CSI Brown Bag Seminar
Fall 2026 Schedule
The Fall 2026 CSI Seminar will be held in PAIS 1010 on Mondays from noon - 1pm
August 24th - Organizational meeting to determine speaker schedule
August 31st - Catt Peshek (EPS): Development and application of a kinetic, one-dimensional model for triple oxygen isotope evaporation from soil carbonates
September 14th - Cloe Knutson (EPS): Environmental controls on body water triple oxygen isotopes: a cross-tissue and temporal approach for paleoclimate reconstruction
September 21st - Tony Gargano (Lunar and Planetary Institute): Revisiting Oxygen Isotope Evolution, from Stellar Dust to Accretionary Feedstock
September 28th - Payal Banerjee (EPS): Triple Oxygen Isotopes in Pomacea Shells as a Proxy for Hydroclimate and Evaporation
October 5th - Lightning Talks: Alicia Clouser (EPS), Remi Olivola (EPS), Ian Wallace (Anthro)
October 19th - Emma Elliott Smith (Bio)
October 26th - Rachel Korstvedt (Bio)
November 2nd - Erin Ray (Anthro)
November 9th - Aidan Dunne (EPS)
November 16th - Shayne Halter (Bio)
November 23rd - Zach Sharp (EPS)
November 30th - Austin Murrell (Bio)
December 7th - Catt Peshek (EPS)
Training Programs and Courses
- Graduate Student Assistantships: 2 graduate assistantships per semester (one in Earth & Planetary Sciences and another in Biology) are offered to train graduate students in the daily operation of instrumentation, instrument maintenance, QA/QC protocols and data reduction.
- Courses: targeted to motivated undergraduates, graduates and postdoctoral researchers interested in learning more about the application of stable isotope analysis in the planetary, life and medical sciences. The laboratory experience will include full access and training on how to operate and maintain isotope ratio mass spectrometers.
- Stable Isotope Geochemistry (EPS 405): The aim of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of stable isotope geochemistry, and it’s application in the geosciences. In particular, lectures will focus on applications to paleoclimate reconstruction, metamorphic and igneous petrology, atmospheric science and meteoritics.
- Elemental Ecology (BIO 402/502): This aim of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the application of stable isotope measurements in ecology and environmental science. Lectures will address the theory underlying the application of stable isotopes at natural abundance levels as tracers and integrators of important ecological and environmental processes.
- Class website: http://sethnewsome.org/ee.html
- Stable Isotope Seminar (ANTH 502, BIOL 402/502, EPS 400): The CSI brown bag seminar is offered as a one credit course in the Anthropology, Biology, and Earth and Planetary Sciences departments.