EASC Seminar Series

Seminars are open to the general public and are offered in-person and online.  If you'd like to attend any of the "Online" events, please contact the EASC Graduate Secretary (eascgsec@sfu.ca) for information on how to join.

The Earth Sciences' Department hosts an ongoing seminar series in the Spring (Jan-Apr) and Fall (Sept-Dec) semesters of each year. Speakers for the Fall EASC Seminar Series are nearly set. All talks, unless otherwise noted, are on Thursdays from 2:30-3:30 p.m at SSB 7172 as well as Online via Zoom.

If you are interested in giving a presentation to the department, please contact Dr. James MacEachern

Fall 2023 Series

Date / Location
Speaker / Title

Thurs Sep. 14
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Eric Schmidtke
SFU EASC PhD Candidate, P-T Research Group

"New geochronological, geochemical and chronostratigraphic constraints on crustal evolution during Early Eocene extension in southeastern British Columbia and northeastern Washington."

Thurs Sep. 21
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Dr. Borhan Bagherpour
Department of Earth Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

"Permian - Triassic mass extinction, paleoenvironments, and stable isotope geochemistry in South China."

Thurs Sep. 28
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Amy Hsieh
SFU EASC PhD Candidate, ARISE Research Group

"Influence of a rapidly uplifting orogen on the preservation of climate signals."

Thurs Oct. 05
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Nakarí Díaz
Research Assistant, SFU EASC ARISE Research Group

"Facies asymmetry in a symmetrical delta: Storm-river flood deposition in the Viking Fm, Crossfield, AB."

Thurs Oct. 12
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Dr. Manuel Mendoza
Centre of Research in Environmental Geography, National Autonomous University of México

"Physical geography: Knowledge for land suitability and hazard evaluation."

Thurs Oct. 19
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Mahmud Muhammad
SFU EASC PhD Candidate, Physical Volcanology Research Group

"Multidisciplinary fusion: Leveraging structural geology, remote sensing imagery, and geotechnical numerical modelling for geothermal exploration and natural hazard assessment."

Thurs Oct. 26
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Dr. Murray Gingras
Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta

"Intertidal flat deposits: Problems with their identification in the rock record and why that is important."

Thurs Nov. 02
CANCELED

Ian Graham
nKwazi Resource Management Inc.

CANCELED

Thurs Nov. 09
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Dr. Sanaz Yajam
Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

"Geochemistry of A- type granites of Late Jurassic Northern Sanandaj- Sirjan Zone, Zagros, Iran."

Thurs Nov. 16
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Juan Anzieta
SFU, EASC PhD Candidate, Physical Volcanology Research Group

"Strengthening volcano hazards monitoring: Some machine learning insights."

Thurs Nov. 23
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Dr. Md Jamilur Rahman
Post Doctoral Fellow, SFU EASC, ARISE Research Group

"Building confidence in subsurface geological carbon dioxide injection (CCS) project"

Thurs Nov. 30
2:30 pm in
SSB 7172

Garth Kirkham
Kirkham Geosystems, Ltd.
GAC Howard Street Robinson Lecture Tour

"Fundamentals of Mineral Resource Estimation."