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
Production of highly silicic 3.9 to 4.27 Ga crust on the Moon
Trail, D., N. D. Tailby, M. R. Ackerson, M. Barboni, M. Newville, A. Lanzirotti, and K. D. McKeegan. “Production of highly silicic 3.9 to 4.27 Ga...
High-Pressure Synthesis of oP28-C3N4 Recoverable to Ambient Conditions
D. Laniel, F. Trybel, W. Zhou, A. Aslandukov, J. Spender, F. Tasnádi, T. Fedotenko, U. Ranieri, A. Liang, A. Aslandukova, F. I. Akbar, Y. Yin, S....
Nanotwinned alloys under high pressure
Melody M. Wang, Ruoqi Dang, Abhinav Parakh, Andrew C. Lee, Zhi Li, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Jiyun Kang, Yong-Wei Zhang, Andrea M....
Lead Adsorption and Desorption at the Barite (001) Surface in the Presence of EDTA
Amanda Dorfman, Anna K. Wanhala, Sang Soo Lee, Peter J. Eng, Joanne E. Stubbs, Lexi Kenis, and Jacquelyn N. Bracco, Lead Adsorption and Desorption...
Nanoscale Analyses of X‑ray Amorphous Material from Terrestrial Ultramafic Soils Record Signatures of Environmental Conditions Useful for Interpreting Past Martian Conditions
Anthony Feldman, Elisabeth Hausrath, Elizabeth Rampe, Thomas Sharp, Oliver Tschauner, Antonio Lanzirotti, and Mathew Newville, Nanoscale Analyses of...
Cysteine Rich Intestinal Protein 2 is a copper-responsive regulator of skeletal muscle differentiation and metal homeostasis
Verdejo-Torres, Odette, David C. Klein, Lorena Novoa-Aponte, Jaime Carrazco-Carrillo, Denzel Bonilla-Pinto, Antonio Rivera, Arpie Bakhshian et al....
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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.