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
Fragmenting the Kagomé Lattice: Pressure-Tuned Anisotropy of Cu2+ Triangles in a Novel Atacamite Relative CaCu(OH)3Cl
Scott D. Ambos, Nicholas S. Manganaro, Matthew DeCapua, Dongzhou Zhang, Phuong Q. H. Nguyen, Jun Yan, and James P. S. Walsh, Fragmenting the Kagomé...
The mechanism behind pressure-induced isosymmetric second-order phase transitions
Zhong, Qifa, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Shanrong Zhang, Mengzeng Wu, Hailing Gu, Yi Zhou, and Dawei Fan. “The mechanism behind pressure-induced...
Rare earth element (REE) speciation in municipal solid waste incineration ash
Yinghao Wen, Lei Hu, Pan Liu, Qian Wang, Estefania Garcia, Weiyao Yan, Yuanzhi Tang, “Rare earth element (REE) speciation in municipal solid waste...
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,...
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...
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...
Science Highlights
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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




