Distinguished members of Earth and Space Sciences community give presentations on their latest research. The ESS colloquia provide an arena for the exchange of ideas and a chance to discuss recent scientific advancements.

Abby Kavner
akavner@igpp.ucla.edu
Thursday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
3656 Geology

The Colloquia are preceded by "Cookies n' Coffee" in the Commons Room (Geology 3680) from 3:30pm - 4:00pm.

Purpose: The purpose of the Colloquium Series is to present hot topics of broad scientific interest in an exciting and accessible way. It is distinct from the specialized talks in sub-fields of the Department held on every day of the week.

DateSpeakerTitle
April 5, 2012 Bethany Ehlmann
The Earliest Aqueous, Habitable(?) Environments on Mars: A View from Orbit
April 12, 2012 Thure Edward Cerling
Environments of Human Evolution in Africa: the Isotope Evidence
April 19, 2012 Hilke Schlichting
Recent Insights into Planet Formation and Debris Disks
April 26, 2012 Paul Weiss
Precise Assemblies, Clusters, Superatoms, and Cluster-Assembled Materials
May 3, 2012 John Grotzinger
Mars Science Laboratory: The Search for Habitable Environments
May 10, 2012 Christian Fischer
Ancient Stone Sculptures: A Nexus between Archaeometry and the Geosciences
May 17, 2012 Susannah Porter
Life before, during, and after the first Snowball Earth glaciation
May 24, 2012 Christy Till
Experimental Insights into Melt Generation at Convergent Plate Margins
May 31, 2012 Ariel Anbar
Calcium Isotope Biomarkers in Biomedicine (and Human Space Exploration)
June 7, 2012 Bruce Jakosky
Mars climate change and the 2013 MAVEN mission to Mars