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 structural determination of 3d and 5d perovskite oxides under high pressure by synchrotron x-ray diffraction
Jie Chen, Jiaming He, Yanyao Zhang, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Kazunari Yamaura, Jung-Fu Lin, J. B. Goodenough, and J.-S. Zhou, “In situ
structural determination of 3d and
5d perovskite oxides under high pressure by synchrotron x-ray diffraction”, Phys. Rev. B 108, 134106
Influence of X-Ray beam exposure on the development of gas bubbles during triaxial testing of sand using 3D synchrotron micro-computed tomography
Mohammed Elnur, Khalid A. Alshibli,, “Influence of X-Ray beam exposure on the development of gas bubbles during triaxial testing of sand using 3D synchrotron micro-computed tomography”, Tomography of Materials and Structures,
Volume 3, 2023, 100016, ISSN 2949-673X
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Article ASAP
Seungyeol Lee, Jizhe Cai, Shiyun Jin, Hiromi Konishi, Dongzhou Zhang, Amanda S. Barnard, Ramathasan Thevamaran, and Huifang Xu, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Article ASAP,
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00057
Structure determination of ζ-N2 from single-crystal X-ray diffraction
Laniel, D., Trybel, F., Aslandukov, A. et al. Title: Structure determination of ζ-N2 from single-crystal X-ray diffraction and theoretical suggestion for the formation of amorphous nitrogen. Nat Commun 14, 6207 (2023)
High-pressure Raman scattering and X-ray diffraction study of kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4
Abhisek Basu, Mainak Mookherjee, Stephen Clapp, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, High-pressure Raman scattering and X-ray diffraction study of kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4, Applied Clay Science, Volume 245, 2023, 107144
Metastable phase formation in europium hexaboride
Raimundas Sereika, Matthew P. Clay, Li Zhu, Priscila F. S. Rosa, Wenli Bi, Yogesh K. Vohra; Metastable phase formation in europium hexaboride on compression to 187 GPa. J. Appl. Phys. 7 October 2023; 134 (13): 135901.