Department of Geological Sciences

Thursday, September 17th Zoom Meeting 3:30 PM “A brief introduction to machine learning and the need for trans-disciplinary machine learning research” Dr. Alina Zare Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Florida Gainesville, FL  

Thursday, September 24th Zoom Meeting 3:30 PM “The Importance of Geoethics in an Uncertain World”   Dr. David Mogk Senior Research Scientist Department of Earth Sciences Montana State University Bozeman, Montana  

Thursday, October 1st Zoom Meeting 3:30 PM “Coupled trace element and stable isotope proxies in stalagmites reveal both abrupt arid events and periods of past wetter climate in the Middle East region” Dr. Stacy Carolin Research Associate Department of Earth Sciences University of Cambridge United Kingdom  

Thursday, October 8th Zoom Meeting 3:30 PM “Extinction at the end-Cretaceous set the origin of modern Neotropical rainforests” Dr. Carlos Jaramillo Staff Scientist, Endowed Chair in Paleobiology Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Balboa, Ancón Panamá, República de Panama  

Thursday, October 15th Zoom Meeting 3:30 PM “Broader Impacts 3.0: TESI, SEFS & Beyond”   Dr. Bruce MacFadden Distinguished Professor, Florida Museum of Natural History Director, UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute University of Florida Gainesville, FL

Thursday, October 22nd Zoom Meeting 3:30 pm “Multiproxy records of the end-Devonian Hangenberg Crisis in the Appalachian Basin, USA”   Dr. Aaron Martinez Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences University of California – Riverside Riverside, CA

Thursday, October 29th Zoom Meeting 3:30 pm Neodymium isotopes as a tracer for ocean circulation across the last glacial cycle   Dr. Tom Williams Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Geological Sciences University of Florida Gainesville, FL