Saturday
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2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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3:30 pm - 3:45 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
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3:45 pm - 4:30 pm |
Keynote Session: The Future of Organic Geochemistry
Discussion Leader: Cindy De Jonge (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
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3:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
Alex Sessions (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Organic Geochemistry: A Field with an Identity Crisis?"
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4:15 pm - 4:30 pm |
Discussion
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Biomarkers and Proxies
Discussion Leaders: Rebecca Smith (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) and Yuki Weber (Harvard University, USA)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Gabriella Weiss (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"Enhanced Paleosensitivity of the Alkenone Paleosalinity Proxy"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Emily Dearing Crampton-Flood (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Applying Bayesian Statistics to Assess Confounding Factors on the Branched GDGT Continental Paleothermometer"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Helen Habicht (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Arctic Hydroclimate and Vegetation Variability from 0-250 ka: Stable Isotope and Biogeochemical Records from Lake El'gygytgyn, NE Russia"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:20 pm |
Julia Krawielicki (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Rise and Fall of the Ethiopian Forests"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Sunday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 11:00 am |
Tracing Organic Matter
Discussion Leaders: Charlotte O'Brien (Yale University, USA) and Caitlyn Witkowski (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
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9:00 am - 9:20 am |
Hendrik Grotheer (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany)
"Assessing Permafrost Erosion in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, Herschel Island: A Biomarker and Radiocarbon Approach"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am |
Discussion
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9:30 am - 9:50 am |
Muhammed Usman (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Large-Scale Changes in Organic Matter Export from the Indian Subcontinent Linked to Holocene Climate Variability"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:20 am |
Mei Mei (University of Houston, USA)
"Improved Method for Simultaneous Determination of Saturated and Aromatic Biomarkers, Organosulfur Compounds and Diamondoids in Crude Oils by GC-MS/MS"
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10:20 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 10:50 am |
Xingqian Cui (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Depositional Environment of the South Atlantic Rift Basins"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am |
Discussion
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Mentorship Component: Career Panel
Discussion Leader: Loes van Bree (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Panel Discussion
Career Panel
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Aaron Diefendorf (University of Cincinnati, USA)
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Katherine French (U.S. Geological Survey, USA)
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Darci Rush (Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, The Netherlands)
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Lloyd Snowdon (University of Calgary, Canada)
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Johan Weijers (Shell, The Netherlands)
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Alex Sessions (California Institute of Technology, USA)
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
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3:00 pm |
Seminar Concludes
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