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
Raman scattering of rhenium for secondary pressure calibration
Allison Pease, Claire Zurkowski, Stella Chariton, Heidi N. Krauss, Daniel Sneed, Vitali Prakapenka, Bruce Baer, Susannah M. Dorfman, Earl F. O’Bannon; Raman scattering of rhenium for secondary pressure calibration. J. Appl. Phys. 21 May 2025; 137 (19): 195901.
Suppressing Phase Transitions and High-Pressure Amorphization through Tethered Organic Cations in Organochalcogenide-Halide Perovskites
Jiayi Li, Jan Hofmann, Robert M. Stolz, Jiajia Wen, Christina R. Deschene, Hannah Bartels, Zhenxian Liu, Alberto Salleo, Yu Lin, Karena W. Chapman,...
High Pressure Synthesis of Rubidium Superhydrides
Kuzovnikov, Mikhail A., Busheng Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, Tomas Marqueño, Hannah A. Shuttleworth, Calum Strain, Eugene Gregoryanz, Eva Zurek, Miriam Peña-Alvarez, and Ross T. Howie. “High Pressure Synthesis of Rubidium Superhydrides.” Physical Review Letters 134, no. 19 (2025): 196102.
Exciton-phonon coupling and phonon-assisted exciton relaxation dynamics in In1-xGaxP quantum dots
Li, B.C., Lin, K., Wu, PJ.E. et al. Exciton-phonon coupling and phonon-assisted exciton relaxation dynamics in In1-xGaxP quantum dots. Nat Commun 16, 4424 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58800-8
The Viscosity of Albitic Melt at High Pressures andImplications for the Mobility of Crust‐Forming Magmas
Ashley, A. W., Mookherjee, M., Xu, M., Yu, T., Manthilake, G., & Wang, Y. (2025). The viscosity of albitic melt at high pressures and implications for the mobility of crust-forming magmas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030527.
Structure of ice VII with Hirshfeld atom refinement
Gajda, R., Chodkiewicz, M., Zhang, D., Nguyen, P., Prakapenka, V. & Wozniak, K., Structure of ice VII with Hirshfeld atom refinement, (2025). IUCrJ, 12. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2052252525002581
Science Highlights
Carbonation of MgO Single Crystals: Implications for Direct Air Capture of CO2
Peng Yang, Jacquelyn N. Bracco, Gabriela Camacho Meneses, Ke Yuan, Joanne E. Stubbs, Mavis D. Boamah, Matthew Brahlek, Michel Sassi, Peter J. Eng, Matthew G. Boebinger, Albina Borisevich, Anna K. Wanhala, Zheming Wang, Kevin M. Rosso, Andrew G. Stack, and Juliane Weber, Carbonation of MgO Single Crystals: Implications for Direct Air Capture of CO2, Environmental Science & […]
Physical properties, internal structure, and the three-dimensional petrography of CI chondrites
Friedrich, J.M., Riveros, E.M., Macke, R.J., Jaret, S.J., Rivers, M.L. and Ebel, D.S. (2025), Physical properties, internal structure, and the three-dimensional petrography of CI chondrites. Meteorit Planet Sci. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14320
Thermoelastic Properties of Iron‐Rich Ringwoodite and the Deep Mantle Aerotherm of Mars
Wang, F., Bausch, H. J., Gardner, L. L.,Zhang, D., Armstrong, K., Bell, A. S., et al.(2025). Thermoelastic properties of iron‐rich ringwoodite and the deep mantleaerotherm of Mars. Geophysical ResearchLetters, 52, e2024GL109666. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109666
Numerical Investigation Into Mechanical Behavior ofMetastable Olivine During Phase Transformation: Implications for Deep‐Focus Earthquakes
Sindhusuta, S., Chi, S.‐W., Foster, C., Officer, T., & Wang, Y. (2025). Numerical investigation into mechanical behavior of metastable olivine during phase transformation: Implications for deep-focus earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130, e2024JB030557. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2024JB030557
Nonlinearity of the post-spinel transition and its expression in slabs and plumes worldwide
Dong, J., Fischer, R.A., Stixrude, L.P. et al. Nonlinearity of the post-spinel transition and its expression in slabs and plumes worldwide. Nat Commun 16, 1039 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56231-z
Mobility of cobalt in mine waste: Evidence from a historic silver mining district in Canada
Melissa A.H. Turcotte, Heather E. Jamieson, Michael B. Parsons, Mobility of cobalt in mine waste: Evidence from a historic silver mining district in Canada, Applied Geochemistry, Volume 181, 2025, 106296, ISSN 0883-2927, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2025.106296.
Latest Happenings
SCCM 2025 Abstract Submission
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