(*Information updated on Sep 25)
ELSI Annual Public Lecture FY2024 will be held on Thursday, 28 November 2024. The theme of the lecture is ‘Seismic Extrapolation of Planets’, and the event will feature ELSI’s Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Christine Houser, and Keisuke Onodera, Project Researcher at the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo. The first lecture will be in English, and the second is in Japanese. There will be a simultaneous interpretation. This event is on-site event and there will be no live streaming.
Date and time: Thursday, 28 November 2024, 19:00-20:50 (Doors open at 18:30. )
Theme: Seismic Exploration of Planets
Venue: Multi-Purpose Digital Hall, Ookayama West Bldg. 9, Tokyo Institute of Technology* (Ookayama station, Tokyu Line, 3 min. walk)
Organiser: Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology
Lecturers:
Christine Houser (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, ELSI)
Keisuke Onodera (Project Researcher, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator: Shintaro Kadoya (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, ELSI)
Language: English/Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation)
Fee: Free
Registration: Prior registration is required. Capacity at 300 people.
https://elsi-public-lecture-20241128.peatix.com
Registration deadline: Wednesday, 27 November 2024 noon (The application will be closed when the number of applicants reaches 300)
Contact: pr@elsi.jp
Lecture 1
What do earthquakes tell us about life on Earth?
Christine Houser, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, ELSI
Abstract:
Earthquakes outline crustal blocks called plates, and their interactions—sliding, colliding, or spreading are known as plate tectonics, which forms continents and ocean basins as well as maintaining stable ocean water for billions of years. Seismic waves reveal how these plates are recycled in the Earth’s deep mantle. In this lecture, I will introduce how earthquakes and seismic waves reveal how our dynamic planet creates the conditions for life.
Bio:
Christine Houser, ELSI’s Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, earned her PhD at the University of California San Diego and spent her early research career at the University of California Santa Cruz. She joined ELSI in 2013 and uses seismic waves generated by earthquakes to create 3D snapshots of plate tectonics across the mantle between the surface and the molten iron core.
Lecture 2:
Are there quakes outside our planet?
Keisuke Onodera, Project Researcher, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Abstract:
The internal dynamics of a planet cause various natural phenomena, such as earthquakes, volcanism, and so on, which are direct evidence that a planet is alive. In this lecture, I will introduce how to retrieve information about the planetary interior through seismic wave observations, how important the internal structure is in planetary science, and what kind of quakes were observed outside our planet, such as the Moon and Mars.
Bio:
Keisuke Onodera, a project researcher at the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, has been in this role since April 2022, following a double-degree program between the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI and Université Paris Cité completed in March 2022. His research interests are seismic phenomena across various planetary bodies, including the Moon and Mars, in addition to Earth.
Moderator
Shintaro Kadoya, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, ELSI
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* Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University are merged to establish Institute of Science Tokyo on October 1, 2024.