Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: The Future of Organic Geochemistry
Discussion Leader: Cindy De Jonge (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Alex Sessions (California Institute of Technology, USA)
"Organic Geochemistry: A Field with an Identity Crisis?"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Biomarkers and Proxies
Discussion Leaders: Rebecca Smith (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) and Yuki Weber (Harvard University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Gabriella Weiss (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
"Enhanced Paleosensitivity of the Alkenone Paleosalinity Proxy"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Emily Dearing Crampton-Flood (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Applying Bayesian Statistics to Assess Confounding Factors on the Branched GDGT Continental Paleothermometer"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Helen Habicht (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Arctic Hydroclimate and Vegetation Variability from 0-250 ka: Stable Isotope and Biogeochemical Records from Lake El'gygytgyn, NE Russia"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Julia Krawielicki (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Rise and Fall of the Ethiopian Forests"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Tracing Organic Matter
Discussion Leaders: Charlotte O'Brien (Yale University, USA) and Caitlyn Witkowski (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Hendrik Grotheer (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany)
"Assessing Permafrost Erosion in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, Herschel Island: A Biomarker and Radiocarbon Approach"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Muhammed Usman (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Large-Scale Changes in Organic Matter Export from the Indian Subcontinent Linked to Holocene Climate Variability"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Mei Mei (University of Houston, USA)
"Improved Method for Simultaneous Determination of Saturated and Aromatic Biomarkers, Organosulfur Compounds and Diamondoids in Crude Oils by GC-MS/MS"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Xingqian Cui (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Depositional Environment of the South Atlantic Rift Basins"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Panel
Discussion Leader: Loes van Bree (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Panel
Aaron Diefendorf (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Katherine French (U.S. Geological Survey, USA)
Darci Rush (Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, The Netherlands)
Lloyd Snowdon (University of Calgary, Canada)
Johan Weijers (Shell, The Netherlands)
Alex Sessions (California Institute of Technology, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes