Past Speakers

2007 Lecturers

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Brian Atwater

Dr. Brian Atwater

The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 - A Trans-Pacific Detective Story

U.S. Geological Survey

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  • January 27th, 2007 - Southwestern Oregon Community College
  • March 15th, 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

Anne Sheehan

Dr. Anne Sheehan

Seeing Beneath Mt. Everest: Probing a Breeding Ground of Destructive Earthquakes

University of Colorado, Boulder

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  • 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

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Dr. Seth Stein

Dr. Seth Stein

Giant Earthquakes: Why, Where, When and What We Can Do

Northwestern University

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  • 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

Dr. Ed Garnero

Vibrations From the Deep: Deciphering the Birth and Death of the Earth's Surface

Arizona State University

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  • 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

Mary Lou Zoback

Dr. Mary Lou Zoback

The 1906 Earthquake - Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten, and Future Directions

U.S. Geological Survey

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  • 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

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Dr. Susan Hough

Dr. Susan Hough

The Very Long Reach of Very Large Earthquakes

U.S. Geological Survey

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  • 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

Dr. Michael Wysession

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and a Modern Journey to the Center of the Earth

Washington University

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  • January 1st, 2005 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History
  • April 2nd, 2005 - NSTA, Dallas
  • May 12th, 2005 - Maryland Science Center, Baltimore
  • May 13th, 2005 - Smithsonian, Washington, DC
  • June 21st, 2005 - Houston Museum of Natural Science
  • June 30th, 2005 - American Museum of Natural History, NYC
  • July 23rd, 2005 - Field Museum, Chicago
  • September 23rd, 2005 - Arizona Science Center
  • October 23rd, 2005 - St. Louis Science Center
  • November 15th, 2005 - Denver Museum of Nature and Science

2004 Lecturers

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David Wald

David Wald

Rapid Earthquake Information: Citizen Science and New Tools for Emergency Response

U. S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado

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  • 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

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.

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  • 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

Walter Mooney

The Discovery of the Earth: The Quest to Understand the Interior of our Planet

U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park

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  • February 3rd, 2003 - New Mexico Museum of Natural History
  • June 6th, 2003 - IRIS Annual Meeting
  • November 12th, 2003 - Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  • November 14th, 2003 Smithsonian, Washington, DC

Roger Bilham

Roger Bilham

Death and Construction: Earthquakes on an Urban Planet

University of Colorado, Boulder

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  • March 3rd, 2003 - Museum of Science, Boston
  • March 21st, 2003 - University of Texas, Austin
  • May 2nd, 2003 - SSA Meeting
  • September 12th, 2003 - Cleveland Museum of Natural History
  • October 16th, 2003 - St. Louis