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)SAXS characterization of porous microstructure of chert: insights into organic matter preservation
Munoz, P., Ilavsky, J., Newville, M., Wetter, N. U., Lourenco, R. A., Barbosa de Andrade, M., Martins, T. S., Dipold, J., Freitas, A. Z., Cides da Silva, L. C. & Oliveira, C. L. P. (2023). J. Appl. Cryst. 56.
Influence of contrasting redox conditions on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transformation and associated phosphate sorption
Barczok, M., Smith, C., Di Domenico, N. et al. Influence of contrasting redox conditions on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transformation and associated phosphate sorption. Biogeochemistry (2023).
Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth’s core-mantle boundary
Vasilije V. Dobrosavljevic , Dongzhou Zhang, Wolfgang Sturhahn, Stella Chariton , Vitali B. Prakapenka , Jiyong Zhao , Thomas S. Toellner , Olivia S. Pardo & Jennifer M. Jackson, ” Melting and defect transitions in FeO up to pressures of Earth’s core-mantle boundary.” Nat Commun 14, 7336 (2023).
A hydrogen-enriched layer in the topmost outer core sourced from deeply subducted water
Taehyun Kim, Joseph G. O’Rourke, Jeongmin Lee, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Rachel J. Husband, Nico Giordano, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Sang-Heon Shim, Yongjae Lee, “A hydrogen-enriched layer in the topmost outer core sourced from deeply subducted water,” Nat. Geoscience 16, 1208-1214 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-023-01324-x
Photophysical Behavior of Triethylmethylammonium Tetrabromoferrate(III) under High Pressure
Takeshi Nakagawa, Yang Ding, Kejun Bu, Xujie Lü, Haozhe Liu, Anna Moliterni, Jasminka Popović, Marian Mihalik, Zvonko Jagličić, Matúš Mihalik, and Martina Vrankić, Inorganic Chemistry Article ASAPDOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02607
The crystal structure of feitknechtite (β-MnOOH) and a new MnOOH polymorph ” Amerian Mineralogist, Vol 108, Number 11, 2023
Jeffrey E. Pos, Peter J. Heaney, Eugene S. Ilton, Evert J. Elzinga, ”
The crystal structure of feitknechtite (β-MnOOH) and a new MnOOH polymorph ” Amerian Mineralogist, Vol 108, Number 11, 2023