Archive Lectures
Basic lecture on how to design science courses for undergraduates who are not science majors.
FROM GEO TO BIO: THE EMERGENCE OF BIOCHEMICAL COMPLEXITY
This lecture was delivered as the NSF Biosciences Distinguished Lectureship presentation in June, 2007.
FROM NANO TO GLOBAL: MATERIALS APPROACHES TO CLIMATE AND ENERGY
Presented as a lunchtime talk at the Transatlantic Science Week 2007 (October 2007).
HIGH PRESSURE AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
Presented in Beijing at the July, 2001, AIRAPT meeting.
HYDROTHERMAL PRODUCTION OF AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES FROM PYRUVATE
Presented at the American Chemical Society Spring Meeting (San Diego, April, 2001.
ID AND THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM: SHOULD WE ‘TEACH THE CONTROVERSY?
Presented several times during 2006-2007 as the Dover, Pennsylvania intelligent design trial evoked much debate.
A COMBINATORIC APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF MINERAL-MOLECULE INTERACTIONS
This lecture was delivered at the “Frontiers of Mineralogy” meeting in Cambridge England (June 2007) at a session organized with Dimitri Sverjensky.
WHAT FACTORS PROMOTE THE EMERGENCE OF BIOCOMPLEXITY?
This lecture was delivered at the first Kavli Futures Workshop (“From Nano to Bio”) in Ilulliset, Greenland (June 2007).
LIST OF LECTURES (2009-2017)
August 16, 2009: “Molecule-mineral interactions and the origins of life” American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
August 16, 2009: “Adsorption of nucleic acid components on rutile (TiO2) surfaces” (presented by H.J. Cleaves; R.M.Hazen co-author) American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
August 16, 2009: “Surface complexation models of glutamate and aspartate on rutile” (presented by C.M. Jonsson; R.M.Hazen co-author) American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
August 16, 2009: “Surface speciation of glutamate and aspartate on rutile as a function of environmental conditions” (presented by D.A. Sverjensky; R.M.Hazen co-author) American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
September 24, 2009: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins” The Baldwin Lecture, Miami University, Oxford, OH.
September 25, 2009: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres” Miami University, Oxford, OH.
October 18, 2009: “Evolution of the minerals of beryllium: a quintessential crustal element” (presented by E. S. Grew; R. M. Hazen co-author) Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
October 18, 2009: “Mineral surfaces, amino acids, and the origins of life” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
October 20, 2009: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
October 20, 2009: Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Public Service Medal, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
October 27, 2009: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres” Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
October 27, 2009: “Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life’s Origins” Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
October 28, 2009: “Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life’s Origins” College Endowment Association, Milwaukee, WI.
November 17, 2009: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC.
December 16, 2009: Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo and biospheres” American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
December 18, 2009: “Evolution of uranium and thorium minerals” American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.January 10-16, 2010: Gordon Research Conference on Origins of Life, Galveston, TX. Did not attend, but was coauthor on 3 talks.
February 19, 2010: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres” Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA.
February 20, 2010: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres” American Association for the Advancement of Science, annual meeting, San Diego, CA.
February 25, 2010: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” Institute de Physique du Globe, Paris, France.
March 8, 2010: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres” Caltech, Pasadena, CA.
March 11, 2010: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres” University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
March 18, 2010: “From the Big Bang to Broadway: How Things Evolve” Carnegie Institution of Washington, Capital Science Lecture, Washington, DC.
March 20, 2010: “From the Big Bang to Broadway: How Things Evolve” Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA.
March 20, 2010: ACS meeting talks: American Chemical Society annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. Did not attend, but was co-author on 4 talks.
March 30, 2010: “Themes and Variations in Complex Evolving Systems” The Cosmos Club, Washington, DC.
April 9, 2010: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres” University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
April 22, 2010: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” Second Workshop on the Deep Carbon Cycle, Beijing, China.
April 28, 2010: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres” The Bradley Lecture, Geological Society of Washington.
May 23, 2010: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” Japan Geosciences Union Annual Conference, Tokyo, Japan.
June 16, 2010: “Uranium and thorium mineral evolution” Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville, TN.
June 16, 2010: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville, TN.
June 18, 2010: “Clay mineral evolution” Goldschmidt Conference, Knoxville, TN.
July 6, 2010: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” Schlumberger Research Center, Cambridge, MA.
August 22, 2010: “The mineralogical co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere” International Mineralogical Association, keynote address. Budapest, Hungary.
August 25, 2010: “Mineral surfaces and the origins of life” International Mineralogical Association, keynote address. Budapest, Hungary.
September 9, 2010: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” Reaching the Moho Workshop, Washington, DC.
September 30, 2010: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere” University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
October 12, 2010: “Themes and variations in complex evolving systems” Trinity University, San Antonio, TX.
October 20, 2010: “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere” Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ.
October 20, 2010: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ.
October 27, 2010: “Mineral-molecule interactions” Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
October 31, 2010: R.M.Hazen, R.J.Hemley & C.M.Bertka “The Deep Carbon Observatory: Unanswered Questions in Deep Carbon Science.” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract published in GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42:82.
October 31, 2010: M.M.McMillan, R.T.Downs, H.J.Stein, A. Zimmerman, B. Beitscher, D.A.Sverjensky, D.Papineau, J. Armstrong & R.M.Hazen “Molybdenite mineral evolution: A study of trace elements through time.” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract published in GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42:93.
October 31, 2010: E.S.Grew & R.M.Hazen “Evolution of boron minerals: Has early species diversity been lost from the geological record? Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract published in GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42:92.
November 1, 2010: D.A.Sverjensky, R.M.Hazen, D.C.Azzolini, L.A.Hinnov & N.Lee “The Great Oxidation Event, mineral diversification, and mineral correlations with atmospheric composition through geologic time.” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract published in GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42:199.
November 1, 2010: D.L.Bish, R.M.Hazen, D.A.Sverjensky & S.C.Elmore “Terrestrial evolution of clay minerals.” Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract published in GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42:199.
November 1, 2010: E.S.Grew & R.M.Hazen “Evolution of the minerals of beryllium, and comparison with boron mineral evolution. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract published in GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42:199.
November 1, 2010: R.M.Hazen & N.Eldredge “Themes and variations in complex systems. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. Abstract published in GSA Abstracts with Programs, 42:200.
November 18, 2010: “Mineral surfaces and the origins of life” Vienna Biosciences Center, Vienna, Austria.
December 2, 2010: “Mineral surfaces, geochemical complexities, and the origins of life” University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
December 14, 2010: “The Deep Carbon Observatory” American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
February 20, 2011: “Unanswered questions in deep carbon science” AAAS Annual Meeting, Washngton, DC.
February 24, 2011: “Geochemical complexities and the origins of life,” The Linnaeus Lecture, Uppsala University, Sweden.
February 25, 2011: “Co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere,” Linneaus Symposium, Uppsala University, Sweden.
March 3, 2011: “The Deep Carbon Observatory,” Airlie House, Virginia.
March 8, 2011: “The Deep Carbon Observatory,” Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC.
March 10, 2011: “Unanswered questions in deep carbon science,” Deep Carbon Cycle Workshop, Sendai, Japan.
March 16, 2011: “Unanswered questions in deep carbon science,” University of Southern California.
March 18, 2011: “Co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere,” Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD.
March 29, 2011: “Unanswered questions in deep carbon science,” National Science Foundation, Biosciences Directorate, Ballston, VA.
April 7, 2011: “Unanswered questions in deep carbon science,” SUNY Stony Brook.
April 21, 2011: “Recent advances in deep carbon science” Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC.
April 26, 2011: “Mineral surfaces and the origins of life,” Materials Research Society, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
June 14, 2011: “The Deep Carbon Observatory,” Institute de Physique du Globe, Paris.
July 12, 2011: “Chiral selection and the origins of life,” Chirality 2011, University of Liverpool, England.
August 8, 2011: “The mineralogical co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere,” United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.
June 23, 2011: "Genesis: The scientific quest for life's origins," Brookings Institution, Washington DC.
August 16, 2011: "Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biosphere," Goldschmidt Conference, Prague.
August 29, 2011: "Mineralogical co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere" Campiglia Maritima, Italy.
September 1, 2011: “Genesis: the scientific quest for life’s origins,” University of Montana, Bozeman, Montana.
September 1, 2011: “How things evolve,” Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Montana.
December 8, 2011: "The Great Subsurface Oxidation 'Event'", American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
February 23, 2012: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis.
February 29, 2012: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD.
March 1, 2012: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” Brown University, Providence, RI.
March 2, 2012: “The Diamond Makers,” Brown University, Providence, RI.
March 2, 2012: “The mineralogical co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere,” Brown University, Providence, RI.
March 6, 2012: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.
March 22, 2012: “Recent Advances in Mineral Evolution,” Joint colloquium, Departments of Paleobiology and Mineralogy, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
March 27, 2012: “Mineral evolution: Constraints on models of life’s origins,” American Chemical Society, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
March 29, 2012: “Role of mineral surfaces in the origin of life,” American Chemical Society, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
March 30, 2012: “A Virtual Mineralogical Observatory,” Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis.
April 18, 2012: “What Minerals were Present at the Origins of Life?” Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
May 2012: “What Minerals were present at Life’s Origins?,” Keynote lecture, Astrobiology Science Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
May 2012: “Mineral-Molecule Interactions,” American Chemical Society, San Diego, California.
August 2012: “Unanswered questions in deep carbon research,” Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, New York.
August 2012: “Unanswered questions in deep carbon research,” Geochemical Society meeting, Montreal, Canada
August 2012: “Unanswered questions in deep carbon research,” Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.
August 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts.
August 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
August 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” The Geochemical Society meeting, Montreal, Canada.
August 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” The National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia.
September, 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
October, 2012, “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.
October, 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” German Geosciences Institute, Potsdam, Germany.
November, 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” The Charles and Marie Fish Lecture in Oceanography, University of Rhode Island.
November, 2012, “Unanswered questions in deep carbon research,” the Vetlesen Distinguished Lecture, University of Rhode Island.
November, 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” University of Stockholm, Sweden.
November, 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” American Institute of Physics, Hyattsville, Maryland.
November, 2012, “Brute force methods in mineral evolution research,” National Science Foundation Workshop on EarthCube, Washington, D.C.
December, 2012, “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” the Condon Lecture, Oregon State University, Corvalis, Oregon.
December, 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” the Moore Lecture, Oregon State University, Corvalis, Oregon.
December, 2012, “Deep carbon mineralogy,” Pardee Lecture, Geological Society of America’s Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina.
December, 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” keynote address, Virginia Community College Science Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
December, 2012, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” Coast Geological Society, Ventura, California.
February, 2013, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” Linus Pauling Lecture, Association for Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Portland, Oregon.
February, 2013, “Unanswered questions in mineral evolution,” Keynote speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Geobiology, Ventura, California.
February, 2013, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
February, 2013, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
February, 2013, “Needs and opportunities in deep carbon research,” Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
March, 2013, “Brute use cases in mineral evolution,” EarthCube Stakeholders meeting, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
March, 2013, “Carbon in Earth,” Deep Carbon Science Conference, US National Academies of Science, Washington, DC.
March, 2013, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” Earth-Life Science Initiative Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.
March, 2013, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
March, 2013, “From the Big Bang to Broadway: How Things Evolve,” Harvard University Natural History Museum, “Evolution Matters” lecture series, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
April, 2013, “Minerals and the origins of life,” Rockefeller University, New York, New York.
April, 2013, “Needs and opportunities in deep carbon research,” Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, New York.
April, 2013, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” the Qualline Lecture, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
April, 2013, “The Deep Carbon Observatory,” University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
April, 2013, “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” the Naff Lecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
April, 2013, “Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres,” The Cliff Salon Lecture, Scientists Cliffs, Maryland.
May 8, 2013: “The diamond makers,” Keynote address to the Industrial Diamond Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
May 21, 2013: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” Distinguished Visiting Lecturer, University of Milan, Italy.
May 28, 2013: “Carbon at extremes: Unanswered questions in deep carbon research,” Invited Lecture, Nobel Symposium, Royal Academy of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
June 18, 2013: “Co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere,” University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
June 30, 2013: “Silver Pachelbels,” Historic instrument concert performed in Richmond, Virginia.
July 5, 2013: “The diamond makers,” Scientific American Bright Horizon Cruise, Celebrity Infinity, Norwegian fjords.
July 7, 2013: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” Scientific American Bright Horizon Cruise, Celebrity Infinity, Norwegian fjords.
July 9, 2013: “Co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere,” Scientific American Bright Horizon Cruise, Celebrity Infinity, Norwegian fjords.
July 11, 2013: “The Story of Earth,” Scientific American Bright Horizon Cruise, Celebrity Infinity, Norwegian fjords.
July 13, 2013: “Chemical bonding,” Scientific American Bright Horizon Cruise, Celebrity Infinity, Norwegian fjords.
August 29, 2013: “Earth’s carbon through deep time,” Plenary Lecture, Goldschmidt Conference, Florence, Italy.
August 29, 2013: “Paleomineralogy of the Hadean Eon: What minerals were present at life’s origins?” Goldschmidt Conference, Florence, Italy.
August 30, 2013: “Mineralogical record of metallogeny associated with supercontinent assembly,” Goldschmidt Conference, Florence, Italy.
October 11, 2013: “The Mineralogical Co-evolution of the Geo- and Biosphere,” Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY. The Arthur Storke Lecture.
October 22, 2013: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins”. Villanova University, PA.
October 28, 2013: “The Story of Earth: The Co-evolution of Life and Rocks,” Sterling Middle School, Sterling, VA.
October 29, 2013: “Hg concentration and mass independent fractionation in mid-Proterozoic marine shales,” Geological Society of America, Denver, CO.
December 9, 2013: “Data-driven abductive discovery in the Earth sciences,” American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
December 12, 2013: “Mineralogical evidence for subsurface oxidation following the great oxidation event,” American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
February 12, 2014: “Hadean paleomineralogy,” Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
February 20, 2014: “The Story of Earth,” Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC.
February 27, 2014: “The Story of Earth,” Boston University, Boston, MA.
March 13, 2014: “Data-driven abductive discovery in Earth sciences,” Deep Carbon Observatory Executive Committee meeting, Washington, DC.
March 17, 2014: “Data-driven abductive discovery in Earth sciences,” Keck Foundation, Pasadena, CA.
March 26, 2014: “Deep-time, data-driven discovery in the Earth sciences,” Invited lecture, Earth Life Science Institute conference, Tokyo, Japan.
April 28, 2014: “User-aware multi-dimensional data exploration for Deep Carbon Observatory,” European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2014, Poster by Han Wang, et al.
April 29, 2014: “What minerals were present in the Hadean Eon,” Space Telescope Science Institute Conference, Baltimore, MD.
May 21, 2014: “The co-evolution of life and rocks,” Keynote public lecture, Nordic Astrobiology Conference, Bergen, Norway.
May 23, 2014: “Mineral surfaces and the origins of life,” Nordic Astrobiology Conference, Bergen, Norway.
June 5, 2014: “Deep-Time Data Infrastructure,” Data Science Day, RPI, Troy, NY.
June 11, 2014: “Beryllium mineral evolution” (with Edward Grew), Goldschmidt Conference of the Geochemical Society, Sacramento, CA.
June 12, 2014: “Trace element proxies for oceanic and atmospheric chemical evolution: Deep-time, data-driven discovery,” Goldschmidt Conference of the Geochemical Society, Sacramento, CA.
June 12, 2014: “Trace elements in carbonates as tracers of Earth’s O evolution” (with Xiao-Ming Liu), Goldschmidt Conference of the Geochemical Society, Sacramento, CA.
June 13, 2014: “Selective adsorption of L-aspartate onto [Mg(OH)2] brucite with Ca2+” (with Charlene Estrada), Goldschmidt Conference of the Geochemical Society, Sacramento, CA.
June 24, 2014: “Mineral evolution,” North Pole Dome Field Station, Western Australia.
August 21, 2014: “On the co-evolution of minerals and life,” Keynote lecture, Gordon Research Conference on Biomineralization, New London, NH.
August 23, 2014: “The Great Oxidation Event and the origins of Earth’s most colorful minerals,” Dallas Mineral Symposium, Dallas, TX.
September 2, 2014: “Deep-time, data-driven discovery in mineralogy: Evidence for the co-evolution of life and minerals,” Keynote address, International Mineralogical Association Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa.
September 3, 2014: “Recent advances in studies of biomolecular adsorption on minerals,” Keynote address, International Mineralogical Association Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa.
September 3, 2014: “The possible role of impacts in mineral evolution,” International Mineralogical Association Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa.
September 4, 2014: “Mineral ecology and the evolution of terrestrial planets,” International Mineralogical Association Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa.
September 17, 2014: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins,” the D. Foster Hewett Lecture, Lehigh University on origins of life.
September 18, 2014: “Mineral ecology: Chance and necessity in the mineral evolution of terrestrial planets,” Origins of Life Symposium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.
September 27, 2014: “Metallogeny and the Supercontinent Cycle,” Keynote Plenary Lecture, Society of Economic Geology Annual Meeting, Keystone, CO.
October 1, 2014: “Synthesis and Integration of the Deep Carbon Observatory,” UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
October 9, 2014: “The Deep-Time Data Infrastructure,” Keck Foundation, Pasadena, CA.
October 18, 2014: “Deep carbon through deep time,” Deep Carbon Observatory Workshop, held in conjunction with the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
October 20, 2014: “Mineral ecology: Chance and necessity in the mineral evolution of terrestrial planets,” Ingerson Lecture, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
October 30, 2014: “Mineral ecology: Chance and necessity in the mineral evolution of terrestrial planets,” Earth science seminar, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
November 13, 2014: “Mineral ecology: Chance and necessity in the mineral evolution of terrestrial planets,” University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
December 6, 2014: “Mineral ecology: Chance and necessity in the mineral evolution of terrestrial planets,” Opening plenary keynote lecture, American Society of Cell Biology annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
December 14, 2014: “Deep-Time Data Infrastucture,” Workshop on Deep-Time Data, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
December 15, 2014: “Planetary stoichiometry, mineral ecology, and the rise of habitability,” American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
December 18, 2014: “Tracing Earth’s O2 evolution using Zn/Fe systematics in carbonates” (with Xiao-Ming Liu), American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
January 30, 2015: “Synthesis and integration of the Deep Carbon Observatory,” DCO Executive Committee meeting, Muscat, Oman.
March 9, 2015: “Mineral evolution, mineral ecology, and the co-evolution of life and rocks,” Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
March 11, 2015: “Synthesis and integration of the Deep Carbon Observatory,” Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, NY.
March 11, 2015: “Mineral evolution, mineral ecology, and the co-evolution of life and rocks,” Simons Foundation Lecture Series, New York, NY.
March 27, 2015: “Carbon mineral ecology,” Deep Carbon International Science Conference, Munich, Germany.
March 31, 2015: “Mineral evolution, mineral ecology, and the co-evolution of life and rocks,” Conference on Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Agadir, Morocco.
April 2, 2015: “Mineral evolution, mineral ecology, and the co-evolution of life and rocks,” Conference on Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Agadir, Morocco.
April 28, 2015: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins.” Scripps Institute, La Jolla, CA.
April 29, 2015: “Mineral evolution and the coevolution of the geosphere and biosphere.” Biosciences Department Seminar, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, CA.
May 5, 2015: “The relationship between structural and chemical complexity of boron minerals with geological time” (with Edward Grew), GAC-MAC-AGU Joint Assembly, Montreal, Canada.
May 6, 2015: “Abductive discovery using mineral data.” Keck EarthCube Workshop
May 18, 2015: “Mineral evolution and the coevolution of the geosphere and biosphere.” Symposium on Mineral Evolution, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
May 18, 2015: “Mineral ecology: Chance versus necessity in the mineral evolution of terrestrial planets.” Symposium on Mineral Evolution, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
May 21, 2015: “Genesis: The Scientific quest for life’s origins.” University of Potsdam, Germany.
June 15, 2015: “Mineral ecology and the evolution of terrestrial planets.” Astrobiology Science Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
July 2, 2015: “Challenges and opportunities in deep carbon science.” DCO Modeling Workshop, UC Berkeley, CA.
July 8, 2015: “The Deep carbon Observatory.” COMPRES Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO.
August 17, 2015: “Aspartate transformation at hydrothermal conditions with brucite [Mg(OH)2].” Charlene Estrada et al., Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
August 18, 2015: “Adsorption of ribonucleotides onto aluminum and iron oxides.” Cecile Feuillie et al., Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
August 18, 2015: “Mineral ecology of carbon: predictions of “missing” minerals. Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
August 19, 2015: “Mineral record of crustal evolution: The roles of episodic mineralization and preservational bias.” Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
August 19, 2015: “Equilibrium chromium isotopic fractionation as functions of redox and pH on the early Earth.” Jihua Hao et al., Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
August 20, 2015: “Advanced instrumentation for probing carbon in Earth.” Craig Schiffries et al., Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
Sept. 23, 2015: “Mineral-molecule interactions: New insights on life’s origins.” McGill University, Montreal.
Sept. 24, 2015: “Genesis: The scientific quest for life’s origins.” McGill University, Montreal.
October 8, 2015: “Synthesis and integration of deep carbon science.” Academy of Sciences, Rome, Italy.
October 29, 2015: “Integration and synthesis for the Deep Carbon Observatory.” Providence, RI.
Nov. 4, 2015: “Tracing Earth’s O2 evolution using Zn/Fe systematics in marine carbonates. GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore. Talk given by Xiao-Ming Liu.
Nov. 2, 2015: “Mineral ecology and evolution of manganese: Using redox sensitive minerals to probe Earth’s history.” GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore. Talk given by Daniel Hummer.
Nov. 12, 2015: “Chance, necessity, and the origins of life.” Carnegie Institution of Washington, Capital Science Lecture.
Nov. 12, 2015: “Mineral-molecule interactions and life’s origins.” Conference on Re-Conceptualizing the Origin of Life,” Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC.
Dec. 2, 2015: “Chance, Necessity, and the Origin of Life.” Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ.
Dec. 18, 2015: “Carbon mineral ecology: Predicting the undiscovered minerals of carbon.” American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Dec. 18, 2015: with D. R. Hummer “Constraints on the mineral evolution of terrestrial planets using statistical correlations among the mineral-forming elements.” American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Dec. 17, 2015: with J. Hao “Chromium redox equilibria in fluids and minerals under hydrothermal and subduction zone conditions.” American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Dec. 16, 2015: with X.-M. Liu “Tracing the secular evolution of the UCC using the iron isotope composition of ancient glacial diamictites.” American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Feb. 6, 2016: “Life’s Rocky Start.” Premiere of a NOVA TV show about Hazen, plus discussion period following. Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC.
Feb. 19, 2016: “Chance vs. Necessity in Earth’s Mineral Evolution.” Philosophical Society of Washington, Washington DC.
March 9, 2016: “Chance, necessity, and the origins of life.” Philosophy of Biology seminar, Sorbonne, Paris, France.
March 10, 2016: “Mineral ecology: Chance and necessity in the evolution of terrestrial planets.” Institute de Physique du Globe de Paris, France.
March 23, 2016: “Mineral evolution, mineral ecology, and the coevolution of the geosphere and biosphere.” Geology Department Seminar, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
March 23, 2016: “Chance, necessity, and the origins of life.” The Morgan Lecture, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
April 9, 2016: “Chance, necessity, and the origins of life.” Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD.
April 19, 2016: “Diverse portfolio of scientific instrumentation initiatives of the Deep Carbon Observatory” European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria (talk given by Craig Schiffries).
April 9, 2016: “Chance, necessity, and the origins of life.” Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD.
April 19, 2016: “Diverse portfolio of scientific instrumentation initiatives of the Deep Carbon Observatory.” European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria (talk given by Craig Schiffries).
April 26, 2016: “Chance, necessity, and the origin of life.” International Astrobiology Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania.
May 24, 2016: “The history of the Deep Carbon Observatory.” IPGP, Paris.
June 27, 2016: “Tracing the secular evolution of the upper continental crust using the iron isotope composition of glacial diamictites.” Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
June 28, 2016: “Constraints on the mineral evolution of planetary crusts using statistical correlations and anti-correlations among the mineral-forming elements.” With Dan Hummer, Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
June 29, 2016: “Weathering and Late Archean world average river water.” With Jihua Hao, Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
June 29, 2016: “Lithium adsorption onto mineral surfaces of kaolinite, gibbsite, goethite, and hematite.” With Chao Liu, Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
June 30, 2016: “Mineral ecology and evolution of first-row transition elements.” Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
July 1, 2016: “On the mineralogy of the Anthropocene Epoch.” Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
July 26, 2016: “Mineral evolution.” DCO Summer School, Chaco Hot Springs, Montana.
July 28, 2016: “The origins of life.” DCO Summer School, Chaco Hot Springs, Montana.
September 12, 2016: “Mineral evolution of first-row transition elements.” 2nd European Mineralogical Association Conference, Rimini, Italy.
September 12, 2016: “On the mineralogy of the Anthropocene Epoch.” 2nd European Mineralogical Association Conference, Rimini, Italy.
September 13, 2016: “Structural and chemical complexity of minerals: relations and time evolution. S.V. Krivovichev, V.G. Krivovichev, E.S. Grew, and R.M. Hazen, 2nd European Mineralogical Association Conference, Rimini, Italy.
September 29, 2016: “Chromium and vanadium mineral ecology.” C. Liu, R.M. Hazen, et al., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “Building the mineral evolution database: Implications for future big data analysis.” J.J. Golden, A.J. Pires, R.M. Hazen et al., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “Counting boron minerals in Earth’s crust: Can contradictory evidence be reconciled?” E.S. Grew, G. Hystad, R.M. Hazen, et al., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “MSA Roebling Medal Lecture: The co-evolution of Earth and life; insights from big data mineralogy.” R.M. Hazen and the Keck DTDI Collaboration, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “Quantifying and visualizing Earth’s mineral chemistry through geologic time.” D.R. Hummer, R.M. Hazen, et al., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “Prediction of Earth’s “missing” minerals and the relative abundances for the mineral species on Earth; a statistical measure to characterize Earth-like planet.” G. Hystad, R.M. Hazen, et al., GeologicalSociety of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “Mineral ecology: Social network analysis and sociograms of mineral connections, distributions, and segmentation.” S.M. Morrison, R.M. Hazen, et al., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “Social network of copper minerals: A mineral ecology study.” S.M. Morrison, R.M. Hazen, et al., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “Showing co-relationships between elements and minerals in a three-dimensional matrix.” X. Ma, D. Hummer, R.M. Hazen, et al., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
September 29, 2016: “The co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres: An integrated program for data-driven, abductive discovery in the Earth sciences.” M. Meyer, R.M. Hazen, et al., Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
October 18, 2016: “Chance, necessity, and the origins of life.” Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.November 15, 2016: “Private lives of minerals.” Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC.
November 30, 2016: “Coevolution of the geosphere and biosphere.” Keck Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
December 15, 2016: “Private lives of minerals: Social network analysis applied to mineralogy and petrology.” R.M. Hazen et al., American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
December 15, 2016: “Big data mineralogy: Applications to the diversity, distribution, and social networks of copper minerals.” S.M. Morrison, R.M. Hazen, et al., American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
December 15, 2016: “Reconstructing the evolution of first-row transition metal minerals by GeoDeepDive.” C. Liu, R.M. Hazen, et al., American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
February 16, 2017: “The private lives of minerals.” Geophysical Laboratory Support Staff “Third Thursday” Lecture, Washington, DC.
February 19, 2017: “Protective role of martian analogue minerals for biomolecules against radiation effects.” American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Presented by Gozen Ertem.
“Mineralogy of rocks and sediments at Gale Crater, Mars.” Cherie Achilles et al., European Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2017.
February 18, 2017: ““Protection of biomolecules by martian analogue minerals against the effects of radiation.” G. Ertem, C.P. McKay, and R.M. Hazen, Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, MA.
February 23, 2017: “Private lives of minerals: network analysis of rocks and minerals.” Syracuse University, Chauncey Holmes Lecture.
March 23, 2017: “Network analysis applications to carbon mineral systems.” With S.M. Morrison, A. Eleish, D. Hummer, and R.M. Hazen. Deep Carbon Observatory Science Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland.
March 24, 2017: “The Deep Carbon Observatory: A ten-year quest to study carbon in Earth.” C. Schiffries, R.M. Hazen, et al. Deep Carbon Observatory Science Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland.
March 24, 2017: “Protection of biomolecules by martian analogue minerals against the effects of radiation.” G. Ertem, C.P. McKay, and R.M. Hazen, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas.
March 25, 2017: “Network analysis applications to carbon mineral systems.” S.M. Morrison, R.M. Hazen, et al. Deep Carbon Observatory Science Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland.
March 25, 2017: “Copper mineral ecology and network analysis through deep time.” S.M. Morrison, R.M. Hazen, et al. Deep Carbon Observatory Science Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland.
March 25, 2017: “The Carbon Mineral Challenge: A worldwide search for undiscovered minerals.” D.R. Hummer, R.M. Hazen, et al. Deep Carbon Observatory Science Meeting, St. Andrews, Scotland.
March 24, 2017: “Ground truth mineralogy to orbital observation at the Bagnold Dune field.” C.N. Achilles, R.M. Hazen, et al. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas.
March 24, 2017: “Surveying clay mineral diversity in the Murray Formation, Gale Crater, Mars.” T.F. Bristow. R.M. Hazen, et al. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas.
March 24, 2017: “Mineral trends in early Hesperian lacustrine mudstone at Gale Crater, Mars.” E.B. Rampe, R.M. Hazen, et al. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas.
April 4, 2017: “The mineral evolution exhibit.” Vienna Museum of Natural History, press conference presentation for opening of the mineral evolution exhibit.
April 4, 2017: “The evolution of mineral evolution.” Vienna Museum of Natural History, opening keynote address of the mineral evolution exhibit.
April 5, 2017: “Mineral evolution in the era of “big-data” mineralogy.” Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
April 24, 2017: “Minerals and the origins of life: Insights from big data mineralogy.” Astrobiology Science Conference 2017, Mesa, Arizona.
April 24, 2017: “Mineral network analysis applications in comparative planetology.” With Morrison et al., Astrobiology Science Conference 2017, Mesa, Arizona.
April 25, 2017: “Deep-time Data Infrastructure: Visualizing the Co-Evolution of Planets and Life.” With Michael Meyer et al., Astrobiology Science Conference 2017, Mesa, Arizona.
April 26, 2017: “Mineralogy of the rocks and sediments at Gale Crater, Mars.” C. Achilles et al., European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria (talk given by C. Achilles).
May 8, 2017: “Deep-Time Evolution of Rocks and Life”. Covington Law Office, Washington DC.
PAST LECTURE VENUES
Invited lectures have been delivered at numerous colleges, universities and national laboratories, including:
University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
University of California (Santa Barbara, CA)
University of California (Berkeley, CA)
University of California (Los Angeles, CA)
Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
California State University (Fresno, CA)
CalTech (Pasadena, CA)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA)
NAS Beckman Center (Irvine, CA)
NASA Ames Research Lab (Moffett Field, CA)
University of California (Santa Cruz, CA)
Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA)
Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA)University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
Yale University (New Haven, CT)Central Connecticut State Univ. (New Britain, CT)
University of Delaware (Newark, DL)
University of Delaware (Lewes, DL)University of Idaho (Moscow, ID)
University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, IL)
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne, IL)
Purdue University (Lafayette, IN)
Iowa State University (Ames, IA) McPherson College (McPherson, KS)
Centre College (Danville KY)
Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, KY)
The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Salisbury State University (Maryland)
NASA Goddard (Greenbelt, MD)
Carnegie Inst., Dept. Embryology (Baltimore, MD)
NIST (Gaithersburg, MD)
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA)
University of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN)
University of Missouri (Kansas City, MO)
Washington University (St. Louis, MO)
University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH)
Keene State College (Keene, NH)
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)
St. Johns College (Santa Fe, NM)
Los Alamos National Lab (Los Alamos, NM)
State University of New York (Stony Brook, NY)
IBM Watson Res. Cen. (Yorktown Heights, NY)
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
The Century Club (New York, NY)
University of Buffalo (Buffalo, NY)
State University of New York (Cortland, NY)
Lamont-Doherty (Columbia Univ., Palisades, NY)
American Museum of Natural History (NY, NY) RPI (Troy, NY)
East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Elon College (Elon College, NC)
Denison University (Granville, OH)
The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Wright State University (Dayton, OH)
Linfield College (McMinnville, OR)
Pennsylvania State Univ. (University Park, PA)
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
LaSalle University (Philadelphia, PA)
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Lafayette University (Easton, PA)
Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Franklin & Marshall Univ (Lancaster, PA)
Clemson University (Clemson, SC)
Tennessee Technical University (Cookville, TN)
Texas Tech (Lubbock, TX)
University of Texas (Austin, TX)
George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
Mary Washington College (Fredericksburg, VA)
Union Theological Seminary (Richmond, VA)
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)
National Science Foundation (Ballston, VA)
St. Mary’s College (Burlington, VT)
Howard University (Washington, DC)
Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC)
Carnegie Institution (Washington, DC)
Brookings Institution (Washington, DC)
National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC)
Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC)
George Washington University (Washington, DC)
University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)
University of West Virginia (Morgantown, WV)
University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY)
University of Melbourne (Australia)
McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
University of Cambridge (England)
University of Newcastle (England)
University of Oxford (England)
University of Kiel (Germany)
University of Greifswald (Germany)
University of Freiberg (Germany)
University of Bochum (Germany)
University of Muenster (Germany)
University of Cologne (Germany)
University of Rome (Italy)
Spanish Astrobiology Institute (Madrid)
Palace Royale (Santandar, Spain)
