Spring 2012 Colloquium
4:00 PM Fridays
Location: 119 MSEB
1304 West Green Street, directly across Green Street from NHB
For a map and accessibility information for 119 MSEB please see:
Pre-talk reception in the Wanless Room (219 Natural History) 3:40 to 4:00.
20 Jan. No Colloquium (First week of classes)
27 Jan. "Gateways to Emergence: Natural and Stealth Disasters"
Sue Kieffer, Walgreen Professor of Geology
Abstract
3 Feb. Richard L. Hay Lecture
"Signal or noise? Significance of lateral variability in the Himalaya-Tibet system"
Anne Meltzer, Lehigh University
10 Feb. No Colloquium
17 Feb. Ralph E. Grim Lecture
"Shale Gas: Why are the environmentalists taking such an interest?"
Terry Engelder, Penn State
24 Feb. No Colloquium
2 Mar. R. James Kirkpatrick Lecture
"Chasing Mid-Ocean Ridge Eruptions: Deep Sea Forensics"
Mike Perfit, University of Florida
9 Mar. "The OIINK ! Array -- An EarthScope Study of Midcontinent Tectonics"
Steve Marshak, Geology Dept., U of I
16 Mar. No Colloquium: Last Day Before Spring Break
23 Mar. No Colloquium: Spring Break
30 Mar. 4th Annual Jack and Richard Threet Lecture in Sedimentary Geology
Rudy Slingerland, Penn State
6 Apr. "Plant interactions with the atmospheric CO2 pool: A phyto-centric view of the global carbon cycle"
Andrew Leakey, UIUC Plant Biology
13 Apr. "Experimental Approaches to Understanding the Flammability of Ancient Ecosystems"
Claire Belcher, University of Edinburgh
20 Apr. "Chemical energy and the microbiologic zoning of the subsurface"
Craig Bethke, U of I Geology
27 Apr. Glenn and Susan Buckley Lecture
Geomicrobiology
Ken Nealson, University of Southern California
4 May Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery
Mike McInerny, University of Oklahoma