IGPP - Seminar Schedule

Saturday, May 17, 2008


Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule

20 May 08	James A. Slavin NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Director, Heliophysics Science Division Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM MESSENGER First Flyby Magnetospheric Results Abstract

13 May 08	Aradhna K. Tripati, Sponsored by the Geoscience Initiative Department of Earth Sciences , University of Cambridge Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Discovering Ice on a "Greenhouse" Planet: Evidence for Glaciation in both Hemispheres from 44 to 30 Ma Abstract

29 Apr 08	Diana Valencia, Sponsored by the Geoscience Initiative Department of Earth and Planetary , Sciences Harvard University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Super-Earths: A Missing Link Abstract

22 Apr 08	Kimberly Nicholas Cahill, Sponsored by the Geoscience Initiative Stanford University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Global Change in Local Places: Climate Change and the Future of the California Wine Industry Abstract

15 Apr 08	Robert Richard IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Contribution of Solar Energetic Particles to the Earth's Radiation Environment

08 Apr 08	Kevin Peterson Dept. of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Origins of Animal Phyla and the Cambrian Explosion: Insights From Molecular Clocks and MicroRNAs

Winter 2008 Seminar Schedule

04 Apr 08	Daniel Sigman Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 12:00 noon Refreshments at 11:45AM Brief History and Current Status of Hypotheses for Glacial/Interglacial Carbon Dioxide Change Abstract

01 Apr 08	Jeffrey Shaman, Sponsored by the Geoscience Initiative Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Operational Hydrologic Monitoring of Mosquito-Borne Disease Abstract

21 Mar 08	Professor Juergen Blum Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics Technical University Braunschweig, Germany Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM What can experiments tell us about the collisional dust growth in protoplanetary disks?

11 Mar 08	Nir Krakauer, sponsored by Geosciences Initiative Department of Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Carbon-climate Feedback: Plants, Warming, and Drought Abstract

04 Mar 08	Michelle Thomsen Los Alamos National Laboratory Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Cassini/CAPS Observations of Saturn's Magnetospheric Processes Abstract

26 Feb 08	Dr. Endawoke Yizengaw Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Multi-Instrument Observations to Mitigate Space Weather Impacts on our Communication and Navigation Systems

19 Feb 08	Kristen L. Corbosiero Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Investigating Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity Change with the Advanced Hurricane WRF Model

12 Feb 08	Professor Troy Carter Department of Physics and Astronomy UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Nonlinear Interactions between Shear Alfven Waves in a Laboratory Plasma

05 Feb 08	Dr. Jacob Bortnik Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Origin of Plasmaspheric Hiss, or, How to (Accidentally) Solve a 40-year Old Problem

29 Jan 08	Professor David K. Jacobs Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Neogene Oceanographic and Tectonic Controls on Biologic Evolution in the North Pacific and the Gulf of California

22 Jan 08	Dr. Steven Benner The Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution Gainseville, Florida Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Resurrecting (Parts) of Extinct Organisms from the Oligocene to the Proterozoic

15 Jan 08	Eftyhia Zesta Atmos, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Effect of solar wind dynamic pressure changes on convection and the aurora: modeling and observations

08 Jan 08	Robert McPherron IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Role of the Russell-McPherron Effect in the Acceleration of Relativistic Electrons

Fall 2007 Seminar Schedule

04 Dec 07	James T. Randerson Earth System Science Department University of California, Irvine Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Contrasting Climate Effects of Fire in Boreal and Tropical Regions Abstract

27 Nov 07	Robert Clayton IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Abundance-Dependent Isotope Effects in Oxygen and Nitrogen in the Early Solar System, and their Implications for Chemical Processes

20 Nov 07	James Weygand IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Correlative Scale, Taylor Scale, and Effective Magnetic Reynolds Number Determination from Plasma Sheet and Solar Wind Magnetic Field Fluctuations Abstract

13 Nov 07	George Morales UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Alfvenic Phenomena of Relevance to Laboratory and Space Plasmas Abstract

06 Nov 07	Krishan Khurana IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Mystery of Rotational Signals in Saturn's Magnetosphere Abstract

30 Oct 07	Dr. Edward J. Smith Jet Propulsion Laboratory Location: Grand Salon, Kerkoff Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Heliospheric Magnetic Field, the Solar Wind and the Interstellar Medium

23 Oct 07	Professor John Vidale University of Washington Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Fault Tremor Ignited by Shaking from Distant Great Earthquakes; Examples from the San Andreas Fault System and Vancouver Island. Abstract

16 Oct 07	Professor Larry Smith UCLA Geography Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Russia's Vast Northern Peatlands: A Key Player in Global Change

09 Oct 07	Professor Russel E. Caflisch UCLA Department of Mathematics Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Hybrid Monte Carlo Methods for Fluid and Plasma Dynamics Abstract

02 Oct 07	Matthew G. McHarg USAF Academy, Colorado Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Sprite Spectral and Spatial Observations with 100 ms Resolution

Spring 2007 Seminar Schedule

12 Jun 07	Adina Paytan Stanford Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM High Productivity During Cretaceous Ocean Anoxic Events Abstract

29 May 07	Bruce Bills (NASA Goddard/UCSD Scripps) Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Resonant amplification of forced librations in longitude: application to Enceladus? Abstract

22 May 07	David Oglesby UC Riverside Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Issues in Interacting Strike-Slip Faults Abstract

15 May 07	Isabella Velicogna JPL Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Monitoring ice sheets mass variations from GRACE Abstract

08 May 07	Dr. Matthew E. Clapham Department of Geological Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM When Molluscs Took Over the World: Ecological Change, Environmental Stress, and the End-Permian Mass Extinction Abstract

30 Apr 07	Andrew Dickson Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Ocean acidification: the other CO2 problem Abstract

24 Apr 07	Dr. Mausumi Dikpati High Altitude Observatory Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Modeling the global-scale solar dynamo and predicting the Sun's ``climate'' Abstract

17 Apr 07	Dr. Michael Tice Caltech Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM "Who constructed the oldest known fossilized microbial mats?" Abstract

10 Apr 07	Mark Panning Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Global anisotropy: Connecting seismic structure to mantle flow Abstract

02 Apr 07	Philip Sura, Research Scientist NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, CO. Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM A Global View of Non-Gaussian SST Variability Abstract

Winter 2007 Seminar Schedule

13 Mar 07	David D. Jackson, Prof. of Geophysics Dept. Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Earthquakes, Past and Future Abstract

06 Mar 07	Prof. Eric Cowgill UC Davis Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Resolving the "slip-rate discrepancy" between GPS and geomorphic rates along the central Altyn Tagh Fault Abstract

27 Feb 07	Dr. Genta Ueno The Institute of Statistical Mathematics Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Data assimilation research project at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) and an application of the ensemble Kalman filter to an atmosphere-ocean coupled model Abstract

20 Feb 07	Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

13 Feb 07	Science Faculty Research Colloquium Deborah Estrin, UCLA Professor of Computer Science Location: 1425 Physics-Astronomy Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Wireless Sensing Systems: From Eco-Systems to Human-Systems

06 Feb 07	Dr. Michael Schodlok JPL Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Iceberg Drift and its Implications in the Weddell Sea: An Overview Abstract

30 Jan 07	Prof. David Neelin Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The transition to strong convection Abstract

23 Jan 07	Prof. Keith Moore UCI Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Linking the C, N, and Fe Cycles in a Global-Scale Ocean Biogeochemical Model Abstract

16 Jan 07	Prof. Paul Warren IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Lunar rock-rain: Diverse silicate impact-vapor condensates in an Apollo-14 breccia Abstract

09 Jan 07	Prof. Jochen Stutz Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Chemistry of Reactive Halogen Species in the Troposphere Abstract

Fall 2006 Seminar Schedule

05 Dec 06	Prof. Larry Lyons IGPP, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Large-Scale Disturbances of the Coupled Magnetosphere-Ionosphere in Response to Abrupt Solar Wind Changes Abstract

28 Nov 06	Chris McKay Nasa Ames Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Detecting evidence of life in organic material on other worlds Abstract

14 Nov 06	Prof. Shin Ohtani Johns Hopkins University/APL Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Magnetospheric Substorms: Observational Constraints on Trigger Models Abstract

07 Nov 06	Prof. Bruce Runnegar IGPP, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Deep time calibration of the astronomical timescale Abstract

31 Oct 06	Prof. Ray Walker IGPP, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Influence of the Solar Wind on Jovian Magnetospheric Dynamics Abstract

24 Oct 06	Prof. David Sandwell Scripps Inst. Oceanography/UCSD IGPP Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Present-day Stress Along the San Andreas Fault System Abstract

17 Oct 06	Prof. Chris House Penn State Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Margins, Methane, and Microbes Abstract

10 Oct 06	Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

03 Oct 06	Dr. Xiaoping Wu JPL Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Seasonal and Interannual Surface Mass Variations from Multi-Satellite Geodetic Data: A Global Inverse Approach Abstract

Spring 2006 Seminar Schedule

02 Jun 06	Prof. Roberto Benzi University of Rome, "Tor Vergata" Location: Royce Hall Humanities Conference Room (Royce 314) Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM STOCHASTIC RESONANCE: FROM CLIMATE TO BIOLOGY Abstract

30 May 06	Prof. Roberto Benzi University of Rome, "Tor Vergata" Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM INTERMITTENCY IN STRONG SHEAR FLOWS Abstract

23 May 06	Dr. David Neelin IGPP & Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Tropical precipitation change under global warming Abstract

16 May 06	Dr. Don Brownlee U. Washington Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Stardust mission - laboratory analysis of samples from the edge of the solar system. Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

09 May 06	Dr. Edward J. Garnero Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Deciphering Earth's Dynamic Deep Interior using Seismology Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

02 May 06	Dr. Michael E. Oskin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Transient Landscape Evolution and Development of High Topography in Convergent Orogens Abstract

25 Apr 06	Dr. Eugenia Kalnay U. Maryland Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Estimation of the impact of land-surface changes on climate change Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

18 Apr 06	Dr. Taylor Perron UC Berkeley Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM What controls landscape scale? Connecting models and morphology Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

11 Apr 06	Dr. Oliver Fringer Stanford University Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Numerical simulation of internal waves in the coastal ocean Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

04 Apr 06	Dr. Erik Asphaug UCSC Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Asteroids: Their Origin, Geophysics, and Exploration Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

Winter 2006 Seminar Schedule

14 Mar 06	Dr. Efi-Foufoula-Georgiou National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM New perspectives and methodologies for scaling research in hydro-geomorphology Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

07 Mar 06	Dr. Yan Y. Kagan UCLA, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Earthquakes and fractures in solids: Why do we fail to understand them and what can be done? Presentation: Powerpoint

28 Feb 06	Dr. Michael A'Hearn University of Maryland Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1 Abstract

21 Feb 06	Dr. Edward Young UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Oxygen Isotopic Evolution of the Solar Protoplanetary Disk Abstract

14 Feb 06	Dr. Lon Hood Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Polar Wandering During the Early History of Mars: Paleomagnetic Evidence and Implications Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

07 Feb 06	Dr. Bob Ergun University of Colorado, Boulder Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Role of Plasma Waves in Mars' Atmospheric Loss Abstract Presentation: PDF

31 Jan 06	Dr. Mike Brown California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Tenth Planet (and Friends) Abstract

24 Jan 06	Dr. Xavier Capet IGPP, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The transition from mesoscale to submesoscale in the California Current System Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

17 Jan 06	Dr. Neal Turner JPL Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Turbulence in the Outer Solar Nebula Abstract

10 Jan 06	Dr. Don Isaak IGPP, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Geophysical Constraints on the Composition of Earth's Mantle Presentation: Powerpoint

Fall 2005 Seminar Schedule

20 Dec 05	Dr. Bogdan Hnat University of Warwick Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Scaling and a Fokker-Planck Approach to Fluctuations in the Solar Wind Plasma Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

13 Dec 05	Dr. Karin Dahmen Dept. of Physics University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Crackling noise and disorder: learning from magnets about earthquakes? Abstract

12 Dec 05	Dr. Thorsten Kleine Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (the ETH) Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM 182Hf-182W dating of core formation in the Earth, the Moon and iron-meteorite parent bodies Presentation: Powerpoint

03 Dec 05	Dr. Gary Zank Dept. of IGPP, UC Riverside Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Interaction of the Interstellar Medium with the Sun: Coalescence of Plasma Physics, Space Physics, and Astrophysics Abstract

29 Nov 05	Dr. Janet Luhmann UC Berkeley Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Current Efforts to Model and Measure Interplanetary 'Weather' Abstract

22 Nov 05	Dr. Steve Coley Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Magnetic Fields of Large-Scale Structure in the Universe Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

15 Nov 05	Dr. Gary Zank IGPP, UC Riverside Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Interaction of the Interstellar Medium with the Sun: Coalescence of Plasma Physics, Space Physics, and Astrophysics Abstract

08 Nov 05	Dr. Peter Chi IGPP, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Magnetoseismology: Magnetospheric Sounding by Measuring the Tremors in Space Presentation: PDF

01 Nov 05	Dr. John Vidale IGPP, UCLA Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Why are there earthquake swarms in southern California? An interrogation of 71 examples since 1984 Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

25 Oct 05	Dr. Charles Marshall Harvard University Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM An Framework for Developing Multi-causal Explanations for Changes in Biodiversity Abstract

18 Oct 05	Dr. Larry Esposito University of Colorado Location: 3845 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM History of Saturn's Rings Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

11 Oct 05	Dr. Mark Harrison Australian National University and IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Hadean Continental Growth: Did Plate Tectonics Begin at 4.5 Ga? Abstract

04 Oct 05	Dr. Devendra Lal Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Some new applications of isotopes produced on the Earth, and those accreted from space Abstract Presentation: Powerpoint

Spring 2005 Seminar Schedule

07 Jun 05	Dr. Eric Geist United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Understanding the December 26,2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

31 May 05	Dr. Rosaly Lopes Jet Propulsion Laboratory Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Surface of Titan as seen by the Cassini Radar Mapper

24 May 05	Dr. Bjorn Stevens Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Prototype problems in cumulus convection

17 May 05	Dr. Paul Roberts IGPP & Department of Mathematics, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The 60 year signal from the core

10 May 05	Dr. Lauretta Arizona University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Iron Meteorites and the Origin of Life

Seminar Schedule

03 May 05	Seminar canceled Location: Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

Spring 2005 Seminar Schedule

26 Apr 05	Prof. Donald Lowe School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Tectonically driven atmospheric change and climate collapse as a recurring control on Precambrian biological evolution: A specific example from 3.2-2.7 Ga

19 Apr 05	Prof. Abby Kavner Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics and Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Electrochemical fractionation of stable isotopes: An explanation for Fe isotope signatures in nature

12 Apr 05	Dr. William B. Moore Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Rotational dynamics of deformable bodies: Martian obliquity and Iapetus' love handles

08 Apr 05	Dr. Donald A. Gurnett Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa Location: The Harry and Yvonne Lenart Auditorium Fowler Museum of Cultural History Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Exploring Saturn with the Cassini Spacecraft

05 Apr 05	Dr. Donald A. Gurnett Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM In Search of the Heliopause

Winter 2005 Seminar Schedule

15 Mar 05	Dr. Lee Bargatze IGPP Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM "Blowin' in the Solar Wind, Chillin' in the Polar Cap" - Space Weather Prediction of the Polar Cap Magnetic Activity Index Presentation: Powerpoint

08 Mar 05	Dr. Robin Canup Southwestern Research Institute Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Satellite Formation

01 Mar 05	Prof. Michael Meyer Arizona University, Tuscon Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: Placing Our Solar System in Context

22 Feb 05	Dr. Jonathan Fortney NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Helium Rain and the Evolution of Saturn (and other Giant Planets)

15 Feb 05	Dr. Betty Pierazzo Planetary Science Institute, Tucson Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Impacts and the Evolution of the Martian Biosphere

08 Feb 05	Dr. James Lyons IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Evolution of Oxygen Isotopes in the Solar Nebula

01 Feb 05	Dr. John Hernlund ESS, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Temperature of Earth's Core

25 Jan 05	Dr. Jeroen Molenmaker IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM A New Route to Dissipation in the Ocean

18 Jan 05	Dr. William Kurth Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Initial Results from the Cassini Radio and Plasma Wave Science Investigation at Saturn

11 Jan 05	Prof. James C. McWilliams IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Surface Gravity Wave Influences on Winds, Currents, Dissolved Materials (and Seismicity)

Fall 2004 Seminar Schedule

07 Dec 04	Prof. Masaru Kono Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Paleosecular Variation: Properties of the Geomagnetic Field as Revealed from Paleomagnetic Studies

30 Nov 04	Prof. Steve Desch Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Origin of the Short-Lived Radionuclides in the Early Solar System

23 Nov 04	Dr. Shuhei Ono Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute, Washington Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Sulfur-33 and 36 in Archean and Phanerozoic rocks and their significance in tracing sulfur biogeochemical cycle

16 Nov 04	Dr. Andrey Bekker Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institute, Washington Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Linked Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Changes Attending Protracted Breakup of the Late Archean Supercontinent

09 Nov 04	Prof. Michael Montgomery Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Some Recent Developments in Hurricane Science

02 Nov 04	Prof. John Wasson IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Asteroidal Heat Sources: Inadequacy of Al-26, the Prime Candidate

02 Nov 04	Prof. Don Lowe School of Earth Science, Stanford University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM CANCELLED

26 Oct 04	Prof. Benjamin M. Zuckerman Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM From Massive Asteroid Belts to Massive Planets: Recent Surprises

19 Oct 04	Dr. Torrence Johnson Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM JIMO-The Icy Moons of Jupiter and Why We Want to Go Back There

12 Oct 04	Prof. Alex Hall Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Northern hemisphere wintertime climate variations forced by changes in earth's orbit

05 Oct 04	Prof. Didier Sornette IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Multifractal Earthquakes

Spring 2004 Seminar Schedule

17 Aug 04	IGPP Special Seminar Prof. Lev M. Zelenyi, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Science Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Bifurcated Equilibria of Thin Current Sheet

16 Jun 04	IGPP Special Seminar Dr. John Wygant, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Cluster multi-spacecraft observations of shock-like ion acceleration near a reconnection x-line in the Earth's geomagnetic tail

15 Jun 04	IGPP Distinguished Researcher Award Dr. Krishan Khurana, UCLA, IGPP Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Evolution of the Surfaces and Atmospheres of Galilean Satellites

08 Jun 04	Dr. Achi Brandt Weizmann Institute of Science and UCLA Math Department Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Multiscale Computation: From Fast Solvers to Systematic upscaling

01 Jun 04	NO SPEAKER Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

25 May 04	Dr. Rudolph Marcus Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, CalTech, Nobel Laureate Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Mass-Independent Isotope Effect for Stratospheric Ozone and for the Earliest Minerals

18 May 04	NO SEMINAR - AGU WEEK Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

11 May 04	Dr. Frank Kyte IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Was There a Comet Shower in the Late Eocene?

04 May 04	Dr. David Thompson University of Colorado, Boulder Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Interpretation of Recent Southern Hemisphere Climate Change

27 Apr 04	Dr. Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Oceanic Uptake of Anthropogenic Carbon Estimated from Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Observations and Models

20 Apr 04	Dr. Nilton Renno University of Michigan Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Thermodynamical and Electrical Properties of Terrestrial and Martian Dust Devils and Dust Storms

13 Apr 04	Dr. Albert Haldemann Mars Exploration Rover Deputy Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Recent Results from Spirit and Opportunity

06 Apr 04	Dr. Maria Rivera Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Horizontal Gene Transfer and Genome Evolution

Winter 2004 Seminar Schedule

16 Mar 04	Dr. Jamie Kellogg Earth & Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Modeling Mantle Isotopic Heterogeneity: The FOZO's in the Pudding

09 Mar 04	Dr. Ralph Shuping Astronomy, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Hazards of Star Formation in the Orion Nebula

02 Mar 04	Dr. Maria Rivera Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Horizontal Gene Transfer and Genome Evolution

24 Feb 04	Prof. Gerald Schubert Chair, Earth & Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Plumes, Superplumes and the Inverse Problem of Mantle Convection

17 Feb 04	Dr. Joerg Buechner Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy, Lindau, Germany Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Reconnection at Sun and Earth: Observations and Simulations

10 Feb 04	Dr. Jerome Noir Earth & Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Precession and Dynamic of Planetary's Cores: Experimental Evidence on Non-Linear Resonance Effects Between Precession and the Tilt-Over Mode

03 Feb 04	Dr. Robert Tyler University of Washington Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Electric and Magnetic Fields Generated by Ocean Flow

27 Jan 04	Prof. Michael Ghil IGPP & Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Did Celestial Chaos Kill Dinosaurs?

20 Jan 04	Dr. Guy Brasseur Director, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Atmospheric Ozone and the Climate System

13 Jan 04	Prof. David Gubbins School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, England Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM What Can Kinematics Tell Us About Earth's Dynamo?

Fall 2003 Seminar Schedule

09 Dec 03	NO SEMINAR - AGU WEEK Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

02 Dec 03	Professor Mark Morris Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Disks and Jets Around DSO's - Dying Stellar Objects

25 Nov 03	Professor Vladimir Keilis-Borok Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Short-Term Earthquake Prediction

18 Nov 03	Dr. Alessandro Cacciani University of Rome/Sacramento Peak Observatory Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Sodium and Potassium Lines as Diagnostics for Solar and Earth Atmospheric Dynamics

11 Nov 03	NO SEMINAR - Veteran's Holiday Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

04 Nov 03	Dr. Glen Stewart Laboratory of Astrophysics & Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Disk Weather: Rossby Waves in Protoplanetary Disks

28 Oct 03	Professor Tom Ahrens Geological and Planetary Sciences, CALTECH Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Accretion of the Earth

21 Oct 03	Dr. Karen Felzer Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Triggering of Large Earthquakes by Small Aftershocks

14 Oct 03	Dr. Vladislav Sidorenko Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Evolution of the Rotational Motion of a Planet with a Liquid Core

07 Oct 03	Dr. Alan Rubin Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Chondrule Recall: Choosing Among Unpopular Candidates for Formation Models

Spring 2003 Seminar Schedule

10 Jun 03	Dr. Eric Rignot Jet Propulsion Laboratory Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Subaqueous Melting of Antarctic Ice Streams

03 Jun 03	Dr. W. A. Newman ESS, Astronomy and Mathematicks, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Atmospheric Accretion on Airless Planets: The Role of Oblique Impact Events

27 May 03	Prof. David Saltzberg Physics Dept., UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Hunting for Cosmic Neutrinos in Antarctic Ice, Salt Domes and the Lunar Regolith

20 May 03	Prof. Forrest Mozer Space Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Polar Satellite Observations of the Ion and Electron Diffusion Regions at the Subsolar Magnetopause

13 May 03	Dr. John Delaney Univesity of Washington Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM NEPTUNE: An Interactive Network of Submarine Laboratories at the Scale of a Tectonic Plate - A New Paradigm in Earth and Ocean Sciences

06 May 03	Dr. Alan Rubin IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM What Heated the Asteroids?

29 Apr 03	Dr. Ciska Kemper SIRTF Fellow, UCLA Div. of Astronomy Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Determining the Composition of Dust in Astrophysical Environments

22 Apr 03	Dr. Uriel Frisch Laboratoire G.D. Cassini, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Nice Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Back to the Primordial Universe by a Monge-Ampere-Kantorovich Mass Transportation Method

15 Apr 03	Dr. Alan Boss Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM A Heretic's Approach to Solar System Formation

08 Apr 03	NO SEMINAR - EGS / AGU / EUG Location: Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

01 Apr 03	Prof. Doug Hammond Earth Sciences, University of Southern California Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Oceanic Germanium/Silicon Ratios: A Tracer for Weathering or Paleothermometry

Winter 2003 Seminar Schedule

18 Mar 03	Dr. Ilia Zaliapin IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Multiscale Trend Analysis

11 Mar 03	2003 Slichter Lecturer - Dr. Susan Solomon NOAA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Visible Spectroscopy: From Ozone Depletion to Clouds and Climate

04 Mar 03	Dr. Andy Ridgwell UC Riverside & University of East Anglia, UK Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM When Penguins and Polar Bears Meet (The Occurrence of Global Ice Ages)

25 Feb 03	Dr. Galen Gisler Los Alamos National Laboratory Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Three-Dimensional Fluid Simulations of Terrestrial Impact Events

18 Feb 03	Dr. Alan Boss - CANCELLED DUE TO BLIZZARD ON EAST COAST Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM A Heretic's Approach to Solar System Formation

11 Feb 03	Dr. Mike Manga University of California, Berkeley Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Using Springs to Study Subsurface Geological Processes

04 Feb 03	Dr. James Weygand IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Nature of Fluctuations Observed by Cluster in the Plasma Sheet

28 Jan 03	Dr. Jon Aurnou ESS, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Turbulent Viscosity Measurements Relevant to Planetary Core-Mantle Dynamics

21 Jan 03	Dr. Tom Moore NASA/GSFC Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM What Does IMAGE Have to Say About Reconnection?

14 Jan 03	Prof. Nicolas Gruber IGPP & Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Extratropical Variability in the Ocean Carbon Cycle

07 Jan 03	Dr. Vahe Peroomian IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Entry of Solar Wind Ions into the Magnetosphere

Fall 2002 Seminar Schedule

12 Dec 02	Dr. Georgey Zastenker Space Science Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Variability of the Solar Wind

10 Dec 02	FALL AGU Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM NO COLLOQUIUM

03 Dec 02	Dr. Mostafa El-Alaoui IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Dynamics of the Near-Earth Magnetosphere During a Magnetic Storm: MHD Results

26 Nov 02	Prof. Paul Tackley Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Can Geochemical and Geophysical Constraints on Mantle Structure and Dynamics be Reconciled?

19 Nov 02	Dr. James G. Williams Jet Propulsion Laboratory Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Earth-Moon Ranging and Geophysics

12 Nov 02	Dr. Paul DeCarli SRI International, Menlo Park Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Shock Wave Metamorphism: Shock Wave Synthesis of Diamond and Other High Pressure Phases

05 Nov 02	Dr. Massimo Vergassola Observatoire de Nice Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Particles and Fields in Fluid Turbulence

29 Oct 02	Dr. Gregory Laughlin University of California, Santa Cruz Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Transitsearch.org--A Massively Parallel Telescope

22 Oct 02	Prof. David Gubbins Leeds University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Low Secular Variation in the Pacific: Implications for Geodynamo Models

15 Oct 02	Dr. Stan Peale UCSB Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Tidally Induced Volcanism

08 Oct 02	Dr. Heidi Houston Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Observational Constraints on Deep Earthquake Generation

01 Oct 02	Dr. Fortunat Joos Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern, Switerzland Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM From Variations in the Climate and Carbon Cycle Over the Past Millenium to Probabilistic Climate Forecasts

Spring 2002 Seminar Schedule

13 Jun 02	Dr. M. Indira Venkatesan, IGPP, UCLA Distinguished Researcher Lecture Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Molecular Markers and Environmental Geochemistry

11 Jun 02	Prof. Alexandre Soloviev Director, Int'l Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory & Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Dynamics of Blocks and Faults Systems

04 Jun 02	Dr. Richard D. Hansen IGPP, UCLA & Foundation for Anthropological Research & Environmental Studies (FARES) Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Stones, Bones and Geophysical Science: Current Research in the Mirador Basin of Northern Guatemala

28 May 02	Prof. Robert L. McPherron IGPP & ESS, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Multiple Spacecraft Observations of the Tail Magnetic Field by CLUSTER

21 May 02	Prof. Shouhong Wang Indiana University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Some Mathematical Problems in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

14 May 02	Prof. W. Schopf CSEOL/IGPP & ESS, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Laser-Raman Imagery of Ancient Fossils

07 May 02	Prof. Walter Gekelman Physics Dept., UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Generation of Intense Alfven Waves by Expanding Plasmas

30 Apr 02	Dr. Howard Singer Chief, Research and Development Division, NOAA Space Environment Center Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Sun to Earth: Challenges in Geomagnetic Storm Research and Forecasting

23 Apr 02	Prof. Doug Durian Physics Dept., UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Flow of Foam

16 Apr 02	Prof. Michael Efroimsky Inst. of Mathematics and Its Applications, University of Minnesota Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Inelastic Dissipation in a Freely Precessing Rotator: Applications to Tumbling Asteroids & Comets, Planetary Wobble, Cosmic-Dust Astrophysics, Rotating Spacecraft, etc.

09 Apr 02	Dr. Jean O. Dickey Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Interdisciplinary Space Geodesy: Challenges in the GRACE Era

02 Apr 02	Prof. William Dewar Dept. of Oceanography, Florida State University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Ocean Dynamics in Mid-Latitude Climate

Winter 2002 Seminar Schedule

22 Mar 02	End of Quarter Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

19 Mar 02	Dr. Martin Connors Athabasca University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM The Gravitational Three Body Problem in the Solar System

12 Mar 02	Prof. Lynne Hillenbrand Caltech, Dept. of Astronomy Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Young Circumstellar Disks and Their Prospects for Planet Formation

05 Mar 02	CANCELLED Prof. Eugenia Kalnay Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

04 Mar 02	MONDAY SPECIAL COLLOQUIUM with Prof. Christophe Sotin Universite de Nantes Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Europa: Convection, Tidal Heating and Deep Ocean

26 Feb 02	Prof. George Cody Carnegie Institution of Washington Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Searching for Useful Carbon Fixation Pathways in a Prebiotic World: The Geochemical Roots of Life

19 Feb 02	Prof. Ed Stone CalTech Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Voyager's Search for the Heliopause

12 Feb 02	Dr. Inseok Song Astronomy Department, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Nearby Young Stars and Planets

05 Feb 02	Prof. Donald L. Turcotte Cornell University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Damage Mechanics and Seismicity

29 Jan 02	Prof. Roger Ulrich Astronomy Department, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Solar Magnetism - Are There Long Term Trends?

22 Jan 02	Dr. Steven Stanley John Hopkins University Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Secular Oscillations in the Mineralogy of Dominant Carbonate-Secreting Organisms Driven by Tectonically Forced Shifts in Seawater Chemistry

15 Jan 02	CANCELLED Dr. Vahe Peroomian Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

08 Jan 02	Dr. Dietmar Krauss-Varban Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UCSD Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM Advances in Kinetic Simulations of the Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction

Fall 2001 Seminar Schedule

14 Dec 01	END OF QUARTER Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

11 Dec 01	NO COLLOQUIUM AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION (San Francisco) Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture at 4:00 PM Refreshments at 3:45 PM

04 Dec 01	Dr. David Neelin Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences & IGPP, UCLA Location: 3853 Slichter Hall Lecture