The University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Fall 2001 Schedule

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

Wednesdays [with exceptions noted] -- 4:00pm

Albany: Earth Science Bldg. Room 232 [map and directions] - Rensselaer: SC 3W13 [map and directions]

September  October November/December
 
Date
Location
Speaker
Title
September 12
POSTPONED
Albany Dr. Thomas Birkland
University at Albany
Scientific Participation in Public Policy: The Case of Hurricanes and Earthquakes
September 19 --- No Seminar
September 26 RPI Dr. Timothy M. Sivavec
GE Corporate Research and Development Center
Permeable Reactive Barriers to Treat Contaminated Groundwater
RPI-GE Seminar Series
October 3 RPI Dr. Neil Sturchio
University of Illinois, Chicago
Revelations at Mineral-Water Interfaces from Synchrotron X-ray Scattering and Standing Waves
October 12
FRIDAY
Room  ES 325
Albany
Dr. Kurt Friehauf
Kutztown University
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Contrasting styles of porphyry
mineralization in New Guinea's wild west
October 17 RPI Dr. Katrina Edwards
 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Microbial rock and mineral transformations: Implications for carbon cycling
October 24
Rescheduled
Albany Dr.  Thomas Birkland
University at Albany
Scientific Participation in Public Policy: The Case of Hurricanes and Earthquakes
October 31 RPI Dr. Donna Bedard
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Molecular Approaches to Studying Microbes Involved in Two Biogeochemical Transformations: PCB Declorination and Anoxygenic Sulfide Oxidation
November 7 --- No Seminar
November 14 Albany Dr. Douglas Burns
US Geological Survey
Methods for Age-Dating Young Groundwater: Applications in Biogeochemical Studies in the Catskill Mountains and the Georgia Piedmont
November 28 RPI Dr. John Hanchar
George Washington University
Rare earth element composition of a "gem" quality zircon from the Mud Tank Carbonatite, Australia
December 5 RPI Dr. Jennifer Macalady
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Archaea, lipid monolayers, and life in acids

Rensselaer:  Johnsson-Rowland Science Center (third floor) SC 3W13

Albany: Earth Science Bldg. Room 232 - Refreshments served immediately following each lecture.

Other local area geological seminars:
Union College
New York Center for Studies on the Origins of Life
Hudson-Mohawk Professional Geologists Association

Past series: Fall 1997 Spring 1998  Fall 1998  Spring 1999  Fall 1999  Spring 2000  Fall 2000  Spring 2001

Albany Geological Sciences Program