Below is a list of our past "Ask A Geologist" Events with their presentation slides, video recordings and educational activities.
If you would like to see the list of upcoming events, check out our current "Ask A Geologist" Schedule.
Past Events
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The Bugs & The Bees
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- 19 February 2021
- Speaker: Chelsea Abegg
- Event Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=924SKVt4EOU
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Glacial Landscapes
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- 12 March 2021
- Speaker: Dr. Lucas Zoet
- Event Recording: https://youtu.be/rktyOsQPACM
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Let's Restore Sand Dunes!
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- 02 April 2021
- Speaker: Dr. Robert Mayer
- Event Recording: https://youtu.be/lSrFxep_8-E
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Microbes:
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- 23 April 2021
- Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth
- Event Recording: https://youtu.be/6KrGDDyTuHs
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Coastal Dunes
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- 14 May 2021
- Speaker: Dr. Rosana
- Event Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnmpo_qNwBE&feature=youtu.be
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Meteor Crater
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- 21 October 2021
- Speaker: Michael Schwab
- Event Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vFoHKmbAFs&feature=youtu.be
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Ocean Turbulence
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- 18 November 2021
- Speaker: Dr. Sally Warner
- Event Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvpQi21ucE&feature=youtu.be
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Water Sustainability
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- Speaker: Sean Stevenson
- Event Recording: https://youtu.be/bE26YzysXLs
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Energy Storage Materials
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- 17 February 2022
- Speaker: Jessica Johnson
- Event Recording: https://youtu.be/MhZLvznXYCI
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Ask A Geologist: Faults and Folds!
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- 21 April 2022
- Event Recording: https://youtu.be/ybDFh5XBI4k
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Ask A Geologist: Live at Sea!
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- 06 June 2022
- Event Recording: https://youtu.be/m0UXc9kQqTI
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Ask A Geologist: Live at Sea!
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- 10 June 2022
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Ask A Geologist: Mineral Identification!
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- 27 October 2022
- Speaker: Ethan Penner
- Event Recording: https://youtu.be/Ui2d3pWZk-c
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Fall 2021 Event Schedule
Click on the presenters' names in red to see their presentation slides or click on the topics in red to see a video of the event!
| Date | Time | Geologist | Title, Affiliation | Topic |
| Thursday, October 21 |
6:00 PM EST | Michael Schwab | Education Coordinator Meteor Crater & Barringer Space Museum, Arizona |
Meteor Crater |
| Thursday, November 18 | 6:00 PM EST | Dr. Sally Warner | Assistant Professor of Climate Science & Physics, Brandeis University |
Ocean Turbulence |
| Thursday, December 16 | 6:00 PM EST | Sean Stevenson | Natural Resource Specialist, Bluetriton Brands |
Water Sustainability |
Spring 2021 Events
Click on the presenters' names in red to see their presentation slides or click on the topics in red to see a video of the event!
| Date | Time | Geologist | Title, Affiliation | Topic |
| Friday, February 19 |
1:00 PM EST | Chelsea Abegg | Soils and Plant Technician, Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Station |
The Bugs & The Bees Link to Activity |
| Friday, March 12 |
1:00 PM EST | Dr. Lucas Zoet | Assistant Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Glacial Landscapes Link to Activity |
| Friday, April 2 |
1:00 PM EST | Dr. Robert Mayer | Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla |
Let's Restore Sand Dunes! Link to Activity |
| Friday, April 23 |
1:00 PM EST | Dr. Elizabeth Padilla Crespo |
Distinguished Research Professor Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Aguadilla |
Microbes: The Unseen Majority Link to Activity |
| Friday, May 14 |
1:00 PM EST | Dr. Rosana Grafals Soto |
Associate Professor University of Puerto Rico, Cayey |
Coastal Dunes Link to Activity |
Fall 2020 Events
Click on the presenters' names in red to see their presentation slides or click on the topics in red to see a video of the event!
| Date | Time | Geologist | Title, Affiliation | Topic |
| Friday, September 25 |
1:00 PM EST | Monica Norton | Staff Geologist, Roux Associates, Inc. |
Environmental Pollution of our Soil, Water, and AirLink to Activity |
| Friday, October 9 |
1:00 PM EST | Dr. Sarah Sheffield |
Assistant Professor, University of South Florida |
Echinoderm Paleontology Link to Activity |
| Friday, October 23 |
1:00 PM EST | Nicole Conklin | PhD Student at Antioch University New England & Animal Keeper at Liberty Science Center |
Misunderstood Sharks Link to Activity |
| Friday, November 6 |
1:00 PM EST | Dr. Tamie Jovanelly |
Associate Professor of Geology, Berry College |
Geologic Wonders of Iceland Link to Activity |
| Friday, November 20 |
1:00 PM EST | Dr. Ashutosh Goel |
Associate Professor, Rutgers Materials Science & Engineering Department |
Turning Nuclear Waste into Glass Link to Activity |
| Friday, December 4 |
1:00 PM EST | Sophia Hudzik | Project Assistant Montclair State University |
Digging into Archaeology Link to Activity |
| Friday, December 18 |
1:00 PM EST | Michael Monzon | Masters Student, Rutgers Entomology Department |
Bugs from the Crypt (Archaeological Entomology) Link to Activity |
Spring 2020 Events
Click on the presenters' names in red to see their presentation slides or click on the topics in red to see a video of the event!
| Date | Time | Geologist | Title, Affiliation | Topic |
| Friday, March 20 |
11:00 AM EST | Ria Sarkar | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Rocks and Minerals |
| Tuesday, March 24 |
2:00 PM EST | Dr. Chris Lepre | Assistant Teaching Professor, Rutgers Earth & Planetary Sciences Dept. |
Earth's Magnetic Field |
| Thursday, March 26 |
2:00 PM EST | Dr. Karen Bemis | Assistant Research Professor, Rutgers Department of Marine & Coastal Sciences |
Hawaii's 2018 Kilauea Eruption |
| Tuesday, March 31 |
11:00 AM EST | Aidan Taylor | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Volcanoes |
| Thursday, April 2 |
11:00 AM EST | Dr. Rhonda Quinn | Associate Professor of Anthropology, Seton Hall University | Human Evolution |
| Tuesday, April 7 |
2:00 PM EST | Dr. Lauren Adamo | Co-Director, Rutgers Geology Museum | Geologic CoresLink to Activity |
| Thursday, April 9 |
2:00 PM EST |
Alissa Madera | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Rock Chemistry |
| Tuesday, April 14 |
11:00 AM EST | Chris Rowan | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Plate Tectonics Link to Activity |
| Thursday, April 16 |
11:00 AM EST | Dr. Lauren Adamo | Co-Director, Rutgers Geology Museum |
History of the Geology Museum |
| Tuesday, April 21 |
2:00 PM EST | Dr. Jake Setera | Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University |
Age of Rock(s) Link to Activity |
| Thursday, April 23 |
11:00 AM EST | Dr. Katherine Bermingham | Assistant Professor, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Earth's Formation Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, April 28 |
11:00 AM EST | Dr. Rob Sherrell | Professor, Rutgers Department of Marine & Coastal Sciences |
Exploring Antarctica on a Ship Link to Activity |
| Thursday, April 30 |
11:00 AM EST | Melissa Boyd | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Geology & Paleontology of Kenya Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, May 5 |
2:00 PM EST |
Dr. Carrie Ferraro | Associate Director, Coastal Climate Risk & Resilience Initiative Co-Facilitator, Rutgers Raritan River Consortium | Ocean Zones Link to Activity |
| Thursday, May 7 | 11:00 AM EST | Dr. Paulo Ruiz Cubillo | Research Geologist, National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models of Costa Rica | Landslides Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, May 12 | 11:00 AM EST | Evan Bjonnes | Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University | Impact Cratering Link to Activity |
| Thursday, May 14 |
11:00 AM EST | Dr. Juliane Gross | Associate Professor, Rutgers Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
The Moon Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, May 19 |
11:00 AM EST | Dr. Ken Miller | Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Sea Level Rise Link to Activity |
| Thursday, May 21 | 11:00 AM EST | Dr. Lynne Trabachino | Associate Director, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences |
Earth's Atmosphere Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, May 26 | 2:00 PM EST | Mark Yu | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Monsoons Link to Activity |
| Thursday, May 28 | 2:00 PM EST | Michael Sprague | Graduate Student, Loma Linda University |
Pterosaurs Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, June 2 | 2:00 PM EST | Dr. Sonia Tikoo-Schantz | Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University |
Meteorites Link to Activity |
| Thursday, June 4 | 11:00 AM EST | Dr. Masha Makarova | Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Reconstructing Past Climate using Microfossils Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, June 9 | 2:00 PM EST | Kiersten Formoso | Ph.D. Student, University of Southern California & The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |
Mosasaurs Link to Activity |
| Thursday, June 11 | 11:00 AM EST | Sasha Leidman | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Geography |
Greenland Glaciology Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, June 16 | 2:00 PM EST | Dr. David Robinson | Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Department of Geography & New Jersey State Climatologist |
Role of Snow in Climate System Link to Activity |
| Thursday, June 18 | 11:00 AM EST | Ashlyn Spector | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Barrier Islands Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, June 23 | 2:00 PM EST | Christina Verhagen | Graduate Student, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
The Impact that Killed the Dinosaurs Link to Activity |
| Thursday, June 25 | 11:00 AM EST | Kristina Hayek | Naturalist Educator, Westchester County Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation |
Turtles Link to Activity |
| Tuesday, June 30 | 2:00 PM EST | Dr. Val Finlayson | Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland |
Plumes & Plates Link to Activity |
| Friday, July 10 |
2:00 PM EST | Dr. Don Monteverde | Adjunct Professor, Rutgers Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Geologic Maps Link to Activity |
| Friday, July 24 |
11:00 AM EST | Michael Monzon | Masters Student, Rutgers Entomology Department |
Invertebrate Extinctions Link to Activity |