Winter 2024 Lectures

Virtual Geoscience Night with NASA-GIFT. Tuesday, February 6th 2024. 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. PST. Online. This talk will be recorded. This is a follow-up virtual event for the cancelled Geoscience Night in September 2023. Talks include, “The Bishop Tuff as an analog to ash deposits and alteration minerology on Mars,” by Dr. Alexandra Matiella Novak & Dr. Patrick Whelley and “Mars-analog radar investigations of the Bishop Tuff,” by Dr. Emileigh Shoemaker & Ms. Elisha Jhoti. Register HERE.

“How to see Auroras from the Eastern Sierra.” with Dr. Tony Phillips. Thursday, March 14th, 2024. 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. PST. In-person. Owens Valley Station, 3000 E. Line St., Bishop, CA. Tony is a local professional astronomer and science writer. In this talk he will be discussing how it is possible to view the geomagnetic phenomenon known as aurora locally. Tony will also discuss his solar storm research and how it ties into aurora. This event is free & open to the public.

“The effects of a multi-strain probiotic on acclimatization to high altitude.” with James Yu, UCSD Biomedical Sciences. Thursday, March 21st, 2024. 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. PST. In-person. Owens Valley Station, 3000 E. Line St., Bishop, CA. James is a 2023 WMRC Mini Grant recipient and PhD student in the Dr. Simonson Lab at UCSD. James will be discussing his research on the effects of the probiotic supplement Slab 51 on acclimatization to high altitude. This event is free and open to the public.

All other 2021-2023 lectures are recorded and can be watched on YouTube: