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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi
Everybody,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
second ESI Young Faculty Seminar of the semester is fast approaching on <b>Tuesday,
March 9<sup>th</sup> at 4 p.m. in the Parsons Lab (48-316)...reception to
follow.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tanja
Bosak, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cecil
& Ida Green Assistant Professor in EAPS <b>(see poster attached)</b> will
regale us with her talk:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Growth geometry of modern and ancient photosynthetic
biofilms<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Stromatolites are laminated and lithified sedimentary
structures often interpreted as Earth's oldest macroscopic fossils. But do
ancient stromatolites actually record evidence of biological processes in their
morphology? Professor Bosak will present experimental and theoretical evidence
linking the biological and physical processes of modern photosynthetic biofilm
technology to the macroscopic geometry and textural signatures of contemporary
conical stromatolites. This mechanistic understanding of the biophysical
processes governing growth geometry in modern stromatolites allows us to
identify evidence of photosynthetic processes preserved in rocks from early
Earth. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*********************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also,
many thanks to Ruben Juanes of CEE for kicking the series off so well on
February 9<sup>th</sup>. The rest of the lineup for this semester
includes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday,
April 6: Jesse Kroll @ 4pm at EAPS (54-915): <i>Oxidation evolution of
organic aerosols in Earth’s atmosphere</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday,
May 4: Taylor Perron @ 4pm at Parsons (48-316): <i>Pattern formation in
river networks</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday,
June 1: Janelle Thompson @ 4pm at EAPS (54-915): <i>TBA</i></span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
join us for all the talks and an easy opportunity to check out what’s new
in areas outside your own expertise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hope
to see you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kurt</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>**********************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Kurt
Sternlof, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Executive
Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>MIT
Earth System Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>617-253-6895<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>kurtster@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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