We are proud to present our new virtual series:
Ask A Geologist!
Join us bi-weekly for these online sessions, where we hope to engage children and answer their questions! Like all of our events, this virtual event is completely FREE!
During each event, our geologist will first introduce the day's geologic topic and then answer your questions about it! Events are primarily aimed at elementary and middle school aged children, but all ages are welcome to join and learn something new!
Send in your questions ahead of time using this form or post one in the online chat during the presentation!
Click on this link to tune into the event!
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 |
| 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 Cores Link 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 |