T. Mylan Stout Lecture Series
Spring 2013
Lectures begin at 3:30 pm, in 117 Bessey Hall, except where notedRefreshments served at 3:15 pm
Friday, January 18
Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts
“The Roadless Pursuit of Scientific Drilling at El’gygytgyn Crater Lake, Arctic Russia: A new view of Arctic Climate Evolution”
Friday, January 25
Karrie Weber, UNL School of Biological Sciences and EAS
“Rock and the Role of Microorganisms in Subsurface Environments”
Wednesday, February 13, 5:00 pm
Dani Or, Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
“Biophysical processes shaping bacterial life in soils - an unexplored universe under our feet”
Friday, February 22
Eric Riggs, Texas A&M University CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
“The Role of Embodied Cognition in Understanding Student Reasoning about Sedimentary Systems and Problem Solving Approaches in the Field”
Friday, March 1
Scott Clark, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
“Plate Tectonics: A well-known theory that isn't so well known”
Wednesday, March 6
Christopher Jackson, Imperial College London
“The impact of igneous intrusions and extrusions on hydrocarbon prospectivity in extensional settings: a 3D seismic perspective”
Wednesday, March 13, 5:00 pm
Chris Paola, University of Minnesota; AAPG Distinguished Lecturer
“Mass Balance Effects in Depositional Systems”
Friday, March 29
Nora Noffke, Old Dominion University
“Earth's earliest ecosystem: ancient life in the 3.49 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara, Western Australia”
Friday, April 5
Evan Franseen, Kansas Geological Survey
“A new concept in sequence stratigraphy – Build-and-Fill Sequences in Carbonate-dominated Systems”
Friday, April 19
Greg Carmichael, University of Iowa
“The Globalization of Air Pollution: Implications for the quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat. ”
