The SEES Spring 2025 seminar schedule
All SEES seminars are free and open to the public. The Monday seminars are presented
in Blunt Hall 345 and begin at 2:30 p.m. unless noted otherwise.
February 24: Derek Spurgeon, MSU alumnus-M.S. 2022, B.S. 2017 Geology. Missouri Geololgical Survey,
"Why we map: using LiDAR and modern geologic principles to create high detail geologic
maps"
March 3: Dr. Wolfgang Alders, postdoctoral research in New York will present, "Settlement Dynamics in a Rapidly
Urbanizing Modern Landscape: Insights on Swahili Urbanism from Satellite Remote Sensing
and Field Survey in Zansibar, Tanzania," a ZOOM presentation.
March 31: Dr. Melissa A. Scruggs, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Wichita State University will present,
"What's inside of Earth's largest volcano? Using mineral chemistry and phase-equilibria
modeling to understand compositions and storage conditions of Mauna Loa magmas."
April 7: Dr. William Jackson, Assistant Professor, University of Memphis Department of Earth Sciences will present:
"Heavy minerals of the Cretaceous Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain"
April 28: Mr. Matt McKay, Associate Professor, MSU School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability, will make
a presentation on the cool tech stuff SEES has to offer our students.