December 7, 2018
PhD Dissertation Defense
Alex O’Hara
The dissertation is entitled: Defining the width and average fracture frequency of fracture intensification domains using a partial least squares analysis, linear piecewise regression, and the Akaike information criterion: implications for the evolution of fracture-dominated fault damage zones
Place: 434 Cooke Hall
Time: 2:00 pm
November 15, 2018
MS Thesis Defense
Ian Dunning
Title: Mapping the Previous Extent of the Medusae Fossae Formation, Mars
Place: 435 Cooke Hall
Time: 12:00 pm
Pegrum Lecture
Dr. Molly Patterson (SUNY Binghamton)
Title: A Southern Hemisphere perspective on a 40-kyr problem
Place: 222 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
November 8, 2018
Pegrum Lecture
Dr. Anders Schomacker (Arctic University of Norway)
Title: Svalbard glaciers re-advanced during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition
Place: 222 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
October 25, 2018
Rick Jowett (BHP Billiton Petroleum, Houston TX)
Title: Age calibration and structural interpretation of a mega-3D seismic survey in the deep-water portion of Trinidad and Tobago
Place: 20 Knox
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
October 11, 2018
Paul Bembia (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA West Valley NY)
Title: Decontamination, Decommissioning and the Path Forward at West Valley
Place: 222 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
September 27, 2018
Dr. Ingo Sonder (University at Buffalo)
Title: Large experiments on magma-water interaction and other volcanic processes
Place: 222 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
February 13, 2018
Professor Masaki Hayashi (University at Calgary - Darcy Lecture)
Title: Alpine Hydrogeology: The critical role of ground water in sourcing the headwaters of the world.
Place: 434 Cooke Hall
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
February 22, 2018
Krisitn Poinar (University at Buffalo)
Title: Meltwater and its effects on, in, and under the Greenland Ice Sheet
Place: 216 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
March 8, 2018
Dr. Howie Scher (University of South Carolina - Ocean Discovery Lecture)
Title: Chasing ice through space and time - Reconstructing polar ice sheets through the Cenozoic using the marine sediment record.
Place: 216 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
March 29, 2018
Dr. Stuart Evans (University at Buffalo)
Title: Windblown dust in the climate system: observations, simulations, and impacts
Place: 216 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
April 19, 2018
Professor Charles Mitchell (University at Buffalo)
Title: The great Late Ordovician mass extinction: Paleobiological and geochemical insights from the plankton about the effects and causes.
Place: 216 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
Fall 2017 Pegrum Lectures
September 28, 2017
Professor Jeffrey Karson (Syracuse University)
Title: Subaerial Seafloor Spreading and Rift Propagation in Thick Oceanic Crust of Iceland
Place: 434 Cooke Hall (NEW LOCATION)
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
(Co-sponsor: The Center for Geohazards Studies)
October 12, 2017
Dr. Estelle Chaussard (University at Buffalo)
Title: Towards Global Assessment of Geohazards and Natural Resources
Place: 434 Cooke Hall
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
October 19, 2017
Dr. Luke Trusel (Rowan University)
Title: Surface melting on Earth’s ice sheets: linking the past, present, and future
Place: 434 Cooke Hall
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
November 9, 2017
Dr. Holly Schreiber (Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Natural Reserve)
Title: Putting 3D models to the test: quantifying the variability of mineralized lophore support structures in extant brachiopods
Place: 434 Cooke Hall
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
December 5, 2017
Dr. Christopher Lowry (University at Buffalo)
Title: Exploring Connections from Water Supply to Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
Place: 434 Cooke Hall
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshemnts, 3:45 Seminar
Spring 2017 Pegrum Lectures
February 9, 2017
Dr. Giday WoldeGabriel (Los Alamos National Lab)
Title: Complex Geophysical Processes and Coupled Paleobiological Records in the Eastern Africa Rift: Accidental Mixes or Unique Ecological Niches?
Place: 220 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments. 3:45 pm Seminar
(Co-sponsor: The Center for Geohazards Studies)
February 23, 2017
Professor Joseph Licciardi (University of New Hampshire)
Title: Tracking rates and styles of landscape disturbance using cosmogenic isotypes: case studies involving active faulting in Grand Teton National Park and caldera unrest at Laguna del Maule, Chile.
Place: 220 Natural Sciences Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
March 9, 2017
Professor Carlton Brett (University of Cincinnati)
Title: Mid-Paleozoic Environmental Stasis and Volatility: Linking patterns of physical process and biotic macroevolution
Place: 220 Natural Sciences Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
(Co-sponsor: Evolution, Ecology and Behavior)
March 16, 2017
Dr. Ananya Mallik (Bavarian Institute of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology, Germany)
Title: Crust-mantle interaction and melting of the Earth's heterogeneous upper mantle
Place: 220 Natural Sciences Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
April 12, 2017
Dr. Margarete A. Jadamec (University of Houston)
Title: Plate Boundary Zone Deformation in Three-dimensional Subduction Systems
Place: 434 Cooke Hall - North Campus
Time: 11:15 am Refreshments, 11:30 am Seminar
April 13, 2017
Dr. John Lane (USGS) Chief, Branch of Geophysics
Title: Multi-scale Hydrogeophysical Investigations to characterize aquifer systems and hydrologic processes
Place: 220 Natural Sciences Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
April 27th, 2017
Pegrum Awards Ceremony
Place: 434 Cooke Hall - North Campus
Time: 3:30 pm Awards Ceremony.
Refreshments will follow the ceremony in 435 Cooke
May 2, 2017
Dr. Mark Bebbington (Massey University, New Zealand)
Title: Estimating hazard from the Auckland Volcanic Field: When, where, how much and what.
Place: 434 Cooke Hall - North Campus
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
Fall 2016 Pegrum Lecture Series
September 22, 2016
Dr. Steven Berg (University of Waterloo)
Title: Integrated Hydrologic Modeling
Place: 222 Natural Science Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments. 3:45 pm Seminar
October 13, 2016
Dr. Indrani Das (Columbia University)
Title: Ice-atmosphere-climate interaction: Impact on mass balance and stability of ice sheets and mountain glaciers
Place: 222 Natural Sciences Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
October 27, 2016
Dr. Josef Werne (University of Pittsburgh)
Title: Paleo-biogeochemistry: Using chemical signals in mud to understand climate and environmental change in East Africa
Place: 222 Natural Sciences Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
December 1, 2016
Dr. Robert Jacobi (University at Buffalo)
Title: “The Final Lecture” or What I did During “Summer Vacation” for the past 36 years
Place: 222 Natural Sciences Complex
Time: 3:30 pm Refreshments, 3:45 pm Seminar
The Pegrum Lecture Series was established to honor Reginald H. Pegrum, founder of UB’s Geology Department. This series is funded in part by the Maurice Crook and Orrin Foster Lecture funds.
