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).
2025 SEES-ISRD Joint Meeting
SEES and ISRD invite you to attend our annual meeting to be held jointly at the University of Chicago on August 11-13, 2025. Keynote speakers will discuss topics in rock and mineral deformation and rheological properties in Earth, and there will be a poster session with a broad scientific focus. All SEES and ISRD researchers are welcome and encouraged to attend. Click here to learn more.
Recent Publications
Iron Bonding with Light Elements: Implications for Planetary Cores Beyond the Binary System
Yang, H.; Wang, W.; Mao, W.L. Iron Bonding with Light Elements: Implications for Planetary Cores Beyond the Binary System. Crystals 2024, 14, 1016. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14121016
An oxygen fugacity-temperature-pressure-composition model for sulfide speciation in Mercurian magmas
Brendan A. Anzures, Stephen W. Parman, Ralph E. Milliken, Olivier Namur, Camille Cartier, Francis M. McCubbin, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Kelsey Prissel, Kayla Iacovino, Antonio Lanzirotti, Matthew Newville, “An oxygen fugacity-temperature-pressure-composition model for sulfide speciation in Mercurian magmas,” Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 388, 61-77 (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2024.11.012
Three Distinctive Steps for Heterogeneous Nucleation of Tunnel-Structured Mn Oxide on Quartz under Light Exposure
Haesung Jung, Byeongdu Lee, Doyoon Kim, Zhenwei Gao, Ping-I Chou, Young-Shin Jun, “Three Distinctive Steps for Heterogeneous Nucleation of Tunnel-Structured Mn Oxide on Quartz under Light Exposure,” Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (48), 21200-21209 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c07527
DEM simulation of the compression of crushable sand: does the initial particle shape matter?
D.Seo, J.Harmon, J.Andrade, and G.Buscarnera, “DEM simulation of the compression of crushable sand: does the initial particle shape matter?” Géotechnique Letters 2024 14:4, 1-14
Sound velocities and thermal equation of state of fcc-iron-nickel alloys at high pressure and high temperature: Implications for the cores of Moon and several planets
Siheng Wang, Sibo Chen, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, Baosheng Li, Sound velocities and thermal equation of state of fcc-iron-nickel alloys at high pressure and high temperature: Implications for the cores of Moon and several planets, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 649, 2025, 119118, ISSN 0012-821X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119118.
Long-term relaxation of orientational disorder and structural modifications in molecular nitrogen at high pressure
Oliver Tschauner, Oded Navon, Christian Schmidt, Richard Wirth, Yaakov Weiss, Yael Kempe, Sergei Remennik, Wenjun Liu, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka; Long-term relaxation of orientational disorder and structural modifications in molecular nitrogen at high pressure. J. Chem. Phys. 21 November 2024; 161 (20): 204506.
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Latest Happenings
Computed Microtomography in a Triaxial Cell
GSE staff Y. Wang, M. Yakovlev, M. Rivers, T. Officer, Wenlu Zhu U MD using the HEX beamline at NSLS II working on Computed Microtomography in a Triaxial Cell.
Upcoming New Soft X-ray Nanoscale Imaging and Spectromicroscopy Capabilities at NSLS-II
The Soft X-ray Nanoprobe (SXN) beamline, a new beamline under construction at NSLS-II, will offer...
Matt Whitaker Presents a Science Short for NSLS-II
Matt Whitaker presents his talk titled “Metals Under Pressure” at NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Lab.
Goldschmidt Conference 2024
GSECARS has organized an exciting session at the Goldschmidt Conference 2024 in Chicago entitled “2b – Deep planetary interiors: new experimental and analytical approaches “.