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Doctoral Defense: Brandon Shuck
Start:July 1, 2021 at 9:00 am
End:
July 1, 2021 at 11:00 am
Location:
JGB 4.102
Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the final doctoral examination for BRANDON SHUCK on JULY 1, 2021; 9:00AM; JGB 4.102 (Barrow Family Conference Room) and via Zoom (see below).
The PhD project “Mechanisms Of Lithospheric Failure During Late Continental Rifting And Early Subduction” was supervised by Dr. Harm van Avendonk and Dr. Sean Gulick.
Committee members include: Donna Shillington, Nathan L Bangs, Thorsten Becker and Luc L Lavier
Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/4732830175
Doctoral Defense: Evan Ramos
Start:July 1, 2021 at 10:00 am
End:
July 1, 2021 at 12:00 pm
Location:
JGB3.222
Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the final doctoral examination for EVAN RAMOS has been scheduled for JULY 1, 2021; 10:00AM; JGB3.222 and Zoom (see below).
The PhD project “Toward A Mechanistic Understanding Of Silicate Weathering And Li Transfer Across Landscapes, Past And Present” was supervised by Dr. Jaime Barnes and Dr. Dan Breecker.
Committee members include: Brady Foreman, Joel P Johnson and Daniella M Rempe
Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/95141295703
Doctoral Defense: Wen-Ying Wu
Start:July 21, 2021 at 9:00 am
End:
July 21, 2021 at 11:00 am
Please join the Jackson School of Geosciences for the final doctoral examination for WEN-YING WU has been scheduled for JULY 21, 2021; 9:00AM; JGB3.222 and Zoom (see below).
The PhD project “Advancing the Application of Remote Sensing to Improve Land ?Surface Modeling” was supervised by Dr. Zong-Liang Yang.
Committee members include: Bridget R Scanlon, Bayani Cardenas and Daniella M Rempe
Doctoral Defense: Natasha Sekhon
Start:July 23, 2021 at 10:30 am
End:
July 23, 2021 at 12:30 pm
The final doctoral examination for NATASHA SEKHON has been scheduled for JULY 23, 2021; 10:30AM; Zoom (see below).
The PhD project “A monitoring and 20th stalagmite study from a shallow cave in New Mexico elucidating climate controls on geochemical variability with insight into stalagmite suitability for paleoclimate reconstructions ” was supervised by Dr. Jay Banner and Dr. Dan Breecker.
Committee members include: Bryan Black, Yuko M Okumura, Timothy M Shanhan
Zoom link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/91054608576
The defense is open to all members of the University community and the public.
Hot Science At Home "To Err is Human"
Start:July 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm
End:
July 23, 2021 at 7:40 pm
Location:
Online (YouTube and Facebook)
Contact:
Didey Montoya, didey@austin.utexas.edu, 5124714211
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Much of what we experience in our lives each day is entirely forgotten. So what leads our brains to store experiences in memory that help us navigate the world? Perhaps the most important signal is mistake-making. Formal schooling unfortunately conveys the message that becoming more skillful means making fewer mistakes, which is demonstrably untrue. Come and learn how mistakes lead to advantageous changes to our memories and are the key to learning.
Professor Bob Duke is a former studio musician and public school music teacher whose research at UT focuses on human learning and behavior. Along with Art Markman, he co-hosts the NPR program and podcast Two Guys on Your Head, produced by KUT Radio in Austin.
Time: 7:00 – 7:40 p.m.
The event will be streamed live through our Facebook and YouTube channels and will include a Q&A session. Additional information is available at www.hotsciencecooltalks.org.
DeFord Lecture | Naoki SakaiOctober, 22 2026Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: JGB 2.324 How Landslides Grow into Disasters on a Changing Earth by Naoki Sakai, principal chief researcher, Storm, flood and landslide research division, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesOctober, 23 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG Bldg 130, VR Room 1.116C BEG Seminar presented by Ashley Matheny PhD, Associate Professor Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, JSG, in person or via Zoom. Topic: Detangling the influences of combined stressors reveals insights into plant function across ecosystems. Forests recycle roughly ~62,000 km3 of water to the atmosphere annually. The transport of water from the subsurface to roots, stems, and leaves out through stomata, and into the atmosphere links the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum while coupling Earth’s water and carbon cycles. This biological process is regulated dynamically and often varies substantially between species in the same ecosystem in response to multiple and often combined internal and external stressors. We will analyze vignettes from two distinct ecosystems and their responses to different sets of combined stressors to gain new insight into plant function. First, we will visit mangrove ecosystems exposed to both atmospheric dryness and salinity extremes to explore how water transport regulation strategies shift from leaves to roots to maximize productivity while maintaining hydraulic function. Then we will visit semi-arid woody savanna to detangle to combined influence of soil water limitation and atmospheric aridity on wood-water storage in drought tolerant trees. Understanding the storage and transport of water through soil, woody biomass, and leaves in this and many other ecosystems is critical for predicting forest resilience, carbon sequestration, and wildfire susceptibility. Finally, we will assess the implications of both studies for the ways we simulate the dynamic regulation of water acquisition, storage, and use by trees and how these findings can directly improve predictions of forest water, carbon, and energy cycles from coastlines to the continental interior. Join Zoom Meeting: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/93201377630?pwd=KzF3TW53SFYzSUg4SUZVNGtxd3JvZz09 Meeting ID: 932 0137 7630 Passcode: 013011 |
UTIG Fall Seminar Series 2026: Zach SickmannOctober, 23 2026Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMLocation: UTIG Seminar Conference Room - 10601 Burnet Road, Bldg. 196/ROC 1.603 More details about this talk will be available soon. |
DeFord Lecture | Marc HirschmanOctober, 29 2026Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: JGB 2.324 |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesOctober, 30 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG Bldg 130, VR Room 1.116C BEG Seminar Series presented by Mark Kittredge, OXY/SPWLA. Topic: TBD |
UTIG Fall Seminar Series 2026: Ryan VenturelliOctober, 30 2026Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMLocation: UTIG Seminar Conference Room - 10601 Burnet Road, Bldg. 196/ROC 1.603 More details about this talk will be available soon. |
DeFord Lecture | Andy ZuzaNovember, 05 2026Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: JGB 2.324 |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesNovember, 06 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG Bldg 130, VR Room 1.116C BEG Seminar presented by Fitsume Wolkeba, BEG in person. Topic: TBD |
UTIG/BEG Joint SeminarNovember, 13 2026Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMLocation: UTIG/BEG ROC UTIG and BEG will hold a joint seminar from 3-4pm in the the ROC with reception to follow in the Connector from 4-5pm. |
UTIG Fall Seminar Series 2026: Patrick FultonNovember, 13 2026Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMLocation: UTIG Seminar Conference Room - 10601 Burnet Road, Bldg. 196/ROC 1.603 More details about this talk will be available soon. |