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
Stability of hydrides in sub-Neptune exoplanets with thick hydrogen-rich atmospheres
Taehyun Kim, Xuehui Wei, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Young-Jay Ryu, Shize Yang and Sang-Heon Shim, “Stability of hydrides in sub-Neptune exoplanets with thick hydrogen-rich atmospheres”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, Vol 120, Issue 52,
Oxidation of iron by giant impact and its implication on the formation of reduced atmosphere in the early Earth
Jinhyuk Choi et al. ,Oxidation of iron by giant impact and its implication on the formation of reduced atmosphere in the early Earth.Sci. Adv.9,eadi6096(2023).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adi6096
High-pressure structural behavior and elastic properties of Ce2In and Ce3In: A combined in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and density functional theory study
Andrew C. Strzelecki, Sajib K. Barman, Samantha C. Couper, Maddury Somayazulu, Young-Jay Ryu, Emma Carlsen, Xiaofeng Guo, Curtis Kenny-Benson, Stella Chariton, Vitali Prakapenka, Garrett G. Euler, Hakim Boukhalfa, W. Adam Phelan, Paul H. Tobash, David C. Arellano, Eric D. Bauer, Sarah C. Hernandez, Jeremy N. Mitchell, Hongwu Xu,
High-pressure structural behavior and elastic properties of Ce2In and Ce3In: A combined in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction and density functional theory study,
Intermetallics,
Volume 165, 2024, 108134, ISSN 0966-9795
Superconductivity discovered in niobium polyhydride at high pressures
X. He, C.L. Zhang, Z.W. Li, K. Lu, S.J. Zhang, B.S. Min, J. Zhang, L.C. Shi, S.M. Feng, Q.Q. Liu, J. Song, X.C. Wang, Y. Peng, L.H. Wang, V.B. Prakapenka, S. Chariton, H.Z. Liu, C.Q. Jin, “Superconductivity discovered in niobium polyhydride at high pressures,” Mater. Today Phys. 40, 101298 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.101298
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