2012 Lecturers
Dr. Gregory Beroza
Wayne Loel Professor; Department Chair; Department of Geophysics
Stanford University, School of Earth Sciences
Stanford, California
The Tortoise and the Hare:
Slow vs Fast Earthquakes
- September 17, 2013 - University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Fairbanks, Alaska
- October 24, 2012 - IRIS Headquarters, AAAS Building - Washington, DC
- November 13, 2012 - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Science Pub -Portland, Oregon
- January 20, 2013 - Southwestern Oregon Community College - Coos Bay, Oregon
- February 18, 2013 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dr. Miaki Ishii
Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard Seismology Group
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dissecting Giant Earthquakes:
Things We Didn't Know
- April 24, 2012 - American Museum of Natural History - New York City, New York
- April 28, 2012 - Fernbank Science Center - Atlanta, Georgia
- October 12, 2012 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History - Cleveland, Ohio
- October 12, 2012 - University of Ottawa - Ottawa, Ontario Canada
- January 26, 2013 - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers, NJ
2011 Lecturers
Dr. M. Beatrice Magnani
Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI)
Univerisity of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
The New Madrid Earthquakes
Two Hundred Years Later:
What Have We Learned About
Earthquakes at the Center of
Tectonic Plates?
- April 28, 2011 - Pink Palace Family of Museums, Sharpe Planetarium - Memphis, Tennessee
- October 14, 2011 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History - Cleveland, Ohio
- October 21, 2011 - Southwestern Oregon Community College - Coos Bay, Oregon
- October 27, 2011 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science - Albuquerque, New Mexico
- January 19, 2012 - Adventure Science Center - Nashville, Tennessee
Dr. Wayne D. Pennington
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan
and
US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
Preparing for the Future: Scientific and Humanitarian
Lessons from the Haiti and Japan earthquakes
Click to watch Dr. Pennington's lecture at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
- March 7, 2011 - Allendale Columbia School - Rochester, New York
- March 15, 2011 - Konover Auditorium, University of Connecticut, Storrs Campus - Storrs, Connecticut
- April 21, 2011 - Fernbank Science Center - Atlanta, Georgia
- April 25, 2011 - American Museum of Natural History - New York City, New York
- September 12, 2011 - Special Events Center, Boise State University - Boise, Idaho
- February 22, 2012 - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Science Pub - Portland, Oregon
2010 Lecturers
Dr. Stephen Malone
Predicting Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions:
What Can and Can't Now Be Done
University of Washington
Watch video of Dr. Stephen Malone's lecture at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
The lecture is divided into 7 video clips that are appro
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7
- March 19, 2010 - National Science Teacher's Association (NSTA), Philadelphia, PA
- April 20, 2010 - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, OR
- May 6, 2010 - American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY
- September 7, 2010 - The Merc Playhouse, Twisp, WA
- September 30, 2010 - Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
- November 16, 2010 - Rice University, Houston, TX
- November 18, 2010 - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Brian Stump
Forensic Seismology and Nucler Testing:
The Detective Work of Seismologists
Southern Methodist University
- October 15, 2010 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
- November 8, 2010 - Utah State University, Logan, UT
- November 30, 2010 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM
- January 29, 2011 - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2009 Lecturers
Dr. Richard C. Aster
Taking Earth's Pulse and Temperature Using Seismology:
Roaring Oceans and Singing Icebergs
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technolgy
Watch video of Dr. Aster's Lecture at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History
- March 12, 2009 - Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, GA
- March 24, 2009 - Aquarium of the Pacific, Longbeach, CA
- April 22, 2009 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM
- May 20, 2009 - Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- June 24, 2009 - American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY
- October 26, 2009 - Albuquerque Gem and Mineral Club, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM
- November 5, 2009 - University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
- April 29, 2010 - Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Dr. Aaron A. Velasco
Can a Large Earthquake in Another Country Cause One in Your Backyard?
University of Texas at El Paso
Watch video of Dr. Velasco's Lecture at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History
- February 21, 2009 - Southwestern Oregon Community College, Coos Bay, OR
- April 15, 2009 - Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO
- September 2, 2009 - School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State Unviversity, Tempe, AZ
- September 22, 2009 - Humboldt State University - Arcata, CA
2008 Lecturers
Dr. Uri ten Brink
Peace and Science in the Middle East
U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Science Center
Listen to Uri on
the Science and the City Podcast by The New York Academy of Sciences
- February 19, 2008 - Penn State, University Park, PA
- April 29, 2008 - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- May 29, 2008 - Oregon State University, Eugene, OR
- June 12, 2008 - American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
- October 17, 2008 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Cliff Frohlich
Deep Earthquakes and the Secret of Seismology
University of Texas at Austin
- February 19, 2008 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuguerque, NM
- March 3, 2008 - Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI
- April 11, 2008 - Carleton College, Northfield, MN
- April 15, 2008 - Grinnel College, Grinnell, IA
- September 4, 2008 - University of Hawaii, Hawaii, HI
- September 16, 2008 - Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
- September 22, 2008 - Hanover College, Madison, IN
- October 10, 2008 - Rio Grande Valley Science Association Conference, Mercedes, TX
2007 Lecturers
Dr. Brian Atwater
The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 - A Trans-Pacific Detective Story
U.S. Geological Survey
View Video from Dr. Brian Atwater's Lecture
- January 27, 2007 - Southwestern Oregon Community College
- March 15, 2007 - Dalhousie University
- September 4, 2007 - Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
- October 3, 2007 - Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- October 17, 2007 - Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
- October 19, 2007 - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- October 23, 2007 - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
- October 24, 2007 - Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
- November 7, 2007 - Portland State University, Portland, OR
- November 14, 2007 - Earlham College, Richmond, IN
Dr. Anne Sheehan
Seeing Beneath Mt. Everest: Probing a Breeding Ground of Destructive Earthquakes
University of Colorado, Boulder
- March 6, 2007 - Michigan Tech - Rozca Center Great Events Lecture
- March 20, 2007 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History
- May 3, 2007 - University of Alaska at Fairbanks
- June 14, 2007 - American Museum of Natural History, New York City
- August 14, 2007 - Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX
- October 19, 2007 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH
- October 23, 2007 - Smith College, Massachusetts, Northampton, MA
Additional Talks
- Februrary 23, 2007 - Golden West Senior center, Boulder, Colorado
- March 6, 2007 - Michigan Tech, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
- March 20, 2007 - University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- June 26, 2007 - Arvada North Middle School, Science Teacher Workshop
- October 1, 2007 - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- October 12, 2007 - California Institute of Technology, Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
- October 23, 2007 - Smith College, Sigma Xi Luncheon
- November 28, 2007 - San Diego State University - View Video
2006 Lecturers
Dr. Seth Stein
Giant Earthquakes: Why, Where, When and What We Can Do
Northwestern University
- February 17, 2006 - National Museum of Natural History
- March 7, 2005 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
- April 27, 2006 - University of Alabama
- May 8, 2006 - San Diego Natural History Museum
- September 13, 2006 - Waubonsee Community College
- October 13, 2006 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- October 18, 2006 - University of Texas, Austin
- October 28, 2006 - Evanston Township High School
- November 15, 2006 - University of Oklahoma
Dr. Ed Garnero
Vibrations From the Deep: Deciphering the Birth and Death of the Earth's Surface
Arizona State University
- May 17, 2006 - San Diego Natural History Museum
- September 19, 2006 - Houston Museum of Science
- October 6, 2006 - Arizona Science Center
- November 14, 2006 - Palms Springs Public Library
Dr. Mary Lou Zoback
The 1906 Earthquake - Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten, and Future Directions
U.S. Geological Survey
- March 15, 2006 - University of California, Santa Cruz
- March 22, 2006 - University of Utah
- April 8, 2006 - NSTA, Anaheim
- April 26, 2006 - San Diego Natural History Museum
- June 13, 2006 - American Museum of Natural History
2005 Lecturers
Dr. Susan Hough
The Very Long Reach of Very Large Earthquakes
U.S. Geological Survey
- February 4th, 2005 - Museum of Science, Boston
- January 26th, 2005 - UC Santa Cruz
- April 28th, 2005 - SSA meeting
- May 17th, 2005 - Houston Museum of Natural Science
- November 5th, 2005 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- November 18th, 2005 - Washington, DC
Dr. Michael Wysession
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and a Modern Journey to the Center of the Earth
Washington University
- January 1, 2005 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History
- April 2, 2005 - NSTA, Dallas
- May 12, 2005 - Maryland Science Center, Baltimore
- May 13, 2005 - Smithsonian, Washington, DC
- June 21, 2005 - Houston Museum of Natural Science
- June 30, 2005 - American Museum of Natural History, NYC
- July 23, 2005 - Field Museum, Chicago
- September 23, 2005 - Arizona Science Center
- October 23, 2005 - St. Louis Science Center
- November 15, 2005 - Denver Museum of Nature and Science
2004 Lecturers
David Wald
Rapid Earthquake Information: Citizen Science and New Tools for Emergency Response
U. S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado
- March 26, 2004 - UT Austin (Archived Lecture)
- April 16, 2004 - SSA Meeting, Palm Springs
- May 12, 2004 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History
- September 8, 2004 - University of Colorado, Boulder
Dr. David E. James
Revealing the mysteries of the earth's deep interior: Plates, plumes, and the birth of modern seismology
Research Geophysicist, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
- April 30, 2004 - Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
- June 10, 2004 - IRIS Annual meeting, Tucson
- July 29, 2004 - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- September 30, 2004 - Denver Museum of Nature and Science
2003 Lecturers
Walter Mooney
The Discovery of the Earth: The Quest to Understand the Interior of our Planet
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park
- February 3, 2003 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History
- June 6, 2003 - IRIS Annual Meeting
- November 12, 2003 - Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- November 14, 2003 - Smithsonian, Washington, DC
Roger Bilham
Death and Construction: Earthquakes on an Urban Planet
University of Colorado, Boulder
- March 3, 2003 - Museum of Science, Boston
- March 21, 2003 - University of Texas, Austin
- May 2, 2003 - SSA Meeting
- September 12, 2003 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- October 16, 2003 - St. Louis
