Speaker: Dr. Yin-Tung Yen (顏銀桐) 中興社防災科技研究中心 (Disaster Prevention Technology Research Centre) Title: 地動模擬評估之工程與防災應用(The application of ground motion simulation in civil engineering and hazard mitigation) Time: Nov 1st, 11:00 to 12:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Dr. D. Justin Yeh (葉多涵) Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Title: Modelling the evolution of culture: divergence through birdsong and homogenization through linkage Time: Oct 8th, 11:00 to 12:00 [Tuesday] Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences Host: Prof.…

Speaker: Sin-Mei Wu PhD candidate, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah Title: Studying ongoing eruptive systems at high spatiotemporal resolution using temporary dense geophone arrays Time: Oct 4th, 11:00 to 12:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences Host: Prof. Shu-Huei Hung

Speaker: Sophie Nuber, PhD Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University (UK) Title: The Indian Ocean Salt Pump - high resolution trace element and stable isotope records from the Mozambique Channel Time: Aug 29th, 11:00 to 12:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences Host: Prof. Abby Ren

Speaker: Dr. John C. H. Chiang Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley Title: What do cave T18O records tell us about East Asian paleoclimate? Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences Host: Prof. Chuan-Chou SHEN

Speaker: Dr. C.T. Paul Cheung 張志德 博士香港大學附屬學院土力工程高級文憑諮詢委員會主席 Talk Title: 尋找和管理香港砂資源; 香港一些山崩個案 Time: June 3rd 10:30 to 12:00Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Prof. 林偉教授中國科學院地質與地球物理研究所 Talk Title: 亞洲大陸東部早白堊世伸展穹隆構造的成因背景及其動力學機制探討 Time: May 24, 15:00 to 16:00Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Prof. Shahin DashtgardEarth Sciences, Simon Fraser University Talk Title: Evolution and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Nanaimo Group, Georgia Basin, Canada: Implications for the Baja B.C. Controversy Time: May 10, 11:00 to 12:00Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Prof. Nelson G. EbyDepartment of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell Talk Title: A-type Granites: Characteristics and Petrogenesis - A Trip Through the Looking Glass Time: Apr-26th, 13:30-14:30Location: Room 213, Department of Geosciences, NTU Host:Prof. S-L Chung

Speaker: Hsin-Hua HuangInst. Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica Talk Title: Environmental Seismology: Listening to landslides’ and volcanoes’ whispering" Time: Apr-19th, 11:10-12:00Location: Room 213, Department of Geosciences, NTU Host:Prof. Yih-Min Wu