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
Transformational faulting in Mn2GeO4 from olivine to wadsleyite structure: Implications for physical mechanism of deep-focus earthquakes
Feng Shi, Yanbin Wang, Timothy Officer, Dongdong Yao, Tony Yu, Lupei Zhu, Jianguo Wen, Junfeng Zhang, Zhigang Peng, Transformational faulting in Mn2GeO4 from olivine to wadsleyite structure: Implications for physical mechanism of deep-focus earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 2024, 230467, ISSN 0040-1951
Magnetic collapse and low conductivity of Fe3N in the deep interiors of Earth-like planets
Yukai Zhuang, Jin Liu, Chaojia Lv, Liangxu Xu, Wenli Bi, Qingyang Hu, Dongzhou Zhang, Gaston Garbarino, Shengcai Zhu, Youjun Zhang; Magnetic collapse and low conductivity of Fe3N in the deep interiors of Earth-like planets. American Mineralogist 2024
Pressure induced structural and electronic band transition in CsPbBr3
Dongzhou Zhang, Sagarmoy Mandal, Duck Young Chung, Jingui Xu, Nannan Shan, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis & Ming Chen, Pressure induced structural and electronic band transition in CsPbBr3. Commun Chem 7, 175 (2024).
Evidence of non-isentropic release from high residual temperatures in shocked metals measured with ultrafast x-ray diffraction
Hong Yang, Michael R. Armstrong, Ryan A. Austin, Harry B. Radousky, Akshat Hetal Patel, Tiwei Wei, Alexander F. Goncharov, Wendy L. Mao, Eduardo Granados, Hae Ja Lee, Inhyuk Nam, Bob Nagler, Peter Walter, Jonathan L. Belof, Shaughnessy B. Brown, Vitali Prakapenka, Sergey S. Lobanov, Clemens Prescher, Nicolas Holtgrewe, Elissaios Stavrou, Paulius V. Grivickas, Arianna E. […]
Pressure-induced shape and color changes and mechanical-stimulation-driven reverse transition in a one-dimensional hybrid halide
Die Zhang, Boyang Fu, Weilong He, Hengtao Li, Fuyang Liu, Luhong Wang, Haozhe Liu, Liujiang Zhou & Weizhao Cai, “ Pressure-induced shape and color changes and mechanical-stimulation-driven reverse transition in a one-dimensional hybrid halide.” Nat Commun 15, 6678 (2024).
Volatiles and Redox Along the East African Rift
Brounce, M., Scoggins, S., Fischer, T. P., Ford, H., & Byrnes, J. (2024). Volatiles and redox along the East African Rift. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25, e2024GC011657.