GEOLOGY SEMINAR

**VIRTUAL SEMINAR FOR SPRING 2021**_______________________________________________________________

SEMINAR SPEAKER SERIES - SPRING 2021

DATE             SPEAKER/AFFILIATION/TALK TITLE/HOST

1/19/2021        Classes start             

1/25/2021        Greg Wessel (GPI), Rose Hendricks (ASCB), Natasha Udu-gama (AGU), Stuart Dykstra (Kelvin University Clean Water Institute), Connor Dacey (GSA) – Science and Society: Geoscience to Serve the Public Good - Kubicki

2/1/2021          Wahid Rahman, Director of Research and Chief Geologist, Geoscience and Petroleum Research (GPR) Inc, Houston, Texas Geochemistry for Conventional and Unconventional Prospecting: Hydrocarbon Phase Prediction, Production Allocation, and Reservoir Monitoring - Application of Organic Geochemistry on Assessment of Fluid Behavior and Oil Migration within the Woodford Shale in the Anadarko Basin – Engle (Reading: Rahman et al., 2017)

2/8/2021          Marcio Giacomoni – “Analysis of Low Impact Development using Testbeds: Bioretention and Sand Filter Media and Liner Requirements” - UTSA – Ma (Optional Reading: Assessing the performance of sand filter basins in treating urban stormwater runoff)

2/15/2021        Drew Johnson – “Water and Air Treatment Using Membrane Gas-Liquid Contactors” - UTSA - Ma

2/22/2021        Edith Wilson – “It all comes from the ground: opportunities for geoscientists in supplying critical minerals for energy storage.”  - Arribas (Reading: https://logicmag.io/nature/what-green-costs/)

3/1/2021          Marek Locmelis – Critical Mineral Exploration: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks - MUST – Kubicki (Reading: Locmelis et al., 2016, Sulfur and metal fertilization of the lower continental crust, Lithos, 244, 74-93)

3/8/2021          Larry Wollschlager – “The harder I work, the luckier I get: The key to success is hard work, patience, and being ethical” - Wolf Energy - Kubicki

3/15/2021        Spring Break

3/22/2021        Andrew Zipkin – ASU – “Bioavailable strontium isoscapes for investigating ancient forager exchange networks in Namibia” - Anthony

4/5/2021          Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes – ‘Natural Resources in a Net-Zero World’ - Black Mountain International - Kubicki

4/12/2021        Abir Biswas – “Mercury cycling in Pacific Northwest forests: Meaningful undergraduate research collaborations” - The Evergreen State College - Engle

4/19/2021        Jon Kellar – “Development of a Sustainable Mineral Beneficiation Separation System​” - South Dakota School of Mines & Technology - Pingitore

4/26/2021        Michael Moats – MUST - "Critical Mineral Potential and Recovery from Copper Production" - Arribas

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