Schedule

ESS Research Gala March 26th-March 29th, 2024

Keynote Address will be in JHN 102

All other sessions will take place in JHN 162 

Poster Hall will be in the back hallway, 100 floor, near JHN 170

updated 3/25/24

Tuesday, March 26th

Opening Remarks (9:15am - 9:30am) 

Petrology, Structure, and Tectonics I (9:30am - 10:15am):

William Hoover (9:30am - 9:45am)

Subduction interface talc controlled by Mg loss, not Si gain: Insights from Mg isotopes

Anna Ledeczi (9:45am - 10:00am)

Investigating seismogenic zone processes via an exhumed Cascadia paleo-megathrust fault in the Olympic subduction complex

Nicole Aikin (10:00am - 10:15am)

Timing is everything in the right context - Monazite Petrochronology of the Grand Canyon Vishnu Schist reveals the lifecycle of an Orogen

Break (10:15am - 10:30am) 

Petrology, Structure, and Tectonics II (10:30am - 11:30am):

Alysa Fintel (10:30am - 10:45am)

Architecture of an Active Tsunamigenic Splay Fault: Outcrop to micro-scale structure of the Patton Bay Fault, Montague Island, Alaska

Break (10:45am - 11:00am)

Sophie Johnson (11:00am - 11:15am)

Rheology of a foundering arc root from the Northern Andes from naturally deformed xenoliths

Lunch (11:30am - 1:00pm) 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (1:00pm - 2:00pm):

Alysa Fintel and Nicole Aikin (1:00pm - 1:15pm)

Disability Resources and Accessibility within the Department

Madeleine Lucas (1:15pm - 1:30pm)

Integrating culture and science at the Quileute Tribal School through community-driven earthquake monitoring

Jess Ghent  (1:30pm - 1:45pm)

Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala: Inequities and ways of living following the 2005 Panabaj landslide

Tamara Aranguiz (1:45pm - 2:00pm)

Code to Communicate: Empowering Bilingual Connections in Earth Science

Break (2:00pm - 2:15pm) 

Outreach and Education (2:15pm - 3:00pm):

Autum Downey, Lucas Fifer, and Pete Wynn (2:15pm - 2:30pm)

Raising eSTEAM: Providing Tutoring & Hands-on Science Activities to Incarcerated Youth

Jessica Ghent (2:30pm - 2:45pm)

Considering evacuation realities in Fuego Volcano’s active hazard zones

Anna Ledeczi (2:45pm - 3:00pm)

Rockin' Out: Earth Science Outreach K-12 Outreach in Seattle and Beyond

Wednesday, March 27th

Opening Remarks (9:45am - 10:00am) 

Geodesy (10:00am - 11:00am):

Jonathan Gates (10:00am - 10:15am)

The 2021 Resurgence in Deformation at the Three Sisters Volcanic Field, Oregon Cascades

Jensen DeGrande (10:15am - 10:30am)

Putting the Pieces Together: A Kinematic Coseismic Model of the Mw 7.2 Alaska Earthquake

Anna Pearson (10:30am - 10:45am)

The Distribution of Interseismic Locking on the Cascadia Subduction Zone Using Bayesian Methods

Lunch (11:00am - 1:15pm) 

Geochemistry (1:15pm - 2:30pm):

Annika Jorgenson (1:15pm - 1:30pm)

Lake Sediment Isotopic Record of Western North American Climate Change From 16 to 6 Million Years Ago, Arizona, USA

Xuefei Fan (1:30pm - 1:45pm)

A global perspective on heavy Mg isotope in island arc basalts

Pete Wynn (1:45pm - 2:00pm)

Magnesium isotopes suggest a non-carbonate origin for magmatic CO2 in Earth’s biggest-ever large igneous province event

Autum Downey (2:00pm - 2:15pm)

Evidence for conformational changes to the cell surface of a deep sea methanogen induced by the presence of divalent cations

Andrea Nodal (2:15pm - 2:30pm)

Modeling Co Adsorption onto a novel methanogen cell surface 

Break (2:30pm - 2:45pm) 

Glaciology and Paleoclimate (2:45pm - 4:00pm):

John-Morgan Manos (2:45pm - 3:00pm)

Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) reveals climate signals and ice mechanics

Marguerite Shaya (3:00pm - 3:15pm)

Phase-sensitive radar measurements of vertical strain rates in the Allan Hills, Antarctica

Liam Kirkpatrick (3:15pm - 3:30pm)

Ice Cores, like Onions, have Layers: A Multi-Proxy Study of Layering in Allan Hills Ice Cores

Marc Sailer (3:30pm - 3:45pm)

Modeling Atmospheric Gas Diffusion for Deep Ice Core Site Selection between the South Pole and Dome A

Vigash Ravi (3:45pm - 4:00pm)

Deciphering Ancient Climate Amidst the Lithium Boom: Exploring Salar de Atacama, Chile

Thursday, March 28th

Opening Remarks (8:45am - 9:00am) 

Seismology (9:00am - 10:15am):

Dominik Graeff (9:00am - 9:15am)

Sensing the Calving Front of a Tidewater Glacier with an Optical Fiber

Akash Kharita (9:15am - 9:30am)

Towards Automated Detection of Surface Events in the Pacific Northwest

Verónica Gaete-Elgueta (9:30am - 9:45am)

Use of Distributed Acoustic Sensing as a tool for monitoring geohazards at Mt. Rainier

Manuela Köpfli (9:45am - 10:00am)

Shallow Volcanic Subsurface Monitoring Through Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS): Insights from Mount Rainier

Elisabeth Olson (10:00am - 10:15am)

Seafloor Channels within Cascadia

Break (10:15am - 10:30am)

Planetary Science (10:30am - 11:30am):

Andrew Shumway (10:30am - 10:45am)

Novel Micro-XRF Measurements of Regolith in Jezero Crater, Mars

An Li (10:45am - 11:00am)

Insights from Ground-Penetrating Radar of Icelandic Eskers for Sinuous Ridges on Mars

Anna Grace Ulses (11:00am - 11:15am)

Ruling out False-positive Biosignatures on Ocean-worlds

Haskelle White (11:15pm - 11:30pm)

Thermodynamic Modeling of Alterations During Climate Transition Reveals Evidence of Past Temperate Conditions on Venus

General Exam: Kimberly Sinclair (11:00am - 2:00 pm):

Location: JHN 170

We recognize the unfortunate timing conflict, but are in full support of Kim in addition to our Gala Speakers. Go Kim! You got this!

Lunch (11:30am - 1:00pm) 

Upgoer 5 (1:00pm - 1:15pm): 

Veronica Fula (1:00 pm - 1:05 pm)

Big brain computer looks at pictures of ice to find air

Jonathan Lindenmann (1:05pm - 1:10pm)

Can I look at more rocks, and faster?

Break (1:30am - 1:45pm)

Geomorphology, Sedimentology, and Paleontology (1:45pm - 3:00pm):

Erich Herzig (1:45pm - 2:00pm)

Modelled Landslides from Multiple Seattle Fault Earthquake Scenarios

Paul Morgan (2:00pm - 2:15pm)

Landslide dam susceptibility in the Oregon Coast Range

Tristan Bench (2:15pm - 2:30pm)

Novel Exposure Dating Trials using Optically Stimulated Luminescence  

Jacqueline Silviria (2:30pm - 2:45pm)

An exceptional mammal locality from the first ~28 Kyrs after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction in northeastern Montana

Tamara Aranguiz (2:45pm - 3:00pm)

Investigating the hyperarid climate and Holocene activity along the Salar Grande Fault, northern Chile, using IRSL dating in alluvial deposits

Break (3:00pm - 3:30pm)

Keynote Address: 3:30 PM - 4:50 PM (JHN 102)

Guest Speaker : David Mogk

A 50 Year Personal Odyssey Around the Earth System—Lessons Learned

Friday, March 29th

Poster Session (9:30am - 11:30am): 

Fikri Roslan geochemistry

Could enhanced rock weathering sequester CO2 and reduce the hazard of naturally occurring asbestos downstream of the Swift Creek Landslide (Whatcom County WA)?

Kunmanee Bubphamanee geochemistry and astrobiology

Paleozoic deep ocean oxygenation: a record from shale-host selenium isotope analysis

Jaimi Lutes geochemistry and paleoclimate

Middle Miocene Climate and Landscape Stability in the Pacific Northwest

Jason Ott petrology, structure, and tectonics

Microstructural evidence of dislocation creep and diffusion accommodated deformation of glaucophane in a lawsonite blueschist 

Lucas Fifer geochemistry, astrobiology, planetary and space science

Experimental Measurements of Gas Exsolution under Enceladus Conditions

Leigh Tucker geomorphology

Using Garnet Inclusions to Identify Shared Provenance for Garnet in Washington Coast and Puget Sound Beach Sands

Madeleine Lucas geomorphology and structure/tectonics

Joint geomorphic-geophysical analysis of active strike slip faults offshore Oregon

David Ausmus paleobiology

Earliest Paleocene Multituberculate Mammal Occurrences from the Constenius Locality, Garfield County, Montana

Erik Perkins geomorphology, seismology, and structure/tectonics

Connecting the Dots: Searching for Links Between Puget Sound Faults

Veronica Fula glaciology

Applying the Segment Every Grain Model to Calculate Air Bubble Shapes in Samples of Antarctic Ice 

Julia Grossman seismology: future work at ESS

Crustal Faults in Puget Sound: A Proposal to Study Coupled Earthquake and Tsunami Hazards

Emma Heitmann paleoclimate

Rise of the Colorado Plateau: Leveraging climate models, stratigraphy, and carbonate clumped-isotope thermometry to disentangle topographic and climatic signals from the Miocene Bidahochi Formation

Community Action - Rally for a Fair Contract (11:45 am - 12:45 pm): 

Location: UW Cherry Blossom Quad

Please consider attending the Rally for a Fair Contract in solidarity with ESS Graduate Students fighting for an Academic Student Employee contract that meets our needs.

Judge's Reception & Award Deliberation (1:00 pm - 2 pm): 

Location: JHN 117

Closed Session (Judges and Gala Coordinators Only, please)

Purpose: This meeting will provide an avenue for the judges to collectively decide which students win awards, based on scored rubrics and other comments.

Petro Happy Hour with Dr. Dave (Keynote Speaker) - Hosted by PetroLunch Committee (3:30 pm - 5:00 pm): 

Location: Quaternary Research Center (QRC) Library & virtual -- JHN 377

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://washington.zoom.us/j/93745067752

Open session! All are welcome and encouraged to participate. 

Purpose: This meeting will provide a space for informal discussion and Q&A with our invited speaker, Dave Mogk

2024 ESS Gala Awards Reception: (5:30 PM - 10:00 PM)

Location: Mary Gates Hall Commons

Parking: Central Plaza Garage (Underground)

Directions: Due east from Johnson Hall N entrance along Grant Lane

Catered by Cedars Restaurant with beverages provided by the ESS Graduate Liquefaction Comittee