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GEOLOGY OPEN NIGHTS

Geology Open Nights are part of a science lecture series which are open to the public.  The Geology lectures are usually presented by faculty on aspects of their research, expertise or a topic of public interest.     

This series is offered in conjunction with our Astronomy, Physics and Ecology and Evolution Departments.  The links to their lecture schedules can be found below.  

 ASTRONOMY OPEN NIGHTS              THE LIVING WORLD               WORLD OF PHYSICS


Geology Open Night lectures will be held in person in
Earth & Space Sciences, Room 001

If you have any questions or would like to be added to our emailed announcements, please contact the Geology Open Night Coordinator: william.holt@stonybrook.edu

Fall 2024

   Geo Open Nights will take place in Earth & Space Sciences, Room 001 

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
Friday, September 27, 2024
7:30PM
Qingyun Li Geotechnical Practices in the Energy and Climate Context - a Geochemical Perspective
Friday, October 25, 2024
7:30PM
Joel  Hurowitz

Robotic Missions to the Surface of Mars

Friday, November 22, 2024
7:30PM
Lianxing Wen Fin Whales Around the Southern Wake Island: Stories From Hydroacoustic Deciphering  of Their Voices
     

 

 

Spring 2024

   Geo Open Nights will take place in Harriman Hall, Room 137 for the Spring 2024 semester

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
January 26, 2024
7:30PM
Deanne Rogers  A Planetary Geologist's Swiss Army Knife: The Impact Crater
February 23, 2024
7:30PM
Gregory Henkes

Understanding the relationship between climate, rifting,
and mammalian evolution during the Miocene (~20-5 million years ago) in the
Turkana Basin, Kenya

March 22, 2024
7:30PM
William Holt Earthquakes, Mountain Building, and Ancient Rivers in Western North America: Unraveling the Mystery of the Music Mountain Formation
April 26, 2024 Lars Ehm Geology in Disaster Movies
Does Hollywood get it right?
     

Fall 2023

   Geo Open Nights will take place in Harriman Hall, Room 137 for the Fall 2023 semester

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
September 29, 2023
7:30PM
Marina Gemma        Secrets of the Solar System: Using meteorites and returned samples to reveal planet-forming environments
October 27, 2023 7:30PM Guleed Ali

How to use the geologic record to understand the Earth's climate future

     
     

 

Spring 2023

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
January 27, 2023  7:30 PM   Tianqi Xie             The impact of the impact, what does feldspar say?
February 24, 2023 7:30 PM
Zoom Only - Register above
Hanna Nekvasil

Using igneous rocks to unravel tectonic history

March 24, 2023  7:30PM Baosheng Li

Play Hide and Seek with Water in the Earth's Mantle

April 28, 2023 7:30 PM Timothy Glotch

What is the Solar System Made Of?
Lessons from Meteorites and Returned Samples from Near-Earth Asteroids

 

Fall 2022

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
September 23, 2022  7:30 PM   Kaushik Mitra              Why is Mars Red? The Battle Between Iron and Manganese Oxidants on Mars
October 28, 2022
7:30 PM
Indhu Varatharajan Spectroscopy as a tool for exploring the surface composition of Mercury: Unveiling the mysteries of Mercury using datasets from NASA MESSENGER and future ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury

 

Spring 2022

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
January 28, 2022  7:30 PM via zoom Joel Hurowitz              One year after landing - An update on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover's mission to Jezero crater, Mars
February 25, 2022
7:30 PM via zoom
Qingyun Li Mineral alteration in gas/oil shale during fracking
March 25, 2022
7:30 PM via zoom
Scott McLennan Returning Samples from Mars:  After 50 Years of Planning, Will it Finally Happen?
April 22, 2022   
7:30 PM via zoom
Weisen Shen A Song of Fire and Ice:  decadal investigation of the Antarctic geothermal heat flux and its implications on the Antarctic Ice Sheet instability

 

Fall 2021

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
September 24, 2021
7:30 PM via zoom
Timothy Glotch                 A decade of science and exploration with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Setting the stage for the next phase of robotic and human exploration of the Moon
October 22, 2021
7:30 PM via zoom
Lianxing Wen Ever-changing Earth and earthquake triggering

Spring 2021

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
February 26, 2021
7:30 PM via zoom
Deanne Rogers                 The OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
March 26, 2021
7:30 PM via zoom
Donald Weidner Studying the Earth's interior with synchrotron X-rays
April 23, 2021
7:30 PM via zoom
Brian Phillips Useful impurities in minerals and how to find them with a big magnet and a radio

FALL 2020 

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
September 25, 2020
7:30 PM via zoom
Daniel Davis                      Using Geophysical Tools to Explore the 
Dynamic Evolution of Long Island and its Coasts
October 23, 2020
7:30 PM via zoom
Marine Frouin An Introduction to Luminescence Dating

  

 SPRING 2020 

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
February 28, 2020 Gregory Henkes The Environments of Human Evolution in East Africa    
March 27, 2020 Brian Phillips CANCELLED
Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to Locate
Impurities in Minerals That Can Tell Us Something
About Their History
April 17, 2020 Deanne Rogers CANCELLED
TBD

  

FALL 2019 

DATE SPEAKER TITLE
November 22, 2019 John Parise                      The Stone Age Did Not End Because of a Lack of Stones:
Materials Production as a Reflection of Economic Power
October 25, 2019 William Holt A Trek Across Western North America Through Geological Time
September 27, 2019         Troy Rasbury Boron in Long Island Fresh Water