Biogeophysics: Geophysical Sensors for Biogeochemical Hotspots and the Search for Life

Tuesday, February 20, 2024
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Allendale Campus, Online
Alumni, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

GVSU Honors & Geology presents a face-to-face (f2f) Zoom lecture with Dr. Estella A. Atekwana.

Dr. Atekwana is a Professor & Dean at The University of California, Davis. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a member and recipient of outstanding educator awards from the Association of Women Geoscientists and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Her ground-breaking contributions to geophysics and biogeophyics have been recognized with a 2021 Reginald Fessenden Award from SEG, a SEG 2020 Virtual Near Surface Global Lecturer Award, and a 2023 American Geophysical Union Fellows Award. She also belongs to the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, the Geochemical Society, and the National Association of Black Geoscientists.

Her presentation on biogeophysics a quickly emerging new field will discuss how geophysical sensors are used to sense subsurface microbial activity, from cell growth and biofilm formation to biomineralization and biogeochemical cycling of metals to the monitoring of microbial-induced natural attenuation of contaminants. Future directions such as the search for life on other planetary bodies will be explored.

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Cook- DeWitt Center, Allendale Campus

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RSVP is not required to attend. To RSVP for the Zoom link, please email [email protected]

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This event was added to the calendar by Michaela Christie (s_christm2@gvsu.edu) on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 10:33 a.m.

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