The mission of SEES (Synchrotron Earth and Environmental Science) is to advance research and education in synchrotron-based Earth and environmental science to better understand our planet from the atmosphere to the core, to address societally relevant problems, and to train the next generation of scientists. SEES is responsible for the management, operation, and development of multiple user facilities hosted at four DOE-operated US synchrotrons: Advanced Photon Source (APS), Advanced Light Source (ALS), National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), and Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).
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Recent Publications
Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire
Kang, K., Whelan, E. M., Bone, S., Rowley, M. C., Marcus, M. A., & Peña, J. (2025). Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation,...
Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions
Chen, Sibo, Siheng Wang, Xintong Qi, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, and Baosheng Li. “Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity...
Viscosity of Dry and Hydrous Diopside Melts at High Pressures: Implications for Upper Mantle Magma Dynamics
Chen, Q., Zhao, B., Yu, T., Ashley, A. W., & Wang, Y. (2025). Viscosity of dry and hydrous diopside melts at high pressures: Implications for...
Elasticity of davemaoite as a primary contributor to lower-mantle heterogeneities
Zhou, Wen-Yi, Ming Hao, Wenhao Su, Taehyun Kim, Sibo Chen, Sang-Heon Shim, Dongzhou Zhang, Phuong QH Nguyen, Katherine Armstrong, and Jin S. Zhang....
Effect of Annealing on Direct Recycled NMC Cathodes
Juliane I. Preimesberger, Cyrus K. Kirwa, Eva Allen, Nikita S. Dutta, Evelyna Wang, Fulya Dogan, Patrick Walker, Yaocai Bai, Krzysztof Z. Pupek,...
Enhanced Ising superconductivity in a unicompositional bulk 4Hb-TaS2 superlattice via pressure
Yan, L., Gao, J., Zhang, Z. et al. Enhanced Ising superconductivity in a unicompositional bulk 4Hb-TaS2 superlattice via pressure. npj Quantum...
Science Highlights
Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation, Reactivity, and Fate of Iron and Manganese in Surface Soils Post Wildfire
Kang, K., Whelan, E. M., Bone, S., Rowley, M. C., Marcus, M. A., & Peña, J. (2025). Wildfire Produces Transient Minerals: Speciation,...
Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite velocity anomalies under mantle conditions
Chen, Sibo, Siheng Wang, Xintong Qi, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, and Baosheng Li. “Invisible water in subducted crust: Lawsonite...
Viscosity of Dry and Hydrous Diopside Melts at High Pressures: Implications for Upper Mantle Magma Dynamics
Chen, Q., Zhao, B., Yu, T., Ashley, A. W., & Wang, Y. (2025). Viscosity of dry and hydrous diopside melts at high pressures:...
Elasticity of davemaoite as a primary contributor to lower-mantle heterogeneities
Zhou, Wen-Yi, Ming Hao, Wenhao Su, Taehyun Kim, Sibo Chen, Sang-Heon Shim, Dongzhou Zhang, Phuong QH Nguyen, Katherine Armstrong, and Jin...
Effect of multiple calcination cycles on CO2 capture efficiency during carbonation of MgO in a mineral looping process
Tajuelo Rodriguez, E., Anovitz, L.M., Adapa, S., Yuan, Ke, Hensley, D., Chung, D-Y., Boebinger, M.G., Stack, A.G., Weber, J. Effect of...
In situ deformation of antigorite-olivine two-phase mixtures: Implications for dynamics and seismic anisotropy in the mantle wedge
Hurlow, Rose, Wenhao Su, Wen-Yi Zhou, Feng Lin, Lowell Miyagi, Timothy Officer, Tony Yu et al. “In situ deformation of antigorite-olivine...
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ISRD-RCN and SEES will host a hands-on workshop to introduce synchrotron techniques to the rock...
Conversations at GSA Connects 2025
The SEES team had a great time talking to geoscientists at the Geological Society of America...
Connecting at the 8th SES Symposium
Photo provided by Stony Brook University SEES staff and executive committee members were...