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
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.
Hydrous wadsleyite crystal structure up to 32 GPa
Fei Wang, Elizabeth C. Thompson, Dongzhou Zhang, Jingui Xu, Ercan E. Alp, Steven D. Jacobsen; Hydrous wadsleyite crystal structure up to 32 GPa. American Mineralogist 2023;; 108 (10): 1948–1956
Stabilization Of The CN35− Anion In Recoverable High-pressure Ln3O2(CN3) (Ln=La, Eu, Gd, Tb, Ho, Yb) Oxoguanidinates
Andrey Aslandukov, Pascal L. Jurzick, Dr. Maxim Bykov, Alena Aslandukova, Dr. Artem Chanyshev, Dr. Dominique Laniel, Dr. Yuqing Yin, Fariia I. Akbar, Dr. Saiana Khandarkhaeva, Dr. Timofey Fedotenko, Dr. Konstantin Glazyrin, Dr. Stella Chariton, Prof. Vitali Prakapenka, Dr. Fabrice Wilhelm, Dr. Andrei Rogalev, Dr. Davide Comboni, Dr. Michael Hanfland, Prof. Natalia Dubrovinskaia, Prof. Leonid Dubrovinsky, “Stabilization Of The CN35− Anion In Recoverable High-pressure Ln3O2(CN3) (Ln=La, Eu, Gd, Tb, Ho, Yb) Oxoguanidinates
“, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2023)
Disproportionation of iron in almandine-pyrope-grossular garnet from 25 to 65 GPa
Swadba, K. E., Davis, A. H., Zurkowski, C. C., Chariton, S., Prakapenka, V. B., & Campbell, A. J. (2023). Disproportionation of iron in almandine-pyrope-grossular garnet from 25 to 65 GPa. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 24, e2023GC011081
The synthesis of novel lanthanum hydroxyborate at extreme conditions
Ibragimova Olga, Vaquero Lia, Hussein Zain, Drozd Vadym, Chariton Stella, Prakapenka Vitali, Chuvashova Irina, “The synthesis of novel lanthanum hydroxyborate at extreme conditions”, Front Chem, 11, (2023), DOI=10.3389/fchem.2023.1259000
Synchrotron X-rays reveal the modes of Fe binding and trace metal storage in the brown algae Laminaria digitata and Ectocarpus siliculosus
Ana Mijovilovich, Peter Cloetens, Antonio Lanzirotti, Matt Newville, Gerd Wellenreuther, Puja Kumari, Christos Katsaros, Carl J Carrano, Hendrik Küpper, Frithjof C Küpper, Synchrotron X-rays reveal the modes of Fe binding and trace metal storage in the brown algae Laminaria digitata and Ectocarpus siliculosus, Metallomics, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2023, mfad058