Texas Tech University

Colloquium Schedule

2025-2026
Spring 2026

Yujie Zheng

UT Dallas

Geophsyics

January 23, 2026

Jason Julian

Texas State University 

Geography

January 30, 2026

Jenn Bernstein

Texas Tech University

Geospatial Sciences

February 6, 2026

Michaela Buenemann

New Mexico State 

Geography

Feburary 20, 2026

Marcela Loria-Salazar

University of Oklahoma

School of Meteorology

Feburary 27, 2026

Yangkang Chen

University of Texas  BEG

March 6, 2026

Julie Demuth

National Center for Atmospheric Research

March 27, 2026

Allan Tremian

Lunar and Planetary Institute 

Igneous and Metmorphic Petrology

April 10, 2026

Wendy Bohrson

Colorado School of Mines

Departmnent of Geology and Geological Engineering

April 17, 2026

Alexandria Johnson

Purdue University

Atmospheric Sciences

April 23, 2026 (note this is TH, not F)
FALL 2025

Dr. Camelia Knapp

Oklahoma State University

September 12, 2025

Dr. Aaron Celestian

University of Southern California

September 19, 2025

Dr. Alexis Ault

Utah State University

September 26, 2025

Dr. Nicolas Choquette-Levy

Penn State University

October 3, 2025

Dr. Adeyemi Adebiyi

University of California - Merced

October 10, 2025

Dr. Harry Rowe

Premier Oilfield Group

October 31, 2025

Dr. Bradford Johnson

Florida State University

November 7,2025

Dr. Alex Lusk

USGS

November 14, 2025

Dr. Steve Forman

Baylor University

November 21, 2025

2024-2025

Spring 2025

Tentative Schedule
 
TBD
January 27, 2025
 
Dr. Thomas Goebel
University of Memphis
January 31, 2025
 
Dr. HongBo Ma
Tsinghua University, Beijing,
February 7, 2025
 
Dr. Nils Asp Neto
Federal University of Para- UFPA
February 21, 2025
 
Dr. Jennifer Head 
Michigan State
February 28, 2025
 
Dr. Cassie Gaston
University of Miami
March 7, 2025
 
Dr. Ethan Grossman
Texas A&M
March 28, 2025
 
Dr. Giacomo Fontana
Texas Tech
April 4, 2025
 
Dr. Wenrong Cao
University of Nevada, Reno
April 11, 2025
 
Dr. Dan Sturmer
University of Cincinnati
April 18, 2025
 
Dr. Anastasia Pillrous
Penn State
April 25, 2025
 
 
 

Fall 2024

 
Dr. Crystal Cook Marshall
August 23rd
 
Dr. Lynn Soreghan
September 6th
 
Dr. Daniel Hirmas
September 13th 
 
Joe Termina
September 20th
 
Dr. Enrica Viparelli
September 27th
 
Dr. Luis Ladino 
October 11th
 
Dr. Adrienne Kropsch
October 18th
 
Dr. Mike Lamb
October 25th
 
Dr. Hadis Matinpour
November 1st
 
Dr. Anastasia Pilirous
November 15th
 
Dr. Joseph Kerski
November 22nd

2023-2024

Spring 2024 

January 19, 2024
Dr. Sebastian Harkema 
University of Alabama
Atmospheric Sciences
 
January 26, 2024
Dr. Paul Sutton
Univeristy of Denver
Sustainability
 
Feburary 2, 2024
Dr. Lindsay Worthington
University of New Mexico
Structural Geology
 
Feburary 9, 2024
Dr. Michael Galaty
Univeristy of Michigan
European Archaeology
 
Feburary 22, 23, 2024
Dr. Melissa Burt
Colorado State University
 
March 1, 2024
Dr. John Rakovan
New Mexico Tech
 
March 22, 2024
Dr. Stephen Strader
Villanova
 
April 5, 2024
Dr. Kyle Straub
Tulane University
Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
 
April 19, 2024
Dr. Barbara Ratschbacher
UC Davis
Igneous Petrology
 
April 26, 2024
Dr. Ryan Ewing
Texas A&M
Planetary Geology
 

Fall 2023 

August 25, 2023
Dr. Cal Barnes
Texas Tech Univeristy  
Magma defrosting and melt extraction, Ashland pluton, California and Oregon
 
September 1, 2023
Dr. Rebecca Vanderleest
West Texas A&M 
Tectonic subsidence modeling of backarc to retroarc basin development and uplift during Cordilleran orogenesis, Patagonian-Fuegian Andes
 
September 8, 2023
Dr. Liam Courtney-Davies
Univeristy of Colorado Boulder
Iron oxide Geochronology: Exploring a new chronometer from micro- to nanoscales 
     
Septmeber 29, 2023
Dr. Brandon McElroy
Univeristy of Wyoming
Paleohydraulics
 
October 6, 2023
Dr. Jeremy Inglis
Los Alamos National Lab
Instruments, Forensics, Turtles & Hot Sauce. The Role of an Isotope Geochemist at LANL
 
October 13, 2023
Dr. Daniella McCahey
Texas Tech Department of History
Geology and Geopolitics: Continental Drift Theory and the decline of Empire 
 
October 20, 2023
Dr. John Shaw
Univeristy of Arkansas
Feedbacks between Marshes and Channels on River Deltas
 
October 20, 2023
Dr. Michael French
SUNY-Stony Brook
What Can Polarimetric Radar Features in Supercells
Tell Us About Tornadoes?
 
October 27, 2023
Dr. Daniel Tong
George Mason University
Climate Change, Dust Storms, and Social Vulnerabilities in the United States
 
November 3, 2023
Dr. Jenny Hand
Colordao State University
Air quality and haze across the U.S over the past 30 years: past and current issues
 
November 10, 2023
Dr. Deon Knight
Vassar College
Nutrient Processing in the World’s Deltas: Experiences from the Tropics to the Arctic
 
November 17, 2023
Dr. Mayra I. Oyola Merced
University of Wisconsin
Aerosol Antics: Unleashing Weather's Mischievous Puppeteers with Modeling, Radiation, and Remote Sensing
 
November 20, 2023
Dr. Thomas Martin
UCAR/Unidata
AI/ML in Earth System Science
 
December 4, 2023
Dr. Corliss Kin I Sio
University of Toronto
Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Lecturer
Enigmatic archives of magmatic processes: Decoding mineral zoning and melt inclusions with Fe-Mg isotopes

2022-2023 

Snir Attia
April 28, 2023
Mauricio Perillo
April 21, 2023
Paul Schroeder
March 24, 2023
Jay Chapman
March 3, 2022
Margo Oldum
February 3, 2023
 
Michael Cheshire
January 27, 2023
 
Carol Wilson
January 20, 2023
 
Tandis Bidgoli 
November 18, 2022
 
Stance Hurst
November 10, 2022
 
Jeremy Rugenstein
October 28, 2022
 
James Roberts
October 21, 2022
 
Kyra Kim
October 7, 2022
 
Elena Mirnada
September 23, 2022
 
Aaron Pan
September 16, 2022
 
Matthew Jurjonas
September 13, 2022
 
Maximillian Buchholz
August 31, 2022

2021-2022 

Dr. Julia Cisneros
The Morphology of Aluuvial Sand Dunes
Nov 12, 2021
 
Dr. Gary Parker
University of Illinois, UIUC
Oct 29, 2021
 
Dr. Cal Barnes 
Sept 3, 2021
SCI 234 and Zoom 
Open-system evolution of a crustal-scale magma column, Klamath Mountains, California

 

 

 

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Department of Geosciences

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