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Jan 20 4:00PM
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293392969?pwd=WmJ2ZU5xMUd6dFVkSkNJckdvbVduUT09

Colloquium

Research Advances in Climate Solutions: Mitigation, Resilience, Adaptation

Speaker: Kevin Kung, Idalia Machuca, Greg Dipple, Julie van de Valk, Ryan Reynolds
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Chemical and Biological Engineering (UBC); Principle Power; Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences (UBC); Geological Survey of Canada; Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (UBC)
Hosted by: Katrin Steinthorsdottir, Birgit Rogalla
Jan 13 4:00PM
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83293392969?pwd=WmJ2ZU5xMUd6dFVkSkNJckdvbVduUT09

Colloquium

Making Research Relevant in the Era of the Climate Crisis

Speaker: William Cheung; Rachel White; Sam Anderson
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Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (UBC); Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences (UBC); Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences (UBC)
Hosted by: Stephanie Waterman, Anais Orsi, Rachel White
Dec 15 11:30AM
Zoom & AERL 107

Thesis Defense

Comparison of lability of soil-derived dissolved organic matter from hillslopes of contrasting forestry history in a Pacific coastal forested watershed

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Mengzi Wang
Supervised by: Mark Johnson
Dec 10 9:30AM
ESB 5104

Thesis Defense

Modelling Variability in Mobility for Rapid Landslide Runout

PhD Thesis Defense
Speaker: Andrew Mitchell
Supervised by: Scott McDougall
Dec 8 9:30AM
Zoom

Thesis Defense

Evolution of the Sources of TTG and Associated Rocks During the Archean from In-Situ 87Sr/86Sr Isotope Analysis of Apatite by LA-MC-ICPMS

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Summer Caton
Supervised by: Dr. Matthijs Smit
Dec 3 12:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Colloquium

The Future is Venus: NASA’s plans for the next decade

Speaker: Lori Glaze
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Director of the NASA Planetary Science Division
Hosted by: Catherine Johnson
Dec 3 9:00AM
ESB 5104-06

Thesis Defense

Random forest constraints on fine ash concentration and charging processes from experimentally generated volcanic discharges

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Lindsey Rayborn
Supervised by: Mark Jellinek
Dec 2 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Colloquium

Finding an Alien Biosphere with Computational Chemistry

Speaker: Clara Sousa-Silva
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Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Hosted by: Mark Jellinek
Nov 29 11:45AM
ESB 5108

Thesis Defense

Controls on Distribution, Intensity and Extent of Palagonitization

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Sophie Leiter
Supervised by: Dr. Kelly Russell
Nov 23 12:00PM
ESB 5104

Thesis Defense

The Physical and Petrochemical Evolution of Cracked Mountain: A Glaciovolcanic Landform of Southwest British Columbia

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Martin Harris
Supervised by: Kelly Russell
Nov 19 7:00PM
MacMillan Space Centre

Public Talk

The EnVISION Mission to Venus: Discovering why Earth is so different to Venus

Speaker: Richard Ghail
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Royal Holloway
Hosted by: Catherine Johnson
Nov 18 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Colloquium

How London's super sewer led to the EnVISION mission to Venus

Speaker: Richard Ghail
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Royal Holloway
Hosted by: Mark Jellinek and Catherine Johnson
Nov 5 11:00AM
ESB 5104-06

Seminar

Tectonic and climatic histories from uplifting rivers and migrating drainage divides

Speaker: Dr. Liran Goren
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BGU
Hosted by: Mitch D’Arcy
Nov 4 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Colloquium

Earth’s extremes in the past, present, and future: Future Extremes

Speaker: Prof. Natalia Nolde (UBC Statistics), Prof. Carlos Molina Hutt (UBC Civil Engineering), and Dr. Matthias Jakob (EOAS)
Hosted by: Rachel White
Oct 28 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Colloquium

Earth’s extremes in the past, present, and future: The June/July 2021 heatwave in BC

Speaker: Greg West (BC Hydro), Kate Weinberger (UBC Public Health), Chris Rodell (EOAS), Christina Draeger (EOAS), Rachel White (EOAS)
Hosted by: Rachel White
Oct 7 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Colloquium

How are large datasets transforming earth and planetary science 3. Lightning talks by EOAS faculty--Data Analysis: Are we getting the right answer for the right reason? How to improve the physical interpretability of modern data science

Speaker: EOAS Faculty
Hosted by: Ali Ameli and Lindsey Heagy
Sep 23 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Colloquium

How are large datasets transforming earth and planetary science 2. Lightning talks by EOAS faculty--How do autonomous platforms change our sampling strategies?

Speaker: EOAS Faculty
Hosted by: Anaïs Orsi
Sep 16 4:00PM
ESB 5104-06

Colloquium

How are large datasets transforming earth and planetary science 1. Lightning talks by EOAS faculty on how they use satellite data

Speaker: EOAS Faculty
Hosted by: Mark Jellinek and Anaïs Orsi
Aug 26 10:00AM
EOAS Zoom

Thesis Defense

Carbon Mineralization in Ultramafic Mine Tailings Via CO2 Injection

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Eric Wynands
Supervised by: Dr. Greg Dipple
Aug 20 10:00AM
EOAS Zoom

Thesis Defense

Using Microbial Fuel Cells for the remediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated aquifers

MSc Thesis Defense
Speaker: Constanza Nicolau del Roure Eylerts
Supervised by: Dr. Roger Beckie