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
Applying EQTransformer to laboratory earthquakes: detecting and picking acoustic emissions with machine learning
Sheehan, J., Zhai, Q., Chuang, L.Y. Officer, T., Wang, Y., Zhu, L., Peng, Z., Applying EQTransformer to laboratory earthquakes: detecting and...
Unraveling the Complex Features of the Seismic Scatterersin the Mid‐Lower Mantle Through Phase Transition of (Al, H)‐Bearing Stishovite
Yu, Y., Zhang, Y., Li, L., Zhang, X., Wang, D., Mao, Z., et al. (2025). Unraveling the complex features of the seismic scatterers in the mid‐lower...
Efficient up-conversion in CsPbBr3 nanocrystals via phonon-driven exciton-polaron formation
Abbas, A.S., Li, B.C., Schaller, R.D. et al. Efficient up-conversion in CsPbBr3 nanocrystals via phonon-driven exciton-polaron formation. Nat...
Near-room-temperature ferromagnetic ordering in the pressure-induced collapsed-tetragonal phase in SrCo2P2
Huyan, S., J. Schmidt, A. Valadkhani, H. Wang, Z. Li, A. Sapkota, J_L Petri et al. “Near-room-temperature ferromagnetic ordering in the...
Structural mechanisms of pressure-induced isosymmetric second-order phase transitions
Zhong, Qifa, Jingui Xu, Dongzhou Zhang, Shanrong Zhang, Mengzeng Wu, Hailing Gu, Yi Zhou, and Dawei Fan. “Structural mechanisms of pressure-induced...
Hydrogen-rich hydrate at high pressures up to 104 GPa
Goncharov, Alexander F. and Bykova, Elena and Batyrev, Iskander and Bykov, Maxim and Edmund, Eric and Karandikar, Amol and Mohammad, Mahmood and...
Science Highlights
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...
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...
Equilibrium Silicon Isotope Fractionation in Eclogites and Granites Constrained by Single Crystal X‐Ray Diffraction and the Force Constants Approach
Zhang, Dongzhou, Jingui Xu, Przemyslaw K. Dera, Bin Chen, and Ming Chen. “Equilibrium silicon isotope fractionation in eclogites and...
The role of dissolved sulfide in controlling copper speciation in basaltic melts
Antonio Lanzirotti, Michelle Muth, Elisabet Head, Matthew Newville, Molly McCanta, Paul J. Wallace, Zoltan Zajacz, The role of dissolved...
Characterisation of mineral forms of arsenic in garden soils from a historic gold mining region
Sean McHale, Heather E. Jamieson, Michael J. Palmer, Iris Koch, Characterisation of mineral forms of arsenic in garden soils from a...
Unusual sulfide-rich magmatic apatite crystals from >2.7 Ga Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada
Meng, Xuyang, David R. Mole, Adam C. Simon, Jingwen Mao, Daniel J. Kontak, Pedro J. Jugo, and Jackie M. Kleinsasser. “Unusual sulfide-rich...
Latest Happenings
Students from Metea Valley High School participated remotely, investigating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the growth of herbs in the presence of excess copper, 13 IDE, March 2025.
Synchrotron Environmental Science (SES-2025) Symposium
The Synchrotron Environmental Science (SES) Symposium will be held at Stony Brook University from...
