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CONGRATULATIONS SPRING 2026 GRADUATES AND AWARD WINNERS!
A big congratulations to all of our EES graduates! In addition to degrees, a number
of awards were given out to EES students for outstanding scholarship and research.
Learn more on our new awards page.
DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT:
The Winter 2024 issue of the NMT alumni magazine, Gold Pan, is focused on water and EES faculty and students
are prominently featured - check it out to learn about the active research on water
in EES!
EES/Bureau Seminar Series
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| August 20, 2026 | SPECIAL SEMINAR EES faculty and NMBGMR staff, New Mexico Tech Title: Lightning talks about research and facilities in EES and NMBGMR |
| August 27, 2026 | Blase LaSala, NCKRI Title: Combining Aerial and Subterranean Lidar Reveals Structural Controls on Karst Flow Paths, Grand Canyon, USA |
| September 3, 2026 | Chelsea Neil, Los Alamos National Laboratory Title: Probing fluid behavior in nanoporous geomedia using small-angle neutron scattering |
| September 10, 2026 | NO SEMINAR - DEPARTMENT PICNIC |
| September 17, 2026 | Andrew Martin, University of Nevada Las Vegas Title: An oasis in the deep: Exploring beneath the waves for deep-sea mineral deposits |
| September 24, 2026 | Mitchell McLaughlin, New Mexico Tech Title: The Two Sides of Environmental Seismology: Monitoring Bedload Transport and Subsurface Changes Following Flash Floods |
| October 1, 2026 | Kara Brugman, University of New Mexico Title: TBD |
| October 8, 2026 | Alexis Ault, Utah State University Title: TBD |
| October 15, 2026 | Lara Beasley, Department of Energy Title: TBD |
| October 22, 2026 | Al Laase, Legacy Managment Title: TBD |
| October 29, 2026 | Glenn Spinelli, New Mexico Tech Title: Hydrothermal circulation in oceanic crust approaching the Cascadia subduction zone |
| November 5, 2026 | Jordan Ray, Valles Caldera Title: TBD |
| November 12, 2026 | SeongJu Jeong, NMBGMR Title: Stress-Drop Variations in Induced Seismicity: How Fluid Injection and Fault Heterogeneity Influence Earthquake Source Properties |
| November 19, 2026 | Lani Tsinnajinnie, University of New Mexico Title: TBD |
| November 26, 2026 | NO SEMINAR - THANKSGIVING |
| December 3, 2026 | Jade Comellas, Los Alamos National Laboratory Title: TBD |
EES Graduate Seminar Series (Spring only)
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| February 17, 2025 | Joe Hoberg: Field experiments on forward contamination in planetary analog environments |
| February 24, 2025 | Oscar Scholten: Geochemistry and Petrology of the Taos Plateau Volcanic Field Madeline Fresonke: Examining fluid flow as a mechanism for generating anomalously high heat along the margin of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone |
| March 3, 2025 | Kris Hashberger: Provenance of the Baca Formation in the Baca and Carthage-La Joya Basins, Central
New Mexico Kyle Gallant: Structural inheritance and the upper crustal record of tectonics in south-central New Mexico |
| March 10, 2025 | NO SEMINAR |
| March 17, 2025 | NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK |
| March 24, 2025 | Aadish Velmani: Hydrothermal Rare Earth Elements (REE) Partitioning into Fluorite: A Petrographic
and Fluid Inclusion Study from the Gallinas Mountains REE-bearing Fluorite Deposit,
NM Abelino Fernandez Leger: Predicting Fire Severity and Debris Flow Risk Using Bayesian Statistical Methods for The San Juan Chama Project |
| March 31, 2025 | Maxwell Briggs: Investigating the Impacts of Plate Flexure and Permafrost on Coastal Aquifer Dynamics:
Insights from the New Jersey Passive Margin Mitchell McLaughlin: Weird Seismology: Surprises from Recordings of Ground Motion |
| April 7, 2025 | Jonathan Anaya: Time-Temperature Inverse Modeling Strategies of Detrital Zircon U-Pb-He Modes Laura Rodriguez: Fungi in caves |
| April 14, 2025 | Noël Skocko: Compositional Variation and Storage Conditions Through Time at Mount Waesche, West
Antarctica Prajakta Mohite: Quantifying The Impact of Time-dependent Glacial Loading on Melt Generation and Transport: Insights- from Mt. Waesche, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica |
| April 21, 2025 | Dylan Morrison: Characterizing Groundwater Systems with Repeat Microgravity: An Escondida, NM Case
Study Charles Kershaw: The solubility and aqueous speciation of HREE (YPO4 and ErPO4) and LREE (CePO4) phosphates in high temperature saline hydrothermal fluids |
| April 28, 2025 | Chris Cox: Evaluation of Earth System Model snow simulations at over 800 locations across the
Western US Frederick LaCombe: TBD |