Fall 2019
September 3
Welcome Party
September 10
Tropical Pacific climate and El Niño strength over the past five million years.
Sarah White
Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, UC Santa Cruz
September 17
What can mid-ocean ridge sediments (MOR-SED) tell us about deep-sea volcanism?
Ryan Portner
Department of Geology, San Jose State University
September 24
Groundwater recharge in tropical glaciated valleys: insights from near-surface geophysics in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
Robin Glass
Geology Department, Sonoma State University
October 1
Pursuing predictive ecology in the Anthropocene
Leander Anderegg
University of California Berkeley
October 8
Astrobleme Recognition through Remote Sensing and the Challanges to Confirmation of the Erosional Remnants
Russell McArthur
Dept of Earth & Climate Sciences, San Francisco State University
October 15
From ocean research to ocean product development
Jon LaRiviere, Scoot Science
October 22
Nitrate export regimes in large rivers
Margaret Zimmer
Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, UC Santa Cruz
***Semi-annual Dawdy Lecture in the Hydrologic Sciences***
October 29
Where does the atmosphere care most about changes in vegetation, and what is it about the land surface that the atmosphere cares about?
Marysa Laguë, University of California Berkeley
November 5
How Atmospheric Rivers Impact Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations for Lake Mendocino
David Reynolds, NOAA, University of Colorado, Boulder
November 12
From sediment science to science translation
Doug George, Coastal Programs Manager, California State Parks
December 3
M.S. Student Defenses
Evaluating the role of low impact development recharge for sustainable groundwater resources
Lawrence Fujiwara
Spring 2020
February 4
Providing Climate Information to the Public: How well is it understood?
Lindsay Maudlin
Auburn University
Candidate for the CoSE position in Climate Science
February 11
Implementing Course-based Research Experiences to Improve Student Learning
Seth Thompson
University of Minnesota
Candidate for the CoSE position in Climate Science
February 18
Evaluating the effects of climate change & environmental POGIL activities on student performance, the development of process skills, and engagement
Guillermo Ibarrola
Drexel University
Candidate for the CoSE position in Climate Science
March 3
Neotectonics and aging sands in Jamaica
Vashan Wright
Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Researcher at Louisiana State University
March 10 through April 21
All In Person Events Cancelled By SFSU in the Interests of Public Safety
April 28
MS Thesis Proposals
Maura Kanner
The paleoenvironmental and astrobiological significance of tufa in the Santa Cruz region
Hannah Boelts
Investigating the effects of water chemistry on carbonates and biota in a northern California spring
Michael Davis
Petrotectonic Evolution of Ledge Mountain Migmatites: Adirondack Highlands, New York
May 5
MS Thesis Defenses
Hannah Dailey
Quantifying Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Groundwater Recharge in Tulelake, Ca
Cassandra Wolf
Evaluating Factors that Control Recharge in Thick Vadose Zone Under Climate Variability and Change
May 12
MS Thesis Defense
Sonicah Sanon
Mesofabric and Metazoan Abundance in Ancient Thrombolitic Stromatolites: A Well-Preserved Doppelganger in Present Day Wyoming
May 19
MS Thesis Proposals
Andrew Bays
Multiscale Facies Analysis of the Bighorn Dolomite, Western Wyoming
Xueran Song
Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic evolution of the Keen Wonder Mine travertines in Death Valley
Nicholas Modar
The Influence of Climate Change on River Temperatures in the San Joaquin River
July 2
MS Thesis Defense
Sea surface conditions in the Bay of Bengal since the early Pliocene
Drew Lowdermilk
July 23
MS Thesis Defense
Sea Surface Conditions in the Bay of Bengal Through the Pliocene-Pleistocene Cooling
Kara Cowan