Spring 2021 Distinguished Lecturer Series Schedule

Due to the novel coronaries COVID-19 all Distinguished Lectures will be online this semester via Zoom. See UW COVID-19 information for the latest COVID-19 information.

The lectures will start at 3:40 PM in coordination with times for the new UW course schedule. We still aim for 45-50 min presentations, with questions to follow. In the spirit of our museum receptions, we will hold a virtual reception to immediately follow the lecture.

Please contact: Brandon McElroy or Deborah Prusia if you would like the Zoom link.

If anyone would like a particular week recorded, just request it. Brandon McElroy will ask the speaker for their permission and then make a recording and make the link available.

Date	Guest Speaker	School Affiliation	Title (if known)
JANUARY
21-Jan	JJ Shinker	UWyo Geology & Geophysics	Climatic controls of environmental change in the Western US

FEBRUARY
8- Feb	Pejman Tahmasebi	UWyo Petroleum Engineering	A data driven approach for modelling of complex geo-systems
22-Feb	Peter Wilcock	Utah State University	Sediment budget in Flat (but hyperactive) Terrain: Balancing agriculture & water quality in the Muddy Minnesota River

MARCH
1- Mar	Susan Hall	USGS	A genetic model for the Coles Hill deposit, Virginia: largest uranium deposit in the US
8-Mar	Mark Torres	Rice University	Rivers flow not past, but through: a fluvial perspective on Earth’s carbon cycle
15-Mar	Anne Van Horne	UWyo Geology & Geophysics	Evolution of the Sea of Japan with new kinematic modeling of its opening mechanism
22-Mar	Susan Petty	Cyrq Energy	Going Hotter and Deeper – Superhot Geothermal in the Brittle Ductile Transition
29-Mar	Ilya Tsvankin	Colorado School of Mines	Orthorhombic symmetry: The new standard model in exploration seismic?

APRIL
5- Apr	Emily Chin	Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Drips on Edge: Unstable lithosphere beneath the Wyoming Craton
12- Apr	Michael Gardner	University of Nevada-Reno	Modeling Dynamic Rock-Fluid Interaction
19-Apr	Sam Munoz	Northeastern University	Riverine floods in the late Holocene: Insights from muds and models
26-Apr	Janet Dewey	UWyo Geology & Geophysics	The Roadside Geology of Wyoming: A Virtual Tour

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