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
Uranium oxidation states in zircon and other accessory phases
Shane K. Houchin, François L.H. Tissot, Mauricio Ibañez-Mejia, Matthew Newville, Antonio Lanzirotti, Frank Pavia, George Rossman, Uranium oxidation states in zircon and other accessory phases, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024, ISSN 0016-7037
Strength, plasticity, and spin transition of Fe-N alloys in planetary cores
Allison Pease, Jiachao Liu, Mingda Lv, Yuming Xiao, Katherine Armstrong, Dmitry Popov, Lowell Miyagi, Susannah M. Dorfman, Strength, plasticity, and spin transition of Fe-N alloys in planetary cores, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2024, 107236, ISSN 0031-9201
Formation of zinc carbonate phases on dissolving calcite, aragonite, and vaterite in acidic aqueous solutions
YoungJae Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Bektur Abdilla, Viktor Nikitin, Neil C. Sturchio, Paul Fenter, Formation of zinc carbonate phases on dissolving calcite, aragonite, and vaterite in acidic aqueous solutions, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 380, 2024, Pages 131-139, ISSN 0016-7037.
Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82
Meryem Berrada, Siheng Wang, Bin Chen, Vitali Prakapenka, Stella Chariton, Marc M. Hirschmann & Jie Li Pressure–volume equation of state of Fe18Pt82. Phys Chem Minerals 51, 27 (2024). DOI : /doi.org/10.1007/s00269-024-01275-8
A Sodium Germanosilicide with Unusual Network Topology
Julia-Maria Hübner, Thomas B. Shiell, Piotr A. Guńka, Shuo Tao, Li Zhu, Mads Fonager Hansen, Emma S. Bullock, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Yingwei Fei, Vladislav A. Blatov, Davide M. Proserpio, Timothy A. Strobel, “A Sodium Germanosilicide with Unusual Network Topology,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146 (30), 20544-20549 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03960
Multicaloric Cryocooling Using Heavy Rare-Earth Free La(Fe,Si)13-Based Compounds
Benedikt Beckmann, Lukas Pfeuffer, Johanna Lill, Benedikt Eggert, David Koch, Barbara Lavina, Jiyong Zhao, Thomas Toellner, Esen E. Alp, Katharina Ollefs, Konstantin P. Skokov, Heiko Wende, and Oliver Gutfleisch, “Multicaloric Cryocooling Using Heavy Rare-Earth Free La(Fe,Si)13-Based Compounds”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c05397