Apply to host a GeoPRISMS Distinguished Speaker

GeoPRISMS Distinguished Lectureship Program (DLP), 2015-2016

Deadline: August 1, 2015

The GeoPRISMS Office is happy to announce the annual GeoPRISMS Distinguished Lectureship Program for academic year 2015-2016 with an outstanding speakers list. Distinguished scientists involved with GeoPRISMS science are available to visit US colleges and universities to present technical and public lectures on subjects related to GeoPRISMS science.

Any US college or university can apply to host a DLP speaker. Applications are due August 1, 2015 for visiting speakers in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016. Institutions that are not currently involved with GeoPRISMS research are strongly encouraged to apply, including those granting undergraduate or masters degrees, as well as those with PhD programs. Institutions may request a technical and/or public lecture. The GeoPRISMS Office will cover airfare for speakers’ travel and will coordinate travel and off-site logistics. Host institutions are responsible for local expenses for the duration of the visit.

Visit the GeoPRISMS website to apply and learn more about the speakers and talks available:

/education/distinguished-lectureship-program/

Also, please review the DLP Best Practices for making the most of your visiting speaker:

/education/distinguished-lectureship-program/geoprisms-dlp-best-practices/

Please direct any questions to the GeoPRISMS Office at info@geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com

The GeoPRISMS Office

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2015-2016 Speakers:

Elizabeth Cottrell (Smithsonian Institution)

Public Lecture: Volcanoes: Windows to the Deep

Technical Lecture: Oxygen Cycling Through Subduction Zones and the Generation of Continents

Bradley Hacker (UC, Santa Barbara)

Public Lecture: Earth’s Tempo: The Bleeding Edge of Geochronology

Technical Lecture: Differentiation of the Continental Crust by Relamination

Beatrice Magnani (Southern Methodist University)

Public Lecture: The legacy of ancient plate boundaries in continental intraplate deformation

Technical Lecture: From plate boundary to intraplate: understanding the role of paleotectonic structures in continental intraplate deformation

Andy Nyblade (Penn State University)

Public Lecture: The formation of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa:  Is there a Connection with Human Origins?

Technical Lecture: Cenozoic Rifting, Plateau Uplift, and Volcanism in Eastern Africa and the African Superplume

Robert J. Stern (University of Texas at Dallas)

Public Lecture: Geoscientific Investigations of the Southern Mariana Trench and the Challenger Deep

Technical Lecture: Convergent Plate Margins, Subduction Zones, and Island Arcs

Laura Wallace (University of Texas at Austin)

Public Lecture: The slow slip revolution: Leading to a better understanding of earthquakes

Technical Lecture: Sticky or Slippery? Controls on subduction megathrust behavior at the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand