Name: Prof Richard Katz
Universtiy of Oxford

Events this person is hosting:

Friday 2 June 2017 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Rift dynamics across the scales: From shear zones and rift basins to plate motions and paleo-climate
Date: 2 June 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Dr Sascha Brune (GFZ Germany )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)

Friday 20 October 2017 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘A path beyond plate tectonics?’
Date: 20 October 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Prof Nicolas Coltice (Université Claude Bernard,Lyon)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Friday 16 October 2015 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Microbial Sulfur Cycling & The Impacts of Depositional Environment on δ34S Records: Rethinking Stratigraphic Trends and Biogeochemical Interpretations
Date: 16 October 2015, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof David Fike (Washington University)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Melissa Murphy (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 October 2015 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Understanding sulfur isotopes in modern and ancient marine sediments: From the microbial to the global scale
Date: 23 October 2015, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof Itay Halevy (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 October 2015 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Geological cycles and a two-stage history of the Continental Crust
Date: 30 October 2015, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof chris Hawkesworth (University of Bristol)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Dr Rosie Jones (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 November 2015 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Precursors and properties of small earthquakes in California
Date: 6 November 2015, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Jessica Hawthorne (University of Leeds)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Associate Prof Karin Sigloch (University of Oxford )

Friday 13 November 2015 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Exploration of the Deep Hydrosphere and Subsurface Life in the Precambrian Continents’
Date: 13 November 2015, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof Barbara Sherwood-Lollar (Univeristy of Toronto)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Dr Oliver Warr (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 November 2015 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Crustal-scale degassing and igneous mush re-organisation: a generic concept applied to episodic volcanism at the Soufrière Hills Volcano Montserrat
Date: 19 November 2015, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof Stephen Sparks (University of Bristol)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Dr Mel Rodgers (Universtiy of Oxford)

Friday 27 November 2015 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

How seismic waves can be used to constrain landslide dynamics and rheology’
Date: 27 November 2015, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof Anne Mangenay (Institut de Physique du globe de Partis )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Dr James Moore (Oxford University)

Friday 4 December 2015 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The role of the mantle in oceanic transform fault deformation’
Date: 4 December 2015, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof Jessica Warren (University of Delaware)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 October 2016 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Biotic and abiotic controls on the origin of a modern grassland ecosystem over the last five million years
Date: 14 October 2016, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Prof David Fox (University of Minnesota)
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 October 2016 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

'Blobs in the bowels of the Earth'
Date: 21 October 2016, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Prof Jeroen Ritsema (University of Michigan)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Associate Prof Tarje Nissen-Meyer (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 October 2016 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Reaction-induced cracking during mineral carbonation: Evidence from time-resolved microtomography
Date: 28 October 2016, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Prof Wen-Lu Zhou (University of Maryland)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 November 2016 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Space Instrumentation in Oxford Physics: To the Moon, Mars and beyond then back again’
Date: 4 November 2016, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Dr Neil Bowles (Oxford University)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 November 2016 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Modern-day uptake of CO2
Date: 11 November 2016, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Prof Andrew Watson (University of Exeter)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: lex
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 November 2016 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

New insights into the (paleo)sulfur cycle’
Date: 18 November 2016, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Dr Guillaume Paris (University of Lorraine)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 November 2016 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Of fossils and genes – amphibian evolution through deep time
Date: 25 November 2016, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Dr Nadia Fröbisch (Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institut Berlin)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Dr Roger Benson (University of Oxford )

Friday 2 December 2016 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Reconstructing fracture opening histories and timing using structural diagenesis'
Date: 2 December 2016, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Dr Stephen Laubach (University of Texas at Austin)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 January 2017 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Seconds after impact: Insights into the thermal history of tektites
Date: 20 January 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 1st week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Prof Ed Stolper (California Institute of Technology)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 January 2017 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

'Greater than the sum of the parts: grain boundaries in the mantle’
Date: 27 January 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Prof David Dobson (University College London)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 February 2017 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

‘An astrophysicists’ view of the emergence of terrestrial vertebrates’
Date: 3 February 2017, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 February 2017 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Controls on the distribution of Phanerozoic tin and tungsten mineralization’
Date: 10 February 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Prof Rolf Romer (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 February 2017 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Are the Zinc Isotopes Sensitive Tracers of the Mantle Differentiation Processes?’
Date: 17 February 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Prof Nadine Matielli (Université Libre de Bruxelles )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 February 2017 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Magnetite pollution nanoparticles in the human brain: possible links with Alzheimer’s disease?’
Date: 24 February 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Prof Barbara Maher (University of Lancaster)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 March 2017 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

‘The mantle transition zone structure beneath Europe: from slab to plume and beyond’
Date: 3 March 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Dr Sanne Cottaar (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 March 2017 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Evidence for an ancient redox-stratified lake in Gale crater, Mars’
Date: 10 March 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Dr Joel Hurowitz (Stony Brook University )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Associate Professor Nick Tosca (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 May 2017 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Cosmic dust - the fossil shooting stars
Date: 12 May 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Dr Matthew Genge (Imperial Colege London)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 May 2017 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Sea level on a deforming Earth
Date: 19 May 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Dr Jacky Austermann (Cambridge)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Prof Barry Parsons (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 May 2017 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Ecosystem Evolution in a Greenhouse World
Date: 26 May 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Dr Randall Irmis (NHM Utah)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Dr Roger Benson (University of Oxford )

Friday 2 June 2017 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Rift dynamics across the scales: From shear zones and rift basins to plate motions and paleo-climate
Date: 2 June 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Dr Sascha Brune (GFZ Germany )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)

Friday 9 June 2017 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Past and future Pacific ocean upwelling
Date: 9 June 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Dr Chris Brierley (University College London)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Helen Johnson (University of Oxford)

Friday 16 June 2017 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Deciphering Earth History: Coupling sedimentological and geochemical insights to ancient and modern carbonates
Date: 16 June 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Dr Catherine Rose (Trinity College Dublin)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Dr Stuart Robinson (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 October 2017 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 13 October 2017, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Prof Raymond Pierrehumbert (AOPP)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

‘What terminated the Boring Billion?’
Date: 13 October 2017, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Prof Raymond Pierrehumbert (AOPP)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford )

Friday 20 October 2017 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘A path beyond plate tectonics?’
Date: 20 October 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Prof Nicolas Coltice (Université Claude Bernard,Lyon)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)

A path beyond plate tectonics
Date: 20 October 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Prof Nicolas Coltice (Université Claude Bernard,Lyon)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Friday 27 October 2017 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Sources and fluxes of carbon from arc volcanoes’
Date: 27 October 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Dr Marie Edmonds (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Friday 3 November 2017 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Geological emissions of methane to the atmosphere: an updated overview’
Date: 3 November 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Giuseppe Etiope (Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Friday 10 November 2017 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Reef boom and doom in deep time: explaining the rise and fall of Phanerozoic reef systems’
Date: 10 November 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Prof Wolfgang Kiessling (Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Friday 17 November 2017 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Small things matter: nanoscale control of geological processes’
Date: 17 November 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Dr Oliver Plümper (Utrecht University)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘On the origins of recent intraplate volcanism in eastern Australia: Insights from seismic imaging and geodynamic modelling’
Date: 24 November 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Prof Nicholas Rawlinson (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Friday 1 December 2017 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

'The obvious and the weaker aspects of the deep carbon cycle'
Date: 1 December 2017, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Prof Pierre Cartigny (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 January 2018 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

‘Origin of water on the Moon’
Date: 19 January 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 1st week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Evelyn Füri (Centre de Recherches Petrohraphiques et Gechimiques)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

‘A periscope to kaleidoscope view of earth processes from seismic imaging’
Date: 26 January 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Stéphane Rondenay (University of Bergen )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Friday 2 February 2018 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

‘Sources and fluxes of carbon from arc volcanoes’
Date: 2 February 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr Marie Edmonds (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 February 2018 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Energy and matter at the origin of life’
Date: 9 February 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Prof Nick Lane (University College London IRIS)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 February 2018 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Dynamics of Aseismic Slip’
Date: 16 February 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr Hugo Perfettini (Joseph Fourier University Grenoble )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Friday 23 February 2018 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Volatiles and Volcanic Vigor’
Date: 23 February 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Prof Terry Plank (Columbia University)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 March 2018 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Latitudinal biodiversity gradients in deep time’
Date: 2 March 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Dr Susannah Maidment (University of Brighton )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 March 2018 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Jungle Volcano: the descent into Nyiragongo’
Date: 9 March 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Prof Christopher Aiden-Lee Jackson (Imperial College London)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 May 2018 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Protons to Planets: Materials Simulation as a Window into the Molten Earth
Date: 4 May 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof Lars Stixrude (University College )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 May 2018 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Sink or stall: subduction-transition zone dynamics
Date: 11 May 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof Saskia Goes (Imperial College London )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Host: TBC

Friday 18 May 2018 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Earth's Early Atmosphere and Biogeochemistry
Date: 18 May 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof David Catling (University of Washington )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 May 2018 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Putting the Brakes on Climate Change: sub-Seafloo Carbon Storage and Enhanced Weathering
Date: 25 May 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof Rachael James (University of Southampton )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 June 2018 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Systems Paleobiology
Date: 1 June 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof Andrew Knoll (Harvard University )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 June 2018 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

On the origin(s) of the atmosphere and the oceans. Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture
Date: 8 June 2018, 16:30 - 17:30 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof. Bernard Marty (Université de Lorraine CRPG-CNRS )
Venue Details: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 June 2018 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Variations and healing of the seismic velocity in Earth materials
Date: 15 June 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof Roel Snieder (Colorado School of Mines )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 8 October 2018 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Corals on Acid - Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs
Date: 8 October 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Adina Paytan (University of California )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 October 2018 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Why Extensional Detachment Faults Are Still A Problem
Date: 12 October 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Nick Christie-Blick (Columbia University )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 October 2018 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Extra-solar planets: detection, population studies and atmospheric characterisation
Date: 19 October 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Suzanne Aigrain (Oxford University )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 October 2018 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Tectonics, climate, and copper in the Central Andes: Insights from (U-Th)/He hematite geochronology
Date: 26 October 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Frances Cooper (University of Bristol )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 November 2018 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Responsible Sourcing of Minerals
Date: 2 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Frances Wall (Cambourne School of Mines )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 November 2018 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

4D imaging of elastic properties and damage in crustal using laboratory-scale seismic tomography
Date: 9 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Nicolas Brantut (University College)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: seminar rooms
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Elucidation of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system of the oceanic mantle via broadband ocean bottom seismology
Date: 16 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Hitoshi Kawakatsu (Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

How to measure 3 trillion tons of ice
Date: 23 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Andrew Shepherd (University of Leeds )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 November 2018 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The where, how and when of sulphate in carbonates
Date: 30 November 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Catherine Rose (University of St Andrews )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 January 2019 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

‘Impacts of flexible plankton stoichiometry on global ocean biogeochemistry’
Date: 18 January 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 1st week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Prof Katsumi Matsumoto (University of Minnesota (visiting Professor @ University of Oxford) )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Prof Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

‘Toward monitoring the ocean activity from seismic signal’
Date: 25 January 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Prof Elenore Stutzmann, IPGP (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Prof Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 February 2019 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

‘Can the fossil record help to inform modern day conservation efforts?’
Date: 1 February 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Tracy Aze (University of Leeds)
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Prof Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 February 2019 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

‘The Ediacaran-Cambrian rise of early animals’ *** CANCELLED***
Date: 8 February 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 4th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Prof Rachel Wood (Edinburgh University )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Prof Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

'Neogene Geochemical Proxy Records: Implications for Future Sea Level Change’
Date: 15 February 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Prof Carrie Lear (Cardiff Univeristy )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Prof Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 February 2019 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

‘Sinking slabs through time: connecting mantle potential temperature to oceanic lithosphere buoyancy'
Date: 22 February 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 6th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Owen Weller (Cambridge Univeristy )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Prof Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 March 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture - Prof Alex Halliday of Columbia University NY ***CANCELLED***
Date: 1 March 2019, 15:30 - 16:30 (Friday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Prof Alex Halliday (Columbia University NY )
Venue: Beecroft Building ,
Venue Details: Martin Wood lecture theatre
Organisers: Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Dr Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 March 2019 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

'Climate and carbon-cycle change in the Paleocene-Eocene: what can the 'boring background' tell us?’
Date: 8 March 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 8th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Kate Littler (Exeter University )
Venue: Department of Earth Sciences, South Parks Road OX1 3AN
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Prof Nick Tosca (University of Oxford ), Jennifer Felsenberg (University of Oxford ), Prof Richard Katz (Universtiy of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA