Chris Rowan speaking today in the department

I’m delighted to be hosting Dr. Chris Rowan of the University of Edinburgh. Chris’s specialty is paleomagnetic applied to both neotectonic and paleoclimatic problems, and he’s worked in some fabulously exotic locations. Chris is also the lead blogger at Highly Allochthonous, where I occasionally contribute posts as well.

Dr. Rowan will be giving a 2 pm seminar in McEniry 401 with the title: “In search of good palaeomagnetic data: a romp through New Zealand, South Africa and Oman” This talk is aimed firmly at the non-expert.

Dr. Rowan and I will also be convening an informal discussion called “Beyond LOLcats: Earth Science in the Internet Age” at 11 am in McEniry 401. We’ll be discussing how tools like RSS feeds, Google Wave/Docs and Twitter can enhance facilitate collaboration and enhance research productivity.

If you can, please join us for one or both of these interesting seminars.