[Petwksp] MSA Distinguished Lecturers for 2008-2009

[Cameron Davidson]

Dear Colleagues,

It is my privilege to announce that the MSA Distinguished Lecturers  
for 2008-2009 are Donald Dingwell, Jennifer Jackson, and Bruce  
Marsh.  Their affiliations and lecture titles are listed below, or  
you can follow this link for more information about the program:

http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Lecture_Prog.html

I invite you to request a visit of an MSA lecturer to your  
institution during the next academic year by following the  
instructions below.  Please encourage colleagues at primarily  
undergraduate institutions and institutions outside North America to  
apply.  Tours will be arranged in North America and Europe (broadly  
defined), and I will accommodate as many of the requests as possible.

If your institution is interested in requesting a visit, please send  
your request to Cameron Davidson (cdavidso at carleton.edu).

The Lecture Program is designed to run from September 2008 through  
May 2009. Lecturer requests received by May 12, 2008, will be given  
priority.  Late applications will be considered on a space-available  
basis.  In making your request please include:

1.  Airport proximity and travel time to your institution.

2.  The name of a contact person at your institution for the months  
of May and June.  This is when schedules will be assembled.

3.  Contact e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

4.  Lecturer preference, and flexibility.

5.  Preferred semester and/or month for the visit, including  
flexibility.

Please note that because of travel and schedule constraints it is  
normally not possible to satisfy requests for tightly constrained  
dates such as seminar days.  I look forward to receiving your  
application.

Best regards,

Cameron Davidson
MSA Distinguished Lecture Program Administrator



MSA Distinguished Lecturers for 2008-2009

Donald Dingwell
University of Munich, Munich, Germany

who will offer lectures on

Explosive volcanism: a materials catastrophe

and

Flow of magma: solving a rheological puzzle


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Jennifer Jackson
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

who will offer lectures on

Diamonds, Iron, and X-rays: Views into Earth's Interior

and

The Behavior of Iron-bearing Mineral Assemblages in Earth's Lower Mantle


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Bruce Marsh
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

who will offer lectures on

History of Geologic Exploration of Antarctica

Magma in the Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository

and

Magmatic Mush Column Magmatism: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica



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Cameron Davidson
Associate Professor of Geology
Department of Geology, Carleton College
One North College Street
Northfield, Minnesota  55057
507-646-7144 (voice)
507-646-4400 (fax)
http://www.people.carleton.edu/~cdavidso/index.html

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