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
Contrasting land-uses affect chemical composition of organic matter in tropical soils: A case study via osmium staining and infrared spectroscopy
Dor, Maoz, Ricardo de Oliveira Bordonal, Andrey K. Guber, Mark L. Rivers, and Alexandra N. Kravchenko. “Contrasting land-uses affect chemical composition of organic matter in tropical soils: A case study via osmium staining and infrared spectroscopy.” Journal of Environmental Management 388 (2025): 126067.
Interplay Between Metastability and Mechanically Induced Structural Instability in CsPbBr3 Photovoltaic Perovskite
Sizhan Liu, Sandun Amarasinghe, Mo Li, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Sanjit K. Ghose, Yong Yan, Joshua Young, and Trevor A. Tyson, Interplay Between Metastability and Mechanically Induced Structural Instability in CsPbBr3 Photovoltaic Perovskite, ACS Applied Energy Materials Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.5c00303
Resiliency, morphology, and entropic transformations in high-entropy oxide nanoribbons
Hessam Shahbazi et al., Resiliency, morphology, and entropic transformations in high-entropy oxide nanoribbons. Science 388, 950-956 (2025). DOI:...
Extending tetrahedral network similarity to carbon: A type-I carbon clathrate stabilized by boron
Strobel, Timothy A., Tiange Bi, Piotr A. Guńka, Mads F. Hansen, Julia-Maria Hübner, Samuel G. Dunning, Li Zhu, Stella Chariton, Vitali B. Prakapenka, and Yue Meng. “Extending tetrahedral network similarity to carbon: A type-I carbon clathrate stabilized by boron.” Science Advances 11, no. 21 (2025).
Direct observations of transient weakening during phase transformations in quartz and olivine
Cross, A.J., Goddard, R.M., Kumamoto, K.M. et al. Direct observations of transient weakening during phase transformations in quartz and...
An unexpectedly shrunken bandgap in V2O5 nanoparticles
E L Anquillare et al, An unexpectedly shrunken bandgap in V2O5 nanoparticles, 2025, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 37 235302 DOI...
Science Highlights
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.
High P-T Single-Crystal Elasticity of Zircon by Brillouin Spectroscopy
Arlacee Luu, Wen-Yi Zhou, Xin Zhong, Ming Hao, Przemyslaw Dera, Jin S. Zhang; High P–T Single-Crystal Elasticity of Zircon by Brillouin Spectroscopy. American Mineralogist 2025
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