Earth Sciences Seminars Series

Thank you for your participation in our seminar series! Your attendance at the biweekly seminars is very much appreciated by the students and faculty of Earth Sciences. All seminars are open to the public.

Seminar takes place on Thursdays from 12:15-1:20 pm in the Byker Auditorium (CBB 3), unless otherwise noted. Please contact the department at earth@montana.edu with any questions.

Fall 2026 Schedule

Date	Speaker(s)	Topic / Title
8/27 Procrastinator	Earth Sciences Dpartment	We Love Earth: Field Notes from Summer 2026
9/10 Byker Auditorium	Caden Howlet Assistant Professor of Geology, Department of Envionmental Science, University of Montana Western	Crustal shortening and thickening along the western margin of the Americas: the MSU to the Andes
9/24 Byker Auditorium	Eqi Luo	TBD
10/8 Byker Auditorium	Daniel Bose	TBD
10/22 Byker Auditorium	Yann Gavillot	TBD
11/5 Byker Auditorium	GIS/TBD	TBD
11/19 Byker Auditorium	Gordon Grant Research Hydrologist with USDA Forest Service at the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Corvallis, Orgron and also Courtesy Professor in College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Scinces at Oregon State Univeristy.	TBD
12/3 Byker Auditorium	TBD	TBD

Spring 2026 Schedule

Date	Speaker(s)	Topic / Title
1/15 Byker Auditorium	Dave Mogk Professor Emeritus & Senior Research Professor, Department of Earth Sciences	MT Geoheritage
1/29 Byker Auditorium	Mike Kaplan, DRI Professor Emeritus, Division of Atmospheric Sciences	Multi-Scale Dynamics of an Extreme Atmosphere/Earth Interaction Event: The Sahara-Spain-Sahara Dust Storm of March 2022
2/12 Byker Auditorium	Andrea Gaughan Professor, Department of Geographic and Environmental Sciences	Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Systems: Integrating Land-Cover Dynamics and Modelin
2/26 Byker Auditorium	Rebekah Kennedy Earth Sciences Graduate Student	The Deep-Time Tectonic and Thermal History of Southwest Montana
3/12 Barnard 103	Dr. Demian Hommel Associate Professor of Teaching	Engagement at Scale: Building Curiosity, Community, and Meaningful Learning in Large Earth Science Classrooms
4/2 Byker Auditorium	Dr. Jörg Matschullat Dartmouth College	Soils and Water Bodies: Reacting to Amazon Biome and Land-Use Change
4/30 Byker Auditorium	Dr. Haviv Avrahami Digital Collections and Field Specialist Musuem of the Rockies	MOR/3D Paleontology

Please check back frequently for updates to the seminar schedule.

To request disability accommodation or inform us of special needs, please contact Drew Waters at awaters@montana.edu or 406-994-3331.