Past Events

Czech Geological Survey, Prague

“Arizona State University Explores the Solar System” an illustrated live virtual presentation by Dr. David A. Williams of Arizona State University, will be featured at the January meeting of the Saint Louis Astronomical Society. 

Bridging Pore and Grain-Scale Physics to the Changing Cryosphere

Fluid Dynamics for Polar Climate and Sustainability

Experimental insights into subglacial sediment flux and basal slip

Angela Speck, PhD., from University of Texas at San Antonio will be the February speaker presenting, "In the Moon’s Shadow – Chasing Eclipses"

Too Hot to Handle, Too Cold to Hold: Intersecting physics and timescales in ice sheet evolution

Using SIMS to date the oldest igneous rocks in the Solar System

Unlocking the Climate Impasse: The View from the Frontlines of the Energy Transition Alexander F. Gazmararian, Princeton University

Enjoy dinner while learning more about the EEPS undergraduate program

How High was Sea Level in the Holocene?

Reactivity of Adsorbed Trace Metals at Metal (Oxyhydr)oxide Surfaces as Probed with Isotope Exchange

University of Texas, Austin

“The Moon and Beyond” an illustrated live virtual presentation by Tom Rathjen of The Aerospace Corporation, will be featured at the March meeting of the Saint Louis Astronomical Society.

New insights into lunar magmatism: A study of volatiles, vesicles, and volcanics

Christopher Reynolds, Professor at the University of Maryland College Park and Director of the Joint Space Science Institute, will present the 2024 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures, Colloquium: "Exploring the Axion-Sector with X-ray Astronomy"

Christopher Reynolds, Professor at the University of Maryland College Park and Director of the Joint Space Science Institute, will present the 2024 McDonnell Distinguished Lectures, "The “What, How, Where, and When” of Supermassive Black Holes."

Data Visualization - Mollie Webb, GIS and Data Developer, Data Services and Your Library Collection - Clara McLeod, EEPS Librarian

The Morphology, Spatial Distribution, and Collapse Mechanisms of Volcanoes on Venus

Age of the Earth-Moon system

Geochemical Processes on the Martian Surface: An Investigation of Dust, Mineral Transformations, and Trace Elements Along Rover Traverses

On April 8, there will be a total solar eclipse visible south of the St. Louis area. At Washington University, it will be a partial eclipse.

The solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 begins in St. Louis at 12:42 pm and ends at 3:17 pm. Although it will not be a total eclipse on the Danforth Campus, it will be close, with the maximum eclipse of about 98% occurring at 2:00 pm.

VATMOS: A Venus Atmospheric Sample Return Mission

Redox biogeochemistry in the Arctic tundra

Xenon: Now more than ever

Fran Bagenal from University of Colorado, Boulder will be presenting, "NASA’s Juno Mission To Jupiter"

Undergraduate Thesis Presentations and Poster Session

Elemental and Isotopic Studies on Lunar Apollo Samples and High-Temperature Evaporation Experiments

Experimental Investigations of Elemental Partitioning with Applications to Geochronology, Lunar Crust, and Meteorite Erg Chech 002

Join us by the Mars Rover at noon on Commencement Day to celebrate all of our 2024 EEPS department graduates.

Gautham Narayan from University of Illinois will be presenting "Understanding the Dark Universe with the Vera Rubin Observatory"

Steven R. Gullberg from University of Oklahoma will be presenting "Astronomy of the Inka Empire"

Dr. Ashley Gerard Davies from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be presenting “Io During the Juno Epoch” at the July meeting of the Saint Louis Astronomical Society.

The NASA Solar System Exploration Virtual Institute (SSERVI) is pleased to announce the 2024 NASA Exploration Science Forum will be held on July 23-25, 2024 at Washington University in St. Louis

Robin Canup, Vice President, Solar System Science and Exploration Division of Southwest Research Institute, will present a public lecture, "The Origin of the Moon," as part of the NASA Exploration Science Forum

Seismic Structure of the Alaska and Mariana Subduction Zones From Amphibious Data

Bradley Tsalyuk, Exhibit Designer from the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center of the California Science Center will be presenting "How We Stacked a Space Shuttle in Downtown L.A."

Learn more about the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at the Undergraduate Open House.

The Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Open House

Join us to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night

Eileen Martin, Colorado School of Mines Associate Professor, Geophysics and Applied Math and Statistics

Joseph Marcus, MD will be presenting "Who Discovered the Expanding Universe? Spoiler: Not Hubble!"

Harold Levison, Institute Scientist, Southwest Research Institute and Principal Investigator of the Lucy mission to tour Jupiter Trojans, will present the 2024 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures, Colloquium: "Lucy: The First to the Trojans"

Harold Levison, Institute Scientist, Southwest Research Institute and Principal Investigator of the Lucy mission to tour Jupiter Trojans, will present the 2024 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lectures, Public Lecture: "Traveling with Lucy on the First Ever Mission to the Trojan Asteroids!"

The Geospatial Research Initiative and the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences welcome Hamed Alemohammad

Next-Generation Compositional and Chronological Sample Analysis of Lunar Low-Ti Basalts and Volcanic Glasses

Professor Bruce Fegley will give a retirement lecture, 50+ Years in Planetary Chemistry, which will be followed by a reception hosted in Holmes Lounge

Robert Reeves, Lunar Photo of the Day, will be presenting “Postcards from the Moon”