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
Experimental investigation of the influence of drainage condition on change in saturation of sheared sand
MohammedElnur and Khalid A.Alshibli, “Experimental investigation of the influence of drainage condition on change in saturation of sheared sand”, (2024) Géotechnique 00:0,1-57
Stability and physical properties of brucite at high pressures and temperatures: Implication for Earth’s deep water cycle
Ningyu Sun, Xinyang Li, Luo Li, Qingchun Zhang, Yingxin Yu, Zhu Mao, Cijin Zhou, Dongzhou Zhang, Geoscience Frontiers, 2024, 101940, ISSN 1674-9871, doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101940.
Microscopic insights into thermal cycling effects in granular materials via X-ray microtomography
Pan, Y., Seo, D., Rivers, M. et al. Microscopic insights into thermal cycling effects in granular materials via X-ray microtomography. Granular Matter 26, 98 (2024).
Phase transition kinetics of superionic H2O ice phases revealed by Megahertz X-ray free-electron laser-heating experiments
Husband, R.J., Liermann, H.P., McHardy, J.D. et al. Phase transition kinetics of superionic H2O ice phases revealed by Megahertz X-ray free-electron laser-heating experiments. Nat Commun 15, 8256 (2024).
Measurement bias in self-heating x-ray free electron laser experiments from diffraction studies of phase transformation in titanium
O. B. Ball, R. J. Husband, J. D. McHardy, M. I. McMahon, C. Strohm, Z. Konôpková, K. Appel, V. Cerantola, A. L. Coleman, H. Cynn, A. Dwivedi, A. F....
Synthesis, Optical Spectroscopy, and Laser and Biomedical Imaging Application Potential of 2,4,6-Triphenylpyrylium Tetrachloroferrate and Its Derivatives
Pradip K. Bhowmik, David King, Si L. Chen, Ronald Carlo G. Principe, Haesook Han, Egor Evlyukhin, Petrika Cifligu, Ahamed Jubair, Vladimir Kartazaev, Swapan K. Gayen, Shane T. Killarney, Julia D. Caci, and Kris C. Wood, Synthesis, Optical Spectroscopy, and Laser and Biomedical Imaging Application Potential of 2,4,6-Triphenylpyrylium Tetrachloroferrate and Its Derivatives, The Journal of Physical […]
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Latest Happenings
From Structure to Dynamics: High P Crystallographic Research at GSECARS 13 BMC
GSE scientist Dongzhou Zhang gave an invited talk to the Chemistry Dept at Michigan State, “From Structure to Dynamics: High P Crystallographic Research at GSECARS 13 BMC”.
Data Formats for XAS Data: progress toward better, larger, XAS Database
Matthew Newville gave a keynote talk at the ESRF User Meeting, Grenoble, France, Feb 8, 2024 and also gave a hybrid presentation at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for the DAPHNE4NDFI Project, Karlsruhe, Germany Feb 14, 2024
Using Synchrotron X-rays for Geology and More
Matthew Newville gave a talk at Lawrence University Physics seminar, Appleton, WI Feb 1, 2024
Pressure induced phase transition in organic inorganic hybrid perovskites at GSECARS Raman Lab
GSECARS welcomed students from Pusan National University & Hanyang University to work with GSE scientist Young Jay Ryu on “Pressure induced phase transition in organic inorganic hybrid perovskites” in the GSE Raman Lab.