Seminar - Coupling latent heat release with reaction kinetics in metamorphic systems

Speaker: Dr. Simon Schorn - Institute of Geosciences & Mainz Institute of Multiscale Modeling, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. | Tuesday 31 March 2026 | 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom

31.03.2026

Reactions involving latent heat exchange are fundamental in driving the dynamics of metamorphic processes. While prograde dehydration and melting drastically increase the effective heat capacity by over an order of magnitude, retrograde hydration and melt crystallization generate transient heat

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Call For Application for 5 Mobility Places at the University of Bonn within the Master's Degree in Geophysics for Natural Risks and Resources for the issuance of a Double Degree for A.Y. 2026/27

20.03.2026

The University of Padua, within the cooperation agreement for the issuance of a double degree in Geophysical Sciences, announces a call for applications for no. 5 mobility places for 1 semester, up to a maximum of 9 months/student. Such mobility places are reserved for students currently enrolled in

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Seminar - The effects of fluids on geochronology

Speaker: Prof. Suzette Timmerman – Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Switzerland | Tuesday 24 March 2026 | ore 16,30 - Arduino Classroom

24.03.2026

In high temperature systems, reactions with fluid can result in resetting the formation age. Particularly for diamonds, where diamond formation age dating is done by analyses of its mineral inclusions, a fluid film at the interface of the mineral inclusion and diamond can result in resetting the age

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Francesco Sauro is leading the Kumerau Cave Expedition 2026 (Guyana)

Speleologist Francesco Sauro, researcher at the Department of Geosciences with extensive experience from missions around the world, is currently in Guyana leading an international, multidisciplinary team to the remote tepui mountains along the Kurupung River. The expedition aims to conduct a

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Seminar - Against the flow: how much can we control river sediment dynamics?

Speaker: Dr. Mirko Musa, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland | Tuesday 17 March 2026 | 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom

17.03.2026

Sediment transport and river morphodynamics are among the most complex and least understood challenges in civil engineering and Earth sciences. While the ambition to control them may seem like wishful thinking, it has long driven scientific and engineering progress, from erosion mitigation and flood

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