Seminar Schedule Spring 2024
The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Houston offers its seminars on most Friday mornings during the fall and spring semesters. For more information regarding seminars please visit the seminars resource page.
Time: Seminars are held on most Fridays 11-12 PM.
Registration is required to participate in the meeting.
Spring 2024 Seminar Schedule
In Spring 2024 we will support both in-person and virtual seminars. Check the format of individual seminars on the schedule below. In-person seminars will be held in Room 634, SR1 unless otherwise noted.
To participate in virtual seminars, use Zoom Meeting ID: 829 1660 9186 and Passcode 764132. The same code will work for all virtual seminars.
Pre-seminar coffee will be canceled. After-seminar lunch replaces pre-seminar coffee to facilitate interactions between EAS and speaker. After-seminar lunch will be held in Rm 223 unless otherwise noted and is open for everyone who wishes to attend.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation |
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Host
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| 1/19/2024 | Courtney Schumacher | Texas A&M University | Storm organization and its relationship to isotopes and coastlines | In Person | Felix Minta |
| 1/26/2024 | Mukul Bhatia | University of Houston | The Future of Energy: Carbon Capture and Storage at the Center Stage | In Person (location SEC 105) | Yingcai Zheng |
| 2/2/2024 | Gilby Jepson | University of Oklahoma | Regional exhumation of the Laramide and response to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum | In person | Pete Copeland |
| 2/9/2024 | Birol Dindoruk | University of Houston | Interaction of Phase Behavior and Flow Applications: EOR, CCUS/Gas Storage and H2 and All | In person | Yingcai Zheng |
| 2/16/2024 | Stephen Larter | University of Calgary | Preservation and detection of molecular markers on planetary bodies such as Mars and storing carbon on Earth. Technical, cultural and practical insights from petroleum systems studies and technology development experiences. | Virtual | Jagos Radovic |
| 2/23/2024 | Justin Simon | NASA Johnson Space Center | Mars 2020 - Collecting Samples on Mars for Laboratory Analysis | In person | Michael Antonelli |
| 3/1/2024 | Peter Vrolijk | New Mexico Tech | Massive earthquakes and tsunamis: contributing factors revealed by IODP Expedition 362 | In person | Jinny Sisson |
| 3/8/2024 | Francis Ebo Nkrumah | University of Cape Coast | Relationship Between Recent Rainfall Regime Characteristics Over Southern West Africa And Associated Mesoscale Convective System | Virtual | Ray Oware |
| 3/22/2024 | Geeta Persad | University of Texas at Austin | Anthropogenic Aerosols as Drivers of Climate Risk | Virtual | Siyu Zhao |
| 3/29/2024 | Andrew Dessler | Texas A&M University | Climate change: on the brink of disaster and the brink of salvation | In person | Salma Bibi |
| 4/5/2024 | Andre Izidoro | Rice University | Understanding our Solar System and its place in the Cosmos | In person | Tom Lapen |
| 4/12/2024 | Emily Johnson | The United States Geological Survey | Small but mighty: New insights into the complexities of monogenetic volcanoes | Virtual | Karissa Vermillion |
| 4/19/2024 | Falko Judt | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Improving tropical weather and climate forecasts with global cloud-resolving models | In person | Honghai Zhang |