Seminar Lab Date Seminar Lab Subject Seminar Lab Presenter September 16, 2024 RANDY STROBEL, PH.D., PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF NATURAL SCIENCES, METROPOLITAN STATE U. FALL BANQUET – GEOLOGY OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER GORGE September 30, 2024 Plan, Core, Scan, Store: Facilitating Core Research Kat Cantner, M.Sc., Science & Outreach Coordinator for Continental Scientific Drilling Facility at U of Minnesota October 14, 2024 DAMAGING EARTHQUAKES CONTINUE IN OKLAHOMA NEARLY A DECADE AFTER PEAK WASTEWATER INJECTION (V) JACOB WALTER, PH.D., STATE SEISMOLOGIST, OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY October 28, 2024 Groundwater Governance in the Great Lakes States—from Well-Cobbled to Equitable and Sustainable? Carrie Jennings, Ph.D., Research and Policy Director, Freshwater Society November 11, 2024 GEOLOGICAL MAPPING HARVEY THORLEIFSON, PH.D., PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, U OF MN November 25, 2024 SHALE IN A NUTSHELL: AN OVERVIEW OF SHALE OIL AND GAS IN THE U.S. AND TEX-AS (V) TIM MCMAHON, PH.D., PROJECT MANAGER & PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR TIGHT OIL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT (TORA) CONSORTIUM December 9, 2024 BEAUTIFUL OHIO: SEDIMENTARY DREAMS DEBORAH NAFFZIGER, GSM January 27, 2025 TBD TBD February 10, 2025 SOILS HOLLY DOLLIVER, PH.D., DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF PLANT AND EARTH SCIENCE, U. OF WISCONSIN, RIVER FALLS. February 22, 2025 SATURDAY LAB, TOPIC TBD JEFF THOLE, GEOLOGY LABORATORY SUPERVISOR AND INSTRUCTOR AT MACALESTER COLLEGE. February 24, 2025 EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS STEPHAN DELONG, PH.D., USGS EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE CENTER AND VISITING PROFESSOR, U. OF MINNESOTA March 10, 2025 MINING (V) JOYASHISH THAKURTA, PH.D., RESEARCH MANAGER, NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE, U. OF MINNESOTA DULUTH April 7, 2025 ANCIENT SEAS, MODERN THRILLS! JOURNEY THROUGH MINNESOTA’S PALEOZOIC GEOLOGY ANDREW RETZLER, M.SC., SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGIST, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVE April 21, 2025 STROMATOLITE MORPHOLOGY AND DIVERSITY – HOW DID (MOSTLY) BRAINLESS POND SCUM BUILD LARGE, COMPLEX STRUCTURES? JULIE K. BARTLEY, PH.D., PROFESSOR, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE May 5, 2025 SPRING BANQUET – BEMIDJI AND BEMIDJI WEST (PEARL HARBOR). JARED TROST, M.SC., HYDROLOGIST WITH UPPER MIDWEST WATER SCIENCE CENTER, USGS Back to Current Year Schedule