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
Robust magnetism and crystal structure in Dirac semimetal EuMnBi2 under high pressure
Greeshma C Jose, Weiwei Xie, Barbara Lavina, Jiyong Zhao, Esen E Alp, Dongzhou Zhang and Wenli Bi, “Robust magnetism and crystal structure in Dirac semimetal EuMnBi2 under high pressure”, 2024 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 36 255802, DOI 10.1088/1361-648X/ad3473
High-pressure Synthesis of Cobalt Polynitrides: Unveiling Intriguing Crystal Structures and Nitridation Behavior
H. Chen, M. Bykov, I. G. Batyrev, L. Brüning, E. Bykova, M. F. Mahmood, S. Chariton, V. B. Prakapenka, T. Fedotenko, H.-P. Liermann, K. Glazyrin, A. Steele, A. F. Goncharov, Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202400536
Carbonate-Metal Reactions in the Lower Mantle
Anne H. Davis, Bethany A. Chidester, Eran Greenberg, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Andrew J. Campbell ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00101
Phase transition kinetics revealed by in situ x-ray diffraction in laser-heated dynamic diamond anvil cells
Matthew Ricks, Arianna E. Gleason, Francesca Miozzi, Hong Yang, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin, Richard L. Sandberg, Wendy L. Mao, Silvia Pandolfi, “Phase transition kinetics revealed by in situ x-ray diffraction in laser-heated dynamic diamond anvil cells,” Phys. Rev. Research 6 (1), 013316 (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013316
Incipient carbonate melting drives metal and sulfur mobilization in the mantle
Isra S. Ezad et al., Incipient carbonate melting drives metal and sulfur mobilization in the mantle.Sci. Adv.10,eadk5979(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adk5979
Pressure-Induced Changes in the Crystal Structure and Electrical Conductivity of GeV4S8
Yuejian Wang, Zhiwei Shen, Dongzhou Zhang, Lin Wang, Vladimir Tsurkan, Lilian Prodan, Alois Loidl, Bishal B. Dumre, and Sanjay V. KhareChemistry of Materials Article ASAPDOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02488