Jordan Wostbrock of the University of New Mexico will deliver a seminar on "Seeing through carbonate diagenesis using the triple oxygen isotope system."

Dr. Seth Jacobson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Michigan State University.

Dr. Thomas Meier of the University of Bayreuth delivered a seminar on "Magnetic Resonance in Tight Spaces: Perspectives and New Directions."

Dr. Jill Mikucki of the University of Tennessee Knoxville delivered a seminar entitled "On the exploration of Antarctic subglacial microbial ecosystems."

Symbiosis refers to mutually beneficial interactions between different organisms. Endosymbiosis is a type of symbiosis in which one organism lives inside another organism.

Dr. Esteban Gazel of Cornell University delivered a seminar on "Sampling the transition zone below Bermuda." His seminar included unpublished results, so his talk was not recorded.

Dr. Michael P. Ryan of The Magma Physics Project delivered a seminar on The 2018 Eruptions of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i.

Dr. Luke McKay of Montana State University presented on "Early evolved microbial metabolisms and virus-host dynamics mediate sulfur and methane cycling in diverse geothermal environments."

Dr. Irena Mamajanov of ELSI researches geochemistry and the origins of life. She delivered a seminar on "From Messy Chemistry to the Origins of Life."

Dr. Oded Navon of The Fredy & Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem presented on "Diamond forming fluids: Diamond formation and other mantle processes."

Dr. Carol Cleland of the University of Colorado Boulder presented on "Searching for unfamiliar forms of life without a definition of life."

In shock-wave experiments, high-powered lasers or guns are used to send a supersonic pressure wave through a sample. This type of dynamic compression can generate immense pressure and allows for the study of impact phenomena in real time.

Dr. Shanan E. Peters presented on "Unsteady growth of the continental sedimentary reservoir: implications for the Earth-life system."

Gravity, the fundamental force that shaped our planet, varies across the Earth’s surface, both from place to place and over time. For more than three centuries, scientists have made gravity measurements to define the shape of the Earth.

Celia Dalou of Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG) presented on "Redox effects on N speciation, elementary and isotopic fractionation during planetary core forma

Josh Sugar from Sandia National Laboratories presented on "The Thermal History of Materials: The Origin of Earth, Civilization, and Advanced Manufacturing."

Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma presented on “Why We Need a Machine-Readable Knowledge Base of Deep Time and Our Approach to Build It.”

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continued with Heather Watson of Union College, Department of Physics and Astronomy. She presented on "Diffusion of key isotopes in iron meteorites: Constraints on closure temperatures."

Safety at the Geophysical Laboratory is a top priority. We are committed to a safe working environment in the laboratory and everywhere on campus. To ensure the safety of our Carnegie family, the Safety Committee will review policies and procedures.

The research of Associate Professor at Brown University Stephen Parman focuses on the chemical evolution of the Earth, moons, and planets. He delivered a seminar titled "Tracing volatile recycling in the mantle with noble gases."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Inge Loes ten Kate of the Utrecht University, in the Netherlands. She will present: "On the role of extraterrestrial organics in the origin of life.

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Peter C Burns of  University of Notre Dame. 

Join the Geophysical Laboratory as we kick-off our 2018-19 Neighborhood Lecture Series with GL Director, Mike Walter.  He will present, "Deep Blue Planet."  Doors open at 6pm, lecture at 6:30pm.

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with GL's own Doug Rumble. He will present, "Microbes, Mud Volcanoes, and Methane."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Joshua F. Einsle.  He will present, "Unmixing deep time: Multiscale microscopy, microanalytics and machine learning."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Leonid Dubrovinsky of the University of Bayreuth. He will present, "High-Pressure High-Temperature Single Crystal Structural Studies at Multimegabar Pressures."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Joachim Reitner of Georg-August-University of Goettingen. He will present, “Early Archean Carbon Archives.”

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Ram Krishnamurthy of Scripps. He will present, "Reconciling Prebiotic Chemistry with Biological Chemistry - Destiny versus Destination in Origins of Life Research."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Jiachao Liu of the University of Texas at Austin. He will present, "How does oxidized mantle behave differently from normal mantle in geophysical and geochemical perspectives?"

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Carrick Eggleston of the University of Wyoming. He will present, "Origin of Mars Perchlorate: Mineral Photoelectrochemistry and Terrestrial Implications."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Stewart McWilliams of the University of Edinburgh. He will present, "Dynamic probes of structure and transport at extreme conditions."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Yana Bromberg of Rutgers. She will present, "Timing evolution of biological redox via structural similarity network analysis."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with GL's own Tim Strobel. He will present, "Braking Rotors at the Nanoscale: How Diatomic Molecules Spin within Quantum Cages."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with GL's own Suzy Vitale. She will present, "The Dual Beam FIB/SEM: An Overview of CIW's Newest Cutting-Edge Capability."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Heidi Höfer of the Goethe University Frankfurt. She will present, "The oxidation state of iron determined by electron microprobe: the flank method and its application to high-pressure experiments and mantle samples."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Ross Hrubiak, who comes from our HPCAT location. He will present, "Experimental evidence of a body centered cubic iron at the Earth’s core condition."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with GL's own Amanda Lindoo. She will present, "Permeability development in ascending magmas: implications for explosive versus effusive eruption styles."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Hikaru Iwamori of JAMSTEC. He will present, "Geochemical heterogeneity of the Earth's mantle and its implications for the dynamics."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Razvan Caracas of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Lyon. He will present, "Supercritical silicate melts in the protolunar disk."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with GL's own Mike Ackerson. He will present, "Partially molten granites at 500°C? Reimagining crustal magmatism."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with GL's own Zhixue Du.  He will present, "Origin of Earth’s ancient magnetic field: driven by MgO exsolution?"

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Alexey Kolmogorov of Binghamton University.  He will present, "New materials made under pressure: from prediction to discovery."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with our own George Cody.  He will present, "Water in Silicate Melts (glasses): A complex story."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Joshua Sugar of Sandia National Lab.  He will present, "More Than Just a Picture: Answering Scientific Questions with Advanced Electron Microscopy."

Our Broad Branch Road Spring Neighborhood Lecture Series continues with DTM's Dr. Conel M. O'D. Alexander.  Alexander will present, "Rocks from Space: Be Grateful and a Little Afraid." 

Our Broad Branch Road Spring Neighborhood Lecture Series kicks off with Carnegie Science President, Dr. Matthew P. Scott.  Scott will present, "Jumping Genes: What They Mean for Evolution and Medicine." 

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Burkhard Militzer of UC Berkeley. He will present, "Ab initio simulations of liquids and solids at high pressure."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Donald Dingwell from Ludwig Maximilian University. He will present, "Experimental Volcanology: accessing the inaccessible."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with our own Dionysis Foustoukos. He will present, "Oceanic Subsurface Biosphere: Experimental Studies."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Kate Kiseeva from the University of Oxford.  She will present, "Diamond inclusions from the Earth’s transition zone."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with our own Asmaa Boujibar.  She will present, "Reducing conditions in the inner Solar System, as witnessed by Mercury and Earth."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Eiji Ohtani from Tohoku University.  He will present, "Volatile circulation in the mantle and the light elements in the core."

Bob Hazen, staff scientsist at the Geophysical Laboratory, continues our Neighborhood Lecture Series with the second of four lectures. The distribution of minerals on Earth, Mars, and other worlds mimics social networks, as commonly applied to such varied topics as Facebook interactions, the spread of disease, and terrorism networks.

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Michael Walter from the University of Bristol.  He will present, "The Fate of Deeply Subducted Carbon."

Lara Wagner, staff scientist at DTM, presents the first of four lectures in our annual Neighborhood Lecture Series.  The key to life’s evolution on Earth is the development and persistence of plate tectonics, a planetary process that affects everything from the mineral composition of the continents to the existence of liquid water on Earth’s surface. 

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Shogo Tachibana from Hokkaido University, Japan.  He will present, "Early evolution of the Solar System: Laboratory experiments and sample return missions."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with Eli Moore from the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers.  He will present, "Global Redox Influence on Metal Availability, the Evolution of Archean Metabolisms, and the Search for Ancient Proteins."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with our own Zachary Geballe.  He will present, "High-pressure calorimetry: a new experimental tool and its application to H2O."

The Geophysical Laboratory's weekly seminar series continues with our own Shi Liu.  He will present, "Making sense of ferroelectric switching."

The weekly seminar series focuses on George Cody's research on "Chemical, Physical, and Isotopic Evidence for a warm and wet History in the Early Solar System."