
Title: Likely weakening of the Florida Current during the past century revealed by sea-level observations
Abstract: The Florida Current marks the beginning of the Gulf Stream at Florida Straits, and plays an important role in climate. Nearly continuous measurements of Florida Current transport are available at 27N since 1982. These data are too short for assessing possible multidecadal or centennial trends. Here I reconstruct Florida Current transport during 1909-2018 using probabilistic methods and principles of ocean physics applied to the available transport data and longer coastal sea-level records. Florida Current transport likely declined steadily during the past century. Transport since 1982 has likely been weaker on average than during 1909-1981. The weakest decadal-mean transport in the last 110 y likely took place in the past two decades. Results corroborate hypotheses that the deep branch of the overturning circulation declined over the recent past, and support relationships observed in climate models between the overturning and surface western boundary current transports at multidecadal and longer timescales.
Doctoral Defense: Simon Scarpetta
Start:April 9, 2021 at 1:00 pm
End:
April 9, 2021 at 3:00 pm
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Please join the Department of Geological Sciences for the final doctoral examination of Simon Scarpetta’s PhD project, “Miocene modernization of the North American lizard fauna.” This PhD was supervised by Dr. Chris Bell, and committee members include Drs. Krister Smith, Daniel O Breecker, Timothy B Rowe, David Cannatella, and Travis J Laduc.
The defense is open to all members of the University community and the public.
Hot Science At Home "Amazing Amazonian Monkeys"
Start:April 9, 2021 at 7:00 pm
End:
April 9, 2021 at 7:40 pm
Location:
Online (YouTube and Facebook)
Contact:
Didey Montoya, didey@austin.utexas.edu, 5124714211
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Humans have long been fascinated with their evolutionary cousins in the primate world, monkeys. Anthony Di Fiore combines observational methods and modern technology to study the behavior and ecology of spider monkeys and woolly monkeys in the Amazon rain forest of Ecuador. Join us as he talks about the fascinating social behavior of these creatures and how they may be both strikingly similar to, and vastly different from, humans.
The event will be streamed online through YouTube and Facebook and will include a Q&A with Dr. Di Fiore.
For additional information about other events, please visit www.hotsciencecooltalks.org.
Doctoral Defense: Ken Ikeda
Start:April 12, 2021 at 8:00 am
End:
April 12, 2021 at 10:00 am
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Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the doctoral defense of “Frequency-dependent elastic properties of geomaterials: Laboratory experiments and digital rock physics” by Ken Ikeda. This research was supervised by Dr. Nicola Tisato with additional committee members including Drs. Mrinal K Sen, Marc A Hesse, Luc L Lavier , Kyle T Spikes and Beatriz Quintal.
Habitability Seminar: Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Auburn University
Start:April 12, 2021 at 1:00 pm
End:
April 12, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Contact:
David Goldstein, david@oden.utexas.edu
A seminar from the Center for Planetary Systems Habitability
Title: Small bodies are suppliers, builders, and destroyers of habitability: Understanding their contributions to the lunar surface ice evolution and preventing their impacts on the Earth
UTIG Discussion Hour: Jay Hariharan, Andrew Moodie, and Eric Barefoot
Start:April 13, 2021 at 2:00 pm
End:
April 13, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Contact:
Naoma McCall, nmccall@utexas.edu
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Speakers: Jay Hariharan, Andrew Moodie, and Eric Barefoot – UT Cockrell School of Engineering, Rice University
Title: Building Modern Tools for River Delta Simulation and Analysis
UT Paleontology Seminar: Sarah N. Davis
Start:April 15, 2021 at 11:00 am
End:
April 15, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Location:
Contact jamoretti@utexas.edu for Zoom link
Contact:
John A Moretti, jamoretti@utexas.edu
Sarah N. Davis (Jackson School of Geosciences, Clarke Lab)
Research Interests: Avian evolution, Avian diversity dynamics, Pigmentation and integumentary structure
DeFord Lecture: Christine McCarthy
Start:April 15, 2021 at 4:00 pm
End:
April 15, 2021 at 5:00 pm
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About Dr. Christine McCarthy (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
Studies the way that micro-features control macro-behavior; how grain and phase boundaries, defect concentration, and partial melt influence the mechanical behavior of terrestrial and planetary materials.
DeFord Lecture Series
Since the 1940’s, the DeFord (Technical Sessions) lecture series, initially the official venue for disseminating EPS graduate student research, is a forum for lectures by distinguished visitors and members of our community. This is made possible through a series of endowments.
Doctoral Defense: Son Phan
Start:April 16, 2021 at 9:00 am
End:
April 16, 2021 at 11:00 am
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Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the doctoral defense of “Machine Learning Algorithm for Solving Some Seismic Inversion Challenges” by Son Phan. This research was supervised by Dr. Mrinal K Sen with additional committee members including Drs. Charles S Jackson, Douglas J Foster, Kyle T Spikes and Sergey B Fomel.
Dr. Ernst Huenges - GFZ Potsdam
Start:April 16, 2021 at 9:00 am
End:
April 16, 2021 at 10:00 am
Contact:
Dena Miller, dena.miller@beg.utexas.edu
UTIG Seminar Series: Lauren Simkins, University of Virginia
Start:April 16, 2021 at 10:30 am
End:
April 16, 2021 at 11:30 am
Contact:
Constantino Panagopulos, costa@ig.utexas.edu, 512-574-7376
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Speaker: Lauren Simkins, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Host: Ginny Catania
Title: Beyond reconstructions: paleo-perspectives on marine-ice sheet grounding line environments
Abstract: Ice sheets resting on geologic beds below sea level are vulnerable sectors of the cryosphere and have the potential to make rapid and large contributions to future sea-level rise. The stability of marine-based ice sheets is largely dictated by perturbations at or near the grounding line, the downstream most location glacial ice is in contact with the underlying bed – the point where marine and glacial processes converge. The geological record of deglaciated continental shelves extends spatial and temporal perspectives on ice-sheet processes and behavior that transcend the timeframe of modern oceanographic and on-ice and above-ice instrumental observations. Based on geophysical and sedimentological data from deglaciated continental shelves, I will discuss my work on (near) grounding line environments, including channelized meltwater drainage and landform-based approaches to understanding ice-flow and grounding line behavior. The work that I will present highlights the importance of understanding past ice-sheet changes in assessing the stability of contemporary glacial systems – and what the multi-faceted term of stability means in this context.
UTIG Discussion Hour: Natalie Wolfenbarger, UTIG
Start:April 20, 2021 at 2:00 pm
End:
April 20, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Contact:
Naoma McCall, nmccall@utexas.edu
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Speaker: Natalie Wolfenbarger, Graduate Research Assistant, UTIG
Title: Compositional controls on the distribution of potential habitats within the ice shells of ocean worlds
Doctoral Defense: Eric Goldfarb
Start:April 22, 2021 at 8:30 am
End:
April 22, 2021 at 10:30 am
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Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the doctoral defense of “Predictive Digital Rock Physics ” by Eric Goldfarb. This research was supervised by Dr. Nicola Tisato with additional committee members including Drs. Gary Mavko, Richard A Ketcham, Sean S Gulick, Kyle T Spikes, and Masa Prodanovic.
JGB 4.102 AND Zoom https://utexas.zoom.us/j/98297853933
UT Paleontology Seminar: Oona Takano
Start:April 22, 2021 at 11:00 am
End:
April 22, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Location:
Contact jamoretti@utexas.edu for Zoom link
Contact:
John A Moretti, jamoretti@utexas.edu
Oona Takano (Deparment of Biology, University of New Mexico)
Research Interests: Late Pleistocene birds, Raptor evolution in North America, Fossil bird communities
DeFord Lecture: Christine Chesley
Start:April 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm
End:
April 22, 2021 at 5:00 pm
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Electromagnetic data at the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand reveal fluid-rich subducting seamounts in a region of shallow slow slip
About Dr. Christine Chesley (Lamont Doherty/Columbia University)
Novel EM methods to study crustal and hydrological processes; freshwater resources offshore the NE US, and is also involved in imaging studies of subduction zones. Her work spans a range of processes and settings in areas of growing interest (water resources, subduction hazards)
DeFord Lecture Series
Since the 1940’s, the DeFord (Technical Sessions) lecture series, initially the official venue for disseminating EPS graduate student research, is a forum for lectures by distinguished visitors and members of our community. This is made possible through a series of endowments.
Dr. Kimberly Lau - Penn State University
Start:April 23, 2021 at 9:00 am
End:
April 23, 2021 at 10:00 am
Contact:
Dena Miller, dena.miller@beg.utexas.edu
UTIG Seminar Series: Tolulope Olugboji, University of Rochester
Start:April 23, 2021 at 10:30 am
End:
April 23, 2021 at 11:30 am
Contact:
Constantino Panagopulos, costa@ig.utexas.edu, 512-574-7376
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Speaker: Tolulope Olugboji, University of Rochester
Host: Thorsten Becker
Title: Submarine Exploration of Ocean Basins: Silencing the Singing of Sediments
Abstract: A growing compilation of passive-source seismic surveys reveal a transition across normal oceanic lithospheric plates that is sharp. A simple view of ocean plate formation and evolution where thermal cooling governs with only a confined role for intermittent hotspot/plume activity is challenged by these seismic constraints. In my talk, I discuss how new seismic constraints, i.e., attenuation and age-dependence of a sharp low velocity zone lend support to a subsolidus elastically accommodated grain-boundary sliding (EAGBS) model. While these results are compelling, one challenge often remains when interpreting scattered wave constraints obtained from seafloor stations: the severe ringing of waves trapped in a sediment layer. In my talk (poster), I will describe a technique for silencing the singing of sediments that interfere with conversions from the underside of the oceanic plate. We anticipate that signal processing using our recommended approach will improve scattered wave imaging, especially with amphibious seismic arrays where the water and sediment layer is expected to vary significantly.
Doctoral Defense: Kelly Olsen
Start:April 23, 2021 at 12:00 pm
End:
April 23, 2021 at 2:00 pm
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Please join us for the doctoral examination of Kelly Olsen’s PhD project “Investigating Trench Sediment Consolidation And Upper Plate Structures And Their Links To Seismic Behavior Using Active-Source 2d Seismic Data in South-Central Chile and Hikurangi.” This project was supervised by Dr. Nathan Bangs with additional committee members including Drs. Brian K Horton, Luc L Lavier, Harm J Van Avendonk, Jaime D Barnes and Shuoshuo Han.
The defense will be held via Zoom at: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/97083871417
Habitability Seminar: Chenguang Sun, University of Texas at Austin
Start:April 26, 2021 at 1:00 pm
End:
April 26, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Contact:
David Goldstein, david@oden.utexas.edu
A seminar from the Center for Planetary Systems Habitability
Title: Magmatic controls on atmosphere oxygenation
Speaker: Chenguang Sun, Assistant Professor, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
Amin Kiaghadi, Ph.D. - Texas Water Development Board (TWDB)
Start:April 27, 2021 at 10:00 am
End:
April 27, 2021 at 11:00 am
Location:
Virtual
Contact:
Dena Miller, dena.miller@beg.utexas.edu
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Characterization and Modeling of Compound Flooding Events and Their Environmental Impacts
Part of the increase in damage of more recent storms (Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, for instance) can be attributed to the higher levels of flooding due to combined effects from riverine flows and storm surge, known as compound flooding. A compound event can be defined as a combination of simultaneous or sequential processes leading to a more significant event. In addition to land inundation and damages to the infrastructures, such events could cause significant social and environmental impacts at various scales from microbial communities and their role in ecosystems all the way up to community health and the built environment. Deep integration across disciplines in both science and engineering is necessary to tackle such a complex challenge.
In this talk, several predictive hydrodynamic modeling frameworks and their capability in simulation compound flooding will be discussed. Case studies along the coast of Texas will be used to better illustrate various factors that could change the behavior of compound flooding. Additionally, environmental and social aspects of the extreme events and the applications of the aforementioned frameworks beyond water surface elevation/depth and inundation levels will be covered.
UTIG Discussion Hour: Monique Holt, University of Utah
Start:April 27, 2021 at 2:00 pm
End:
April 27, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Location:
Zoom Meeting
Contact:
Naoma McCall, nmccall@utexas.edu
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Speaker: Monique Holt, University of Utah
Title: A thorough investigation and optimization of ML–MC as a depth discriminant
UT Paleontology Seminar: Dr. Daniel Stockli
Start:April 29, 2021 at 11:00 am
End:
April 29, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Location:
Contact jamoretti@utexas.edu for Zoom link
Contact:
John A Moretti, jamoretti@utexas.edu
Dr. Daniel Stockli (Jackson School of Geosciences, UTChron)
Title: Direct Dating of Fossils by Calcite U-Pb Geochronology and the Impact of Chronostratigraphy.
DeFord Lecture: Marcelo Leppe
Start:April 29, 2021 at 4:00 pm
End:
April 29, 2021 at 5:00 pm
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The biogeographical and evolutionary role of Southern Patagonia during the Late Cretaceous in the conformation of the modern biotas
This was an Edwin Allday Lectureship
About Dr. Marcelo Leppe (Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH)
Triassic flora of southwestern Gondwana; study of the connections between South America and Antarctica during the Mesozoic (mainly Cretaceous) and the origin of the southern South American biotas; Chilean representative at Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
DeFord Lecture Series
Since the 1940’s, the DeFord (Technical Sessions) lecture series, initially the official venue for disseminating EPS graduate student research, is a forum for lectures by distinguished visitors and members of our community. This is made possible through a series of endowments.
Dr. Rolfe D Mandel, Dir. and State Geo., Kansas Geological Survey
Start:April 30, 2021 at 9:00 am
End:
April 30, 2021 at 10:00 am
Contact:
Dena Miller, dena.miller@beg.utexas.edu
UTIG Seminar Series: Jennifer Glass, Georgia Institute of Technology
Start:April 30, 2021 at 10:30 am
End:
April 30, 2021 at 11:30 am
Contact:
Constantino Panagopulos, costa@ig.utexas.edu, 512-574-7376
To watch the recorded talk online please request a link from costa@ig.utexas.edu.
Speaker: Jennifer B. Glass, Georgia Institute of Technology
Host: Cornelia Rasmussen
Title: Microbial interactions with gas clathrates: Implications for planetary habitability
Abstract: At moderate-to-high pressures and low temperatures, water molecules form pseudo-crystalline cages encasing guest gas molecules, most commonly methane, to form solid clathrate phases, also known as gas hydrates. Methane clathrates are likely widespread in our solar system on icy moons, comets, and the Martian subsurface. On Earth, methane clathrates occur beneath permafrost and in sediments underlying continental shelves, where they support vast chemosynthetic communities at cold seeps. Habitability and biosignatures of microbial activity in methane clathrates are relevant for future missions to planets and icy moons that may harbor clathrates (e.g. Mars, Europa, Titan, Enceladus). Gas clathrates are extreme habitats due to low water activity, high salinity, low temperatures, and high pressures, yet multiple studies have revealed the presence of microbial life inside hydrates. Survival strategies used by gas clathrate-inhabiting microbes could provide clues for searching for life beyond Earth. In this talk I will summarize our latest findings of the clathrate-binding properties of proteins native to marine hydrate-bearing sediment microbes from offshore Oregon and Japan. Bacterial clathrate binding proteins caused morphological changes in tetrahydrofuran clathrate (Johnson, Huard et al., 2020, Cryst. Growth Des.) and modulated the stability of methane clathrate in pressure chamber experiments. It is possible that microbes use CBPs as to survive life encased in clathrate, with intriguing implications for subsurface habitability of Mars and other planetary bodies.
DeFord Lecture | Dr. Richard TaylorApril, 25 2024Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMLocation: Boyd Auditorium (JGB 2.324) Adapting to the Amplification of Climate Extremes Through Freshwater Capture: Evidence from the Tropics by Dr. Richard Taylor, Department of Geography, University College London Abstract: In low-income countries of the tropics undergoing rapid growth, global warming presents challenges to the expansion and sustainability of water supplies required to advance progress toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Substantial uncertainty persists in projections of precipitation under climate change. A widely observed impact, pronounced in the tropics, is the intensification of precipitation comprising a transition towards fewer but heavier rainfalls. How does this transition impact terrestrial water balances? How might these changes influence freshwater demand? I will interrogate these questions and review mounting empirical evidence from the tropics of the resilience to climate change of groundwater resources, which act as a natural inter-annual store of freshwater supporting adaptation to the amplification climate extremes. Presented evidence includes case studies and local-to-regional scale analyses from tropical Africa and the Bengal Basin of South Asia. Outcomes emphasize the interconnected nature of surface water and groundwater as well as the value of groundwater as a natural, distributed store of freshwater. This insight provides a platform to explore more equitable and sustainable water development pathways resilient to climate change. |
UTIG Seminar Series: Cornelia Rasmussen, UTIGApril, 26 2024Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMLocation: PRC 196/ROC 1.603 Speaker: Cornelia Rasmussen, Research Associate, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Host: Krista Soderlund Title: The Emerging Field Of Position-Specific Isotope Analysis: Applications in chemical forensics, exobiology, geo- and environmental sciences Abstract: Complex organics can be found all over our solar system and within each living thing on our planet, be it as part of its physiology or as a contaminant. However, different processes can lead to the formation of chemical identical molecules. This makes answering a number of scientific questions challenging. One example is distinguishing between biotic and abiotic molecules, hence hindering life detection on early Earth but especially on other planetary bodies, such as on Mars, Titan, Enceladus and on meteorites where organics have been detected. Moreover, tracing molecules as they move through the environment can be demanding, yet is essential in studying the flow of organic molecules as well as correlating pollutants with their source. Novel tools to address these challenges are currently being developed. Especially, the emerging field of position-specific isotope analysis is beginning to grant access to the unique intramolecular carbon (13C/12C) isotope fingerprint preserved in complex molecules. This fingerprint can be applied in various scientific disciplines, ranging from forensics to exobiology, geo- and environmental sciences, including geo health. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) has the potential to become a key player in this research area, as it allows the analysis of organics within complex mixtures, all without the need to fragment the molecule into single carbon units or the combustion of the molecule of interest. We have been developing several NMR tools that allow us to investigate the intramolecular carbon isotope distribution within various molecule classes and to test the central hypothesis that the position-specific carbon isotope distribution within complex organics depends on a molecule’s source and formation history. |
Planetary Habitability Seminar SeriesApril, 29 2024Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: PMA 15.216B UT Center for Planetary Systems Habitability Seminar Series. See website for speaker schedule and more details: View Events Join remotely: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94052130734 In person: Classroom 15.216B, Physics, Math and Astronomy Bldg. UT Austin, Department of Astronomy 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400 Austin, Texas 78712-1205 |
UTIG Discussion Hour: Kristian Chan - PhD Talk (UTIG)April, 30 2024Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMLocation: ROC 2.201 |