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
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...
DEM simulation of the compression of crushable sand: does the initial particle shape matter?
D.Seo, J.Harmon, J.Andrade, and G.Buscarnera, “DEM simulation of the compression of crushable sand: does the initial particle shape...
Sound velocities and thermal equation of state of fcc-iron-nickel alloys at high pressure and high temperature: Implications for the cores of Moon and several planets
Siheng Wang, Sibo Chen, Man Xu, Tony Yu, Yanbin Wang, Baosheng Li, Sound velocities and thermal equation of state of fcc-iron-nickel alloys at high...
Long-term relaxation of orientational disorder and structural modifications in molecular nitrogen at high pressure
Oliver Tschauner, Oded Navon, Christian Schmidt, Richard Wirth, Yaakov Weiss, Yael Kempe, Sergei Remennik, Wenjun Liu, Stella Chariton, Vitali B....
Insights on Arc Magmatic Systems Drawn from Natural Melt Inclusions and Crystallization Experiments at PH2O = 800 MPa under Oxidizing Condition
Janine L Andrys, Elizabeth Cottrell, Katherine A Kelley, Laura E Waters, Michelle L Coombs, “Insights on Arc Magmatic Systems Drawn from Natural...
Natural soils’ shear strength prediction: A morphological data-centric approach
Maher Omar, Mohamed G. Arab, Emran Alotaibi, Khalid A. Alshibli, Abdallah Shanableh, Hussein Elmehdi, Dima A.Hussien Malkawi, Ali Tahmaz, “Natural...
Science Highlights
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Latest Happenings
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.