January 16

Julie O'Leary - Carnegie Institution of Washington

"Hydrogen isotope chemistry of the mantle"

January 23

Ron Cohen - Carnegie Institution of Washington

"The Future of Theoretical Mineral Physics"

January 30

Tom Wright - USGS

"Dynamics of magma supply to Kilauea volcano, Hawaii: integrating seismic, geodetic and eruption observations"

February 6

Mihaela Glamoclija - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington

"Biomarkers: Preservation in Mars Analog Environments"

February 13

Chris Kincaid - University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography

"Modeling the dance between mantle subduction and plumes: Implications for the Cascades - Yellowstone system"

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February 20

Ian MacGregor - National Science Resources Center

"Science Education at the Smithsonian"

February 27

Division of Mineralogy Staff - Smithsonian Institution

"DMS Mineralogists present highlights and acquisitions from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show"

March 4

Erwan Martin - University of Oregon

Special Tuesday Presentation

"Subduction in high fluid fluxing environments and the origin of high-δ18O lavas in Mt. Shasta, Cascade arc, California"

March 5

Erwan Martin - University of Oregon

"Oxygen isotope anomalies in volcanic sulfates: The impact of 'super-eruptions' on climate"

March 19

Robert Hazen - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute

"Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres"

March 26

Steve Sparks - University of Bristol

"The Eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat"

April 23

Tim McCoy - Smithsonian Institution

"Making science relevant in myaamia education using ašiihkiwi-kiišikwi (Earth-Sky) words and stories"

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April 30

Derek Schutt - University of Wyoming/NSF

"The Yellowstone Hotspot and How it Got That Way"

May 7

Tom Watters - National Air and Space Museum

"A New View of the Tectonics of Mercury from MESSENGER's First Flyby"

May 14

Bob Craddock - National Air and Space Museum

"Erosion and Modification of the Keanakako’i Tephra in Hawaii: Clues For Understanding Early Mars"

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May 21

Erik Klemetti - University of California Davis

"Crystal ages in rhyolite: What zircon and plagioclase can and can't tell us about magmatic processes"

May 28

Ann Nguyen - Carnegie Institution of Washington

"To be announced"

June 18

Michael Poland - US Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

"A heckuva year at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii"

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June 25

Matthew Fouch - Arizona State University

"To be announced"

September 10

Jessica Warren - Carnegie Institution of Washington

"Insights on mantle composition from ultra-slow spreading mid-ocean ridges"