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
In Situ Determination of Thermoelastic Properties of Magnesite at High Pressure and Temperature With Implications to Seismic Detectability of Moderately Carbonated Lithologies in the Earth’s Mantle
Xu, M., Jing, Z., Van Orman, J. A., Yu, T., & Wang, Y. (2024). In situ determination of thermoelastic properties of magnesite at high pressure and temperature with implications to seismic detectability of moderately carbonated lithologies in the Earth’s mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB028455.
Pressure-induced insulator-to-metal transition in the quantum spin liquid candidate lithium ytterbium diselenide
Wang et al.,Pressure-induced insulator-to-metal transition in the quantum spin liquid candidate lithium ytterbium diselenide, Cell Reports Physical Science (2024)
Trace element concentrations and chemical zoning of spodumene from magmatic and hydrothermal origins
Clara J. Brennan, James J. Student, Tina Hill, Tânia Martins, Mona-Liza C. Sirbescu, “Trace element concentrations and chemical zoning of spodumene from magmatic and hydrothermal origins,” Ore. Geol. Rev. 169, 106089 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2024.106089
Exploring toroidal anvil profiles for larger sample volumes above 4 Mbar
Zurkowski, C.C., Yang, J., Miozzi, F. et al. Exploring toroidal anvil profiles for larger sample volumes above 4 Mbar. Sci Rep 14, 11412 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61861-2
High Sodium Solubility in Magnesiowüstite in Iron‐RichDeep Lower Mantle
Dorfman, S. M., Hsu, H., Nabiei, F., Cantoni, M., Badro, J., & Prakapenka, V. (2024). High sodium solubility in magnesiowüstite in iron-rich deep lower mantle
High-Pressure Synthesis of Ultra-Incompressible, Hard and Superconducting Tungsten Nitrides
A. Liang, I. Osmond, G. Krach, L.-T. Shi, L. Brüning, U. Ranieri, J. Spender, F. Tasnadi, B. Massani, C. R. Stevens, R. S. McWilliams, E. L. Bright, N. Giordano, S. Gallego-Parra, Y. Yin, A. Aslandukov, F. I. Akbar, E. Gregoryanz, A. Huxley, M. Peña-Alvarez, J.-G. Si, W. Schnick, M. Bykov, F. Trybel, D. Laniel, High-Pressure Synthesis of Ultra-Incompressible, Hard and Superconducting Tungsten Nitrides. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2313819.