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
U and Th zonation in apatite observed by synchrotron X–ray fluorescence tomography and implications for the (U–Th)/He system
Francis J. Sousa, Stephen E. Cox, E. Troy Rasbury, Sidney R. Hemming, Antonio Lanzirotti, and Matthew Newville, ” U and Th zonation in apatite observed by synchrotron X–ray fluorescence tomography and implications for the (U–Th)/He system”, (2024), Geochronology, online
High P‐T Sound Velocities of Amphiboles: Implications for Low‐Velocity Anomalies in Metasomatized Upper Mantle
Zhou, Wen‐Yi & Hao, Ming & Zhang, Dongzhou & Dera, Przemyslaw & Charin, Soisiri & Zhang, Jin. (2024). High P‐T Sound Velocities of Amphiboles: Implications for Low‐Velocity Anomalies in Metasomatized Upper Mantle. Geophysical Research Letters. 51. 10.1029/2023GL106583.
Stabilization of Pr4+ in Silicates─High-Pressure Synthesis of PrSi3O8 and Pr2Si7O18
Niko T. Flosbach, Maxim Bykov, Elena Bykova, Bertold Rasche, Mohamed Mezouar, Timofey Fedotenko, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Mathias S. Wickleder, Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAPDOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03948
Uranyl uptake into metal–organic frameworks: a detailed X-ray structural analysis
Matthew P. Heaney, Hannah M. Johnson, Julia G. Knapp, Shinhyo Bang, Soenke Seifert, Natalie S. Yaw, Jiahong Li, Omar K. Farha, Qiang Zhang and Liane M. Moreau, “Uranyl uptake into metal–organic frameworks: a detailed X-ray structural analysis”, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 5495
Pressure-Induced Amidine Formationvia Side-Chain Polymerizationin a Charge-Transfer Cocrysta
Samuel G. Dunning, Wan Si Tang, Bo Chen, Li Zhu, George D. Cody, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Timothy A. StrobelThe Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2024 15 (9), 2344-2351DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02582
Twisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength
Wu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, X. et al. Twisted-layer boron nitride ceramic with high deformability and strength. Nature 626, 779–784 (2024).