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
Externally Heated Diamond ANvil Cell Experimentation (EH-DANCE) for studying materials and processes under extreme conditions
Siheng Wang, Meryem Berrada, Keng-Hsien Chao, Xiaojing Lai, Feng Zhu, Dongzhou Zhang, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Stanislav Sinogeikin, Bin Chen; Externally Heated Diamond ANvil Cell Experimentation (EH-DANCE) for studying materials and processes under extreme conditions. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 December 2023; 94 (12): 123902.
Mechanism of the Direct Reduction of Chromite Process as a Clean Ferrochrome Technology
Dogan Paktunc, Jason P. Coumans, David Carter, Nail Zagrtdenov, Dominique Duguay, “Mechanism of the Direct Reduction of Chromite Process as a Clean Ferrochrome Technology,” ACS Eng. Au 4 (1), 125-138 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsengineeringau.3c00057
Crystal structure of calcium-ferrite type NaAlSiO4 up to 45 GPa
Fei Qin, Ye Wu, Shengchao Xue, Dongzhou Zhang, Xiang Wu, Steven D. Jacobsen; Crystal structure of calcium-ferrite type NaAlSiO4 up to 45 GPa. American Mineralogist 2023;; 108 (12): 2331–2337
Validating mechanistic models of fluid displacement during imbibition
Sharon Ellman, Arjen Mascini, Tom Bultreys,, “Validating mechanistic models of fluid displacement during imbibition”, Advances in Water Resources, 2023, 104590,
ISSN 0309-1708
Designing Magnetic Properties in CrSBr through Hydrostatic Pressure and Ligand Substitution
Telford, E.J., Chica, D.G., Ziebel, M.E., Xie, K., Manganaro, N.S., Huang, C.-Y., Cox, J., Dismukes, A.H., Zhu, X., Walsh, J.P.S., Cao, T., Dean, C.R. and Roy, X. (2023), Designing Magnetic Properties in CrSBr through Hydrostatic Pressure and Ligand Substitution. Adv. Phys. Res., 2: 2300036.
Pressure-induced crystal structural and insulator-metal transitions in the quantum spin liquid candidate CsYbSe2
Sereika, Raimundas and Xu, Xilong and Wang, Yizhou and Yang, Li and Zhang, Dongzhou and Chariton, Stella and Xing, Jie and Sefat, Athena and Vohra, Yogesh K. and Bi, Wenli, ”
Pressure-induced crystal structural and insulator-metal transitions in the quantum spin liquid candidate
CsYbSe2, ” (2023)
Phys. Rev. B 108, 174106