AQC Visiting Speaker Series 2007-2008

The Alaska Quaternary Center has funded many distinguished researchers to visit the University of Alaska Fairbanks and give talks about their research. Our invited speaker program provides an opportunity for students and faculty to interact with reseachers from other institutions. Click here to read about speakers that the AQC has sponsored in the past.

Speaker and Affiliation

Date, Time, and Venue

Title

Links & Comments

Dr. Leonid Polyak
Byrd Polar Research Center Ohio State University

AQC Public Lecture

Thursday, April 24, 2008;
3:30 PM 401 IARC UAF

Paleoclimatic perspectives of the changing Arctic Ocean

Link to abstract

Leonid will also visit Anchorage April 21-22. Contact Owen Mason for information about his schedule there 

Leonid Polyak's home page

AQC/Geology Seminar

Friday, April 25, 2008;
3:30 PM 201 Reichardt Bld UAF

Quaternary paleoceanography and glacial history of the Arctic Ocean

Link to abstract

Dr. Joanne Bourgeois
Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008;
7:00 PM at University of Alaska Museum of the North;
Arnold Espe Auditorium, UAF

Ten summers of paleoseismology in the Russian Far East -- earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and adventure on Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands

Jody will also visit Anchorage Feb. 25-27, 2008. Contact Owen Mason for information about her schedule there

Jody Bourgeois' home page

Link to abstracts

Friday, Feb. 29, 2008;
3:30 PM 201 Reichardt Bld., UAF (Geology and Geophysics Seminar)

Does Kamchatcka belong to North America? This and other neotectonic questions addressed by tsunami and terrace studies

Dr. Susan Kaplan
Peary-Macmillan Arctic Museum
Bowdoin College, Maine

Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007;
7:00 PM University of Alaska Museum of the North;
Arnold Espe Auditorium, UAF

The Boilers Went to Pieces, the Ship was on Fire: Untold Stories of Robert E. Peary's North Pole Expeditions

Susan will also visit Anchorage Oct. 9-10, contact David Yesner at UAA for information about her Anchorage schedule

Kaplan's web page

Link to abstracts

Friday, Oct 12, 2007;
3:30 PM 304 Eielson Bld. UAF

From Forested Bays to Tundra-Covered Passes: Inuit and Transformation of the Labrador Landscape

Dr. James Kennett
University of California,
Santa Barbara

Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007; 7:00 PM, 208 Gruening Building, UAF

Extraterrestrial Impact at 12,900 years ago over North America: Megafaunal Extinction, Clovis Collapse, Climate, and Other Consequences

Friday, Sept. 14 , 2007;
3:30 pm 201 Reichardt Building (formerly Natural Sciences Facility), UAF campus

Abrupt Climate and Ocean Changes during the Late Quaternary: Possible Causes and Processes