The University of Florida Department of Geological Sciences Seminar Series
is a weekly event during the fall and spring semesters that take place in
room 100 Williamson Hall (Bless Auditorium) unless otherwise noted.
For the Spring 2021 Seminar Series, we will have them via zoom.
https://ufl.zoom.us/j/93151275736?pwd=RExYUUZNUmdKeWJaZGZTSjgrUVhQUT09
Following is the current Seminar Series schedule:
Date Time Topic
January 14th 2021 3:30pm "The changing nature of fluvial erosion on early Mars"
Dr. Alex Morgan
Research geologist,
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, District of Columbia
January 21st 2021 3:30pm "Dynamos in Rocky Planets: A Tour of the Solar System and Beyond."
Dr. Joseph O’Rourke
Assistant Professor
School of Earth and Space Exploration
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
January 28th 2021 3:30pm “Integrating virtual fieldwork, paleontology collections, and visualization tools to enhance geoscience instruction for diverse audiences”
Dr. Lisa White
Director of Education and Outreach, Museum of Paleontology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
February 3rd 2021
UF Water Institute Lightning Talk12-1PM “Environmental Justice and Water”
Dr. Kevin Ash (UF Geography)
Dr. Simone Athayde (FIU Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies)
Dr. Joel Correia (UF Center for Latin American Studies)
Dr. Jason von Meding (UF ME Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience (FIBER))
February 4th, 2021 3:30pm “Life Detection in the 2020s: (Re)Designing Instruments to Search for Molecular Signs of Life Beyond Earth”
Dr. Mary Beth Wilhelm,
Research Scientist
Space Science & Astrobiology Division
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
February 11th 2021
3:30pm TBA
Dr. Ann Ojeda
Assistant Professor
Department of Geosciences
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama 36849
February 18th 2021 3:30pm “Development of modern ocean circulation during the Cenozoic”
Dr. Jim Wright
Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Rutgers University (Ocean Discovery Lecture Series)
New Brunswick, NJ
February 23rd 2021
UF Water Institute Distinguished Faculty Fellow3:30pm TBA
Dr. Nancy Denslow
Professor And Director Of Aquatic Toxicology
Department of Physiological Sciences, Veterinary Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
February 25th, 2021 3:30PM “Oxygen and evolution during the middle earth”
Dr. Don E. Canfield
Professor
Institute of Biology
University of Southern Denmark
Odense M, Denmark
March 4th 2021 3:30pm TBA
March 11th 2021 3:30pm TBA
March 18th 2021 3:30pm TBA
March 25th 2021 3:30pm TBA
March 31st, 2021
UF Water Institute Early Career Faculty Fellow3:30pm TBA
Dr. Alexander J. (A.J.) Reisinger
Assistant Professor
Soil and Water Sciences Department
University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida
April 1st 2021 3:30pm TBA
Dr. Julia Diaz
Assistant Professor
Geosciences Research Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA
April 8th 2021
12 PM TBA
Dr. Jessica Barnes
Assistant Professor
Department of Planetary Sciences
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
April 15th 2021 3:30pm TBA
Dr. Adam Holt
Assistant Professor
Department of Marine Geosciences
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
Miami, Florida