AMGC SEMINARS OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2019
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 – 4 PM
John W. Valley
Dept. of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison:
Hadean Zircon are not from hell: Evidence from Atom Probe Tomography & SIMS
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13 – 11 AM
Jeong-Hyun Lee
Dept. of Geological Sciences, Chungnam National University:
Marine oxygenation and the early development of Paleozoic reefs
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26 - 4 PM
Arne Bratkič
University of Liege:
Advancing methodology for sub-zero temperature application of DGT technique
on sea ice samples for two-dimensional imaging of biogenic metals
Koen Stein
AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
Structure and evolutionary implications of the earliest (Sinemurian, Early Jurassic)
dinosaur eggs and eggshells
THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 - 4 PM
Maxwell M. Thiemens
G-Time lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles:
Learning from Apollo; Dating the Moon
Huan Cui
AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
Environmental Context of Early Animal Evolution
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 – 11 AM
A. Jay Kaufman
Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland:
When Life Got Hard: An Environmental Driver for the Origin of Seashell
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 21 - 4 PM
Imke Boonen
AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
Endocrine activity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
Ryoga Maeda
AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
The mobilization of large ion lithophile elements (LILEs) in chondrites by chemical alteration in Antarctica:
implications from Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systematics and the distribution of LILEs by using LA-ICP-TOF/MS
Flore Van Maldeghem
AMGC, Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
How to take a closer look at unmelted micrometeorites
MONDAY DECEMBER 16 – 4 PM
Kate Laxton
University College London:
Unusual techniques for an unusual volcano – Monitoring Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania
AMGC SEMINARS JANUARY - AUGUST 2020
Seminars with external speakers will be once a month on the 10th floor, building F, room 720, ALL WELCOME. -
(NB due to covid pandemic, most seminars were moved to zoom seminars starting Spring 2020)
THURSDAY JANUARY 30 - 4 PM
Prof. Lourdes Fernández Díaz
Dept. Crystallography & Mineralogy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid:
Crystallization in gels: Application to mineralogic, biomineralogic and environmental problems
FRIDAY MARCH 6 - 11 AM (CANCELLED)
Prof. Toni Schulz
Dept. of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Austria
Institut für Geologie und Mineralogie, University of Cologne, Germany
Decoding Earth's oxygenation history and the chemical evolution of Precambrian seawater -
coupled Fe-Os isotope signatures in Banded Iron Formations
THURSDAY MARCH 12 - 4 PM
Prof Olivier Namur
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven:
The effect of the crust on the differentiation of basaltic magma
THURSDAY APRIL 9 - 4 PM (CANCELLED)
Marie Sforna
Early life lab, University of Liège
FRIDAY APRIL 24 - 11 AM (CANCELLED)
Dr. Huifang Xu
Dept. of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison:
Day and night cycles make impossible possible:
a case study of sedimentary magnesite formation
through dis-equilibrium geochemical processes
THURSDAY MAY 7 - 4 PM CET (ZOOM WEBINAR)
Dr. Martin D. Suttle
Natural History Museum, London:
Water on asteroids in the early Solar System:
perspectives from the study of cosmic dust
THURSDAY MAY 28 - 4 PM CET (ZOOM WEBINAR)
Prof. Graham Shileds
UCL Earth Sciences, University College London:
Possible effects of evaporite weathering and deposition on oxygen and climate
THURSDAY JUNE 11 4 PM CET (ZOOM WEBINAR)
UCL Earth Sciences, University College London:
Isotopic evidence for the early ending of the boring billion
THURSDAY AUGUST 27 4 PM CET (ZOOM WEBINAR)
Dr. Marion Peral:
Paleothermometers over the last 2Ma
Dr. Marta Marchegiano:
Reconstructing paleoclimate: the power of ostracods