Seminars, keynotes and distinguished lectures that have taken the lab's work from Rochester to universities, observatories and conferences around the world.
From Rochester to the world
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Cornell University
Oct 28, 2026
AfricaArray Meeting – South Africa
Jan 13, 2026
Africa reassembled: A whole-mantle perspective on African Tectonics
MIT
Nov. 6, 2020
On the Origin of Orphan Tremors and Intraplate Seismicity in West Africa
Recorded talks
The Deep Earth Reassembled: mapping the global lithosphere with AI-powered planetary imagingANU Research School of Earth Sciences seminar, 2026
Africa Reassembled: AI and seismic algorithms map the hidden lithosphereGFZ Rifts and Rifted Margins online seminar, 2025
Mantle discontinuities and sparse transformsUniversity of Cambridge and University of Oxford, 2025
On the structure and evolution of the oceanic plateGordon Research Conference, Interior of the Earth, 2025
Submarine detection of the bottom of oceanic platesUniversity of Maryland, 2021
ROSES Unit 6: Polarization analysisIRIS Remote Online Sessions for Emerging Seismologists, 2020
All invited talks
2026
- Cornell University Oct 28, 2026
Ocean Sound as a Probe of Earth and Environment: Toward a Global, Underwater Map of Earthquake Loudness (EAS Seminar) - IASTG Conference – Ghana July 22-24, 2026
Crustal Tomography for Resource Exploration - SEDI Conference – Townsville Australia June 29-July 26, 2026
EMCR and Mid-Mantle Structure - Australian National University June 26, 2026
The Deep Earth Reassembled: Mapping the Global Lithosphere with AI-Powered Planetary Imaging ▶ Watch - University of Toronto Mar 31, 2026
The Deep Earth Reassembled: Mapping the Global Lithosphere with AI-Powered Planetary Imaging - AfricaArray Meeting – South Africa Jan 13, 2026
Africa reassembled: A whole-mantle perspective on African Tectonics
2025
- GFZ: Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Sep 8, 2025Distinguished lecture
Africa Reassembled: AI and Seismic Algorithms Map the Hidden Lithosphere (Rifts and Margins Online Seminar) ▶ Watch - Gordon Research Conference June 25, 2025
On the Structure and Evolution of the Oceanic Plate ▶ Watch - University of Oxford June 20, 2025
On the Detection of Mantle Stratification with Sparse Transforms ▶ Watch - University of Cambridge June 18, 2025
On the Nature and Origin of Global Mantle Discontinuities ▶ Watch
2024
- Study of Earth's Deep Interior Jun 23-28, 2024Distinguished lecture
A Global Taxonomy of Upper Mantle Layering - Imaging Science & Technology Jan 25, 2024Distinguished lecture
Taking Pictures of Planetary Interiors using Powerful Computers - Wayne State University Nov. 20, 2024
On the Study of Planetary Vibrations: Earth Imaging Signals and Algorithms - University of Delaware Sep 26, 2024
On the Study of Planetary Vibrations: Earth Imaging Signals and Algorithms - University of Rochester Aug 2024
On the Study of Planetary Vibrations: Earth Imaging Signals and Algorithms - University of Memphis March 22, 2024
Earth Imaging with Noisy Signals: Algorithms and New Insights on the Crust, Mantle and Core - NorthWestern University Jan 5, 2024
Africa Whole & In Parts: Crustal Taxonomy from Machine Learning on Ground Vibrations
2023
- Virginia Tech Nov 3, 2023
Africa Whole & In Parts: Crustal Architecture & Taxonomy from Ground Vibrations - Solid Earth Doctoral School, Barcelonnette France Oct 3, 2023
Seeing into the Mantle by Sifting through Echoes, Reverbs & Noise
2022
- University of New Mexico Nov 4, 2022Distinguished lecture
Stochastic Imaging of Africa's Lithosphere: ADAMA - AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago December 2022AGU keynote
Africa Whole & in Parts: Crustal Architecture & Taxonomy from Machine Learning on Noise Maps - Meliora Talk, University of Rochester Oct 13, 2022
On Quakes, Bombs, & Earth's Anatomy - Carnegie Institution of Washington May 12, 2022
Seismic Imaging of Ocean Plates in a Water World: Waves, Echoes, and Tides
2021
- Florida International University Nov 5, 2021Distinguished lecture
The Structure of Oceanic Plates using Machine Learning on Seafloor Vibrations - McGill University Oct 22, 2021Distinguished lecture
The Structure of Oceanic Plates - University at Buffalo Mar 31, 2021Distinguished lecture
Machine Learning on Ground Vibrations - AGU Fall Meeting December 2021AGU keynote
Origin of Mid-Lithosphere Discontinuities in the South-Eastern US - Cornell University Oct 13, 2021
Stochastic Imaging of Africa's Lithosphere: ADAMA - UTexas at Austin April 23, 2021
Submarine Seismic Imaging of the Ocean Plate: Silencing the Singing of Sediments - UCSB April 15, 2021
Submarine Exploration of Ocean Basins: Silencing the Singing of Sediments - Lamont Columbia University April 7, 2021
Submarine Exploration of Ocean Basins: Silencing the Singing of Sediments - University of Hawaii Mar. 19, 2021
Why are Hotspot Islands Subaerial? - Tulane University March 12, 2021
The African Lithosphere with Probabilistic Seismology - UCL Mar 5, 2021
Submarine Detection of the Bottom of Oceanic Plates - University of Maryland Feb. 24, 2021
Submarine Detection of the Bottom of Oceanic Plates ▶ Watch
2020
- University of Cambridge Nov 25, 2020
How Sharp is the Bottom Boundary of the Oceanic Plate? - MIT Nov. 6, 2020
On the Origin of Orphan Tremors and Intraplate Seismicity in West Africa - Georgia Tech Sept, 2020
On the Origin of Orphan Tremors and Seismicity in West Africa - University of Kentucky August 5, 2020
A Geophysical Investigation of the Puzzle Within Continental Lithosphere
2019
- Brown University October 21, 2019
The Puzzle Within Cratonic Lithosphere: Inferences from Ground Vibrations and Rock Rheology - AGU Centennial December 16, 2019
Regionalized Properties of the Lowermost Mantle from Spherical Slepian Analysis - Syracuse, Nelson Lecture November 14, 2019
The Softness in Earth's Stiffest Rocks from Probabilistic Earth Imaging with Ground Vibrations - Brown University October 31, 2019
Probabilistic Earth Imaging with Ground Vibrations: Explaining the Softness in Earth’s Stiffest Rocks - UR Goergen Institute of Data Sciences June 26, 2019
Probabilistic Earth Imaging with Ground Vibrations: Explaining the Softness in Earth’s Stiffest Rocks - IRIS REU Education and Outreach Talks May 26-29, 2019
Introduction to Seismology - SSA Annual Meeting, Seattle April 23-26, 2019
Slepian Functions - Africa Science Week, Abuja, Nigeria October 23-25, 2019
- AAAS Annual Meeting Flash Talk Feb. 16, 2019
Building a Seismic Network in Africa - Colgate University, Department of Geology Feb 5, 2019
Understanding the Softness in Earth's Oldest Rock
2018
- NEF Fellows Spotlight Session, Kigali, Rwanda March 26, 2018
- Nifty Fifty Talk at Mount Eagle Elementary School March 9, 2018
Ears to the Ground: Seismic Spectrum and Its Applications - Binghamton University, Geology, New York, USA February 9, 2018
Structure of the US Continental Crust from Probabilistic Imaging Using Earth-Scope Data - George Mason University, Virginia February 1, 2018
Structure of the US Continental Crust from Probabilistic Imaging Using Earth-Scope Data
2017
- Yale University Career Panel November 3, 2017
The Path to Tenure Track - Gordon Research Seminar June 3, 2017
Connecting Plates to the Deep Interior - MIT – FISH Spring, 2017
Crustal Structure in the US: A Bayesian Approach - University of Rochester April 5 -6, 2017
Probing the Crust with Seismology: A New Approach - UC Los Angeles March 20-22, 2017
Probing the Crust with Seismology: A New Approach - UC Santa Barbara March 16, 2017
Probing the Crust with Seismology: A New Approach - Georgia Tech Feb. 23 – 24, 2017
Regionalization and Composition of the US Crust by Probabilistic Seismic Fingerprinting - Oklahoma State University, Boone Pickens School of Geology Jan 27, 2017
Understanding the Softness in Earth's Lithosphere - Virginia Tech Feb 3, 2017
The Structure of the US Crust: New Insights from Probabilistic Seismic Imaging
2016
- AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA December 12, 2016
The "Seismic LAB": A test for the grain boundary-sliding model - AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA December 12, 2016
Multi-scale probabilistic imaging with the USArray - The Geological Society of Washington September 14, 2016
Mapping the Crustal Structure of the Conterminous USA Using Surface Waves - DTM, Carnegie, Washington DC July 28, 2016
A Re-appraisal of Crustal Structure in North America using Probabilistic Seismic Imaging - Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA Feb 15 & 16, 2016
Seismological Investigations of the Crust and Ears to the Ground: Seismic Spectrum and its Applications - University of Maryland, College Park Feb 5, 2016
Seismological Investigations of the Crust - IRIS Minority Recruitment Speaker Series – Howard University Jan 27, 2016
Ears to the Ground: Seismic Spectrum, Applications and Careers
2015
- Princeton University, New Jersey, USA April, 2015
The Composition of the Continental Crust: A Transdimensional Approach
2014
- Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA September 17, 2014
The Bottom Boundary of Earth's Tectonic Plates: A view from Teleseismic Scattered Waves and Anelastic Behaviour of Mantle Minerals - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, New York, USA April 2, 2014
The Lithosphere Asthenosphere Boundary: Mineral Physics Modeling, Seismological Signatures, and High Resolution Receiver Function Methods
2013
- AGU fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA December 11, 2013
Structure of the Oceanic Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary: Seismological Constraints from Receiver Functions
2012
- Yale University, Bouchet Seminar Fall 2012
Earth Hubble Telescope: Methods for Investigating Planetary Interiors and Prospecting Earth's Resources
From the invited-talks list in my CV. Places are host institutions; talks given remotely are shown at the host. Map data: Natural Earth via world-atlas. Updated November 2026.