Aurora

Aurora is our weekly newsletter aimed at faculty, staff, and students of the department.

Volume
28

No.
21

Employment & Opportunities

Tenure track position in Physical Oceanography - Columbia University

The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University is looking to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in either Physical or Chemical Oceanography. For details, see here. There are also two other searches for assistant professors in the department -- one in Geohazards/Climate Mitigation and one in Solid Earth Geophysics. 

News & Events

IOF Seminar: CHANGE MAKERS screening and panel discussion 

Speakers include Dr. Daniel Pauly (Sea Around Us) and Dr. Rashid Sumaila (FERU), alongside the director and producer of the film. Moderated by Dr. Phillippe Le Billon (SPPGA).

Friday, October 25, 2024: 11:00 - 11:50 am

Live: AERL Theatre, 2202 Main Mall, UBC

UBC members, alumni, and all others, please RSVP at here.

MASc Thesis Defense: Amy Mailey

Title: The Pionerskaya Pipe: Effect of Crustal Xenolith-Kimberlite Reactions on Host Rock Classification 

Date & Time: Tuesday October 22 2024 at 2:00 pm

Location: ESB 5104

PhD Thesis Defense: Sterling Vanderzee 

Title: The Pionerskaya Pipe: Machine Learning and Linear Programming Models for Targeting Brucite-Bearing Bearing Serpentinite and Kimberlite as Feedstock for CO2 Sequestration at Nickel and Diamond Mines 

Date & Time: Friday October 25 2024 at 9:00 am

Location: ESB 5108