Applied Ocean Science Seminar Ben Maurer
Scripps
NTV 330
4 p.m.
Title: "Intrusive Gravity Currents in Adjacent Stratified Fluids"
May 2nd, 2008 (Fri)
12:15 PM
Marine Biology Seminar Victor D. Vacquier
Scripps
Hubbs Hall 4500
12:15 p.m.
Title: "Remarkable Diversity in the Sperm Bindin Protein in the Pacific Oyster, Crassostrea Gigas"
May 2nd, 2008 (Fri)
3:30 PM
Physical Oceanography Seminar Alexey Fedorov
Yale University
Nierenberg 101
3:30 p.m.
Title: "The Response of the Tropical Ocean to Global Warming: A Paleo Perspective"
May 5th, 2008 (Mon)
3:15 PM
Earth Section Weekly Seminar Carol Kendall
USGS
Menlo Park
Hubbs 4500
3:15 p.m.
Title: "Tracing Anthropogenic Sources of Nitrogen in Rain Using Isotopes"
May 5th, 2008 (Mon)
6:00 PM
Special Presentation Robert Swan
British Sailor, Polar Adventurer, and Environmental Activist
Hubbs Hall 4500
6 p.m.
Title: "Voyage for Cleaner Energy"
Robert Swan is the first man to walk to both the North and South Poles, and has since engaged in polar trash removal efforts, international youth education in Antarctica, and other polar initiatives. His current 5-year lecture and sailing expedition is to promote clean technology, alternate transportation fuels, and to raise awareness about environmental threats to the marine environment. He will discuss the mission of this trip, where he has been so far, modifications to his boat (which include plastic recycled sails, a biofuel engine, and non-toxic coatings), and the work of his group Mission Antarctica.
May 6th, 2008 (Tue)
11:00 AM
Dissertation Defense - Ely Dissertation Defense
Geoffrey Ely
11:00 AM
Munk Conference Room - IGPP
Title: "A method for dynamic earthquake rupture simulation with applications to a large southern San Andreas scenario."
May 7th, 2008 (Wed)
12:15 PM
Ecology Seminar Elizabeth Venrick
Scripps
Hubbs 4500
12:15 p.m.
Title: "Phytoplankton in the California Current: What's Missing from this Picture?"
May 7th, 2008 (Wed)
3:30 PM
Physical Oceanography Seminar Clinton Winant
Scripps
Nierenberg 101
3:30 p.m.
Title: "Tidal Circulation in Estuaries and on the Continental Shelf"
2008 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest Dr. James E. Hansen
NASA Scientist and Leading Authority on Global Climate Research
The Forum Theater of the La Jolla Playhouse, UC San Diego
2910 La Jolla Village Drive
7 p.m.
Title: “The Threat of the Planet: The Dark and Bright Sides of Global Warming”
Admission is free. Reservations are not necessary. Seating and parking
are limited. Open to the public.
For more information: call 858-534-8490
May 9th, 2008 (Fri)
10:00 AM
Dissertation Defense - Lawrence Dissertation Defense
Kristin Lawrence
10:00 AM
IGPP Munk Conference Room
Title: Planetary Magnetism: Investigations of Paleomagnetic Properties of
the Earth and Moon
May 9th, 2008 (Fri)
12:15 PM
Marine Biology Seminar Stephen Mayfield
The Scripps Research Institute
Hubbs 4500
12:15 p.m.
Title: "Engineering Eukaryotic Micro-Algae for the Production of Therapeutic Proteins and Biofuels"
May 9th, 2008 (Fri)
5:00 PM
James R. Arnold Lecture Professor Lonnie Thompson
School of Earth Sciences
Ohio State University
Professor Thompson is one of the world's foremost authorities on paleoclimatology and
glaciology and will discuss the current and present danger posed by ongoing
climate change as well as the human response to this danger.
Title: "Global Climate Change: A Paleoclimate Perspective from the World's Highest Mountains"
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Robinson Complex Auditorium/
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
UC San Diego
5 p.m.
May 12th, 2008 (Mon)
3:00 PM
Dissertation Defense - Gontang Dissertation Defense
Erin Gontang
3:00 pm
Sumner Auditorium
Title : Phylogeny and Diversity of Gram-positive Bacteria and Their Secondary Metabolite Genes
May 12th, 2008 (Mon)
3:15 PM
Earth Section Weekly Seminar Doug Wiens
Washington University
St. Louis
Revelle Conference room
3:15 p.m.
Title: "Seismic Structure, Mantle Flow Patterns, and the Dynamics of Island Arc Systems"
May 12th, 2008 (Mon)
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Presentation Miriam Kastner
Professor
Scripps Oceanography
Title: "Methane Hydrates: Natural Hazard or Natural Resource?"
Since the 1970s, naturally occurring frozen methane hydrate has been recognized in oceanic sediments along the edges of continents around the globe. Learn how renowned geochemist Miriam Kastner is studying these enormous methane reservoirs and why she is striving to understand their potential impact on global warming and on the stability of sediments along vast stretches of the world's continental margins.
6:30 - 8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Presentation begins at 7 p.m.
Birch Aquarium at Scripps, 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla
Members Free
Non-Member Adult: $8.00
Non-Member Child: $8.00
RSVP on line: http://aquarium.ucsd.edu/Calendar/?type=lecture
May 13th, 2008 (Tue)
11:00 AM
Special Presentation Wally Broecker
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
Nierenberg Hall 101
11 a.m.
Title: "Lessons from Glacial Age Closed Basin Lakes"
May 13th, 2008 (Tue)
3:30 PM
Special Geophysics Seminar Riccardo Lanari
Senior Researcher
Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA, Italy)
IGPP 303/ Munk Conference Room
3:30 p.m.
Title: "The Small BAseline Subset (SBAS) algorithm, an InSAR technique for surface deformation analysis: basic rationale and key applications"
May 14th, 2008 (Wed)
11:00 AM
Special Presentation Wally Broecker
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
Sumner Hall
11 a.m.
Title: "Broecker's Prognosis Regarding Our Response to Global Warming"
May 14th, 2008 (Wed)
12:15 PM
Ecology Seminar Priyanga Amarasekare
UCLA
Vaughn 100
12:15 p.m.
Title: "Spatial Dynamics of Multi-trophic Communities: the Role of Dispersal Strategies"
May 14th, 2008 (Wed)
1:30 PM
Special Seminar - Atmospheric Chemistry Joseph S. Francisco
Department of Chemistry and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Purdue University
IGPP 303/ Munk Conference room
1:30 p.m.
Title: "Fundamental Interaction Between Atmospheric Radicals and an Aerosol Surface: A Molecular Picture of the Interface"
May 14th, 2008 (Wed)
3:30 PM
Physical Oceanography Seminar Jose Gomez-Valdes
Physical Oceanography Department, CICESE
Nierenberg 101
3:30 p.m.
Title: "Variability of Mixed Layer Temperature and Salinity off Baja California"
May 15th, 2008 (Thu)
10:00 AM
Special Presentation Wally Broecker
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
Vaughan Hall 100
10 a.m.
Title: "Implications of the Near Constancy of the Radiocarbon Age of Pacific Deep Water during the Last 20 kyrs"
May 15th, 2008 (Thu)
3:00 PM
Third Annual Richard H. and Glenda G. Rosenblatt Lectureship in Evolutionary Biology Richard E. Lenski
John Hannah Distinguished Professor of Microbial Ecology
Michigan State University
Title: "Evolution in Action: Bugs and Bytes"
Sumner Auditorium, Scripps Oceanography campus
8602 La Jolla Shores Drive
3 p.m.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
May 16th, 2008 (Fri)
12:15 PM
Marine Biology Seminar Bill Gerwick
Scripps
Hubbs 4500
12:15 p.m.
Title: "The Chemical Biology of Marine Cyanobacteria: Bioactive Secondary Metabolites and their Biosynthesis"
May 16th, 2008 (Fri)
1:30 PM
Dissertation Defense - King Dissertation Defense
Andrew King
Hubbs Hall 4500
1:30 PM
Title: "Iron distribution and phytoplankton iron limitation in the southern California Current System"
May 16th, 2008 (Fri)
3:00 PM
Environmental Science and Policy Seminar Marshall Saunders
Founder of the Citizen's Climate Lobby (CCL)
NTV 330
3 p.m.
Topic: Citizen's Climate Lobby, and what it has done and will be doing to bring about effective legislation on climate change.
May 19th, 2008 (Mon)
3:15 PM
Earth Section Weekly Seminar John Grotzinger
Caltech
Hubbs 4500
3:15 p.m.
Title: "Water on Mars"
May 20th, 2008 (Tue)
3:30 PM
CASPO Seminar Dr. Markus Jochum
NCAR
Nierenberg 101
3:30 p.m.
Title: "The Scripps-NCAR Connection: New Opportunities for Advances in Ocean, Atmosphere and Earth System Science through SUNNY"
May 21st, 2008 (Wed)
9:00 AM
WUN Earth Systems Seminar Professor Grant Bigg
University of Sheffield
SIO Admin Building, conference room 114
9 a.m.
Title: "The Synthesis of Modelling and Palaeodata: A Regional Perspective"
May 21st, 2008 (Wed)
12:15 PM
Ecology Seminar Robin Ross and Lang Quentin
UC Santa Barbara
Hubbs 4500
12:15 p.m.
Title: TBA
May 21st, 2008 (Wed)
3:00 PM
Dissertation Defense - Erisman Dissertation Defense
Brad Erisman
Hubbs Hall 4500
3:00 PM
Title: Reproductive Biology and Evolution of
Groupers, Seabasses, and Related Fishes
May 21st, 2008 (Wed)
3:30 PM
Physical Oceanography Seminar Tycho Huussen
Visiting Graduate Student, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Nierenberg 101
3:30 p.m.
Title: "Deep Mixing in the Indian Ocean. How much? Where? And How?"
May 22nd, 2008 (Thu)
4:00 PM
Applied Ocean Science Seminar Nicolas Le Dantec
Scripps
NTV 330
4 p.m.
Title: "Lithologic Control on Canyon Morphology"
Dissertation Defense - Hadley Dissertation Defense
Odelle Hadley
Hubbs Hall 4500
2:00 PM
Title: An Evaluation of Black Carbon Aerosol
Transport and Deposition to the California Mountain Snow Pack.
May 28th, 2008 (Wed)
3:30 PM
Physical Oceanography Seminar Paula Perez Brunius
Physical Oceanography Department, CICESE
Nierenberg 101
3:30 p.m.
Title: "Aspects of the Circulation in the Southern Gulf of Mexico Observed from Surface Drifters"
Dissertation Defense - Moseman Dissertation Defense
Serena Moseman
Hubbs Hall 4500
2:00 p.m.
Title: Diversity and function from the ground up: Microbial mediation of
wetland plant structure and ecosystem function via nitrogen fixation
