The AGU College of Fellows has developed a Distinguished Lecture Series program to connect AGU Fellows with students and scholars from across the globe. The lectures provide a high-level synthesis of specific fields for general science audience and focus on grand challenges and societal impacts. Participating AGU Fellows deliver a live, virtual lecture (~45 minutes). Each lecture ends with a broad-based question-and-answer session on the excitement and gratification of doing research in geophysical science. There will also be opportunities for speakers to host meet and greet sessions either before or after the event to allow more time to connect with students. Speakers are available to present at interested institutions at no charge.
The current speakers (listed below, by scientific neighborhood) are available for the 2023/2024 academic year, starting in August of 2023. A new slate of speakers will be available for the 2024/2025 academic year.
For more information about the program, and prior to completing a request form, please visit our FAQ page. To request a lecture, please complete a speaker request form.
Atmospheric and Space Electricity (ASE)
Joseph R. Dwyer
High-Energy Emissions from Thunderstorms and Lightning
Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA)
Sarah E. Gibson
Beyond Flatland: A Star of Many Dimensions
Atmospheric Sciences (AS)
Emily V. Fischer
Wildfires and Air Quality in a Warming World
Brian Soden
The Water Cycle in a Changing Climate
Biogeosciences (B)
Ariel D. Anbar
The Science of Living Worlds
Cryosphere (C)
Tandong Yao
The Asian Water Tower Under Global Warming
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes (EPSP)
Jim Best
The Future of the World’s Great Rivers: Anthropogenic Stresses, Impacts and Possible Solutions
Hydrology (H)
Upmanu Lall
The past, present and future of water in the Americas
Yan Zheng
The Story of Groundwater: Think Globally, Act Locally
Ocean Sciences (OS)
Virginia (Ginger) Armbrust
The Hidden Worlds of Marine Microbes
Robert H. (Bob) Weisberg
From Climate to Ecology: Why We Study the Ocean Circulation
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology (PP)
Jessica E. Tierney
Past Climates Inform our Future
Geodesy (G)
Zuheir Altamimi
Definition and Realizations of Terrestrial Reference Systems Application to the International Terrestrial Reference System and Frame
Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism, and Electromagnetism (GPE)
Barbara A. Maher
Icebergs, Monsoons, Human Brains; Magnetism is Everywhere
Thomas Duffy
Journey to the Center of a Super-Earth
Seismology (S)
Ruth A. Harris
Understanding Earthquakes and How They Behave
Study of Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI)
Dominique Weis
Mantle Plumes as Compositional Probes of Earth’s Interior
Tectonophysics (T)
Cynthia Ebinger
Time and Length Scales of Rifting Processes
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (VGP)
Jeffrey Vervoort
The Growth of Earth’s Earliest Crust
Education (E)
Kim A. Kastens
Geoscience Education Research: What it is and Why it Matters
GeoHealth (GH)
Rita R. Colwell
Oceans, Climate, and Human Health: Predicting Cholera During Climate Change
Informatics (I)
David Tarboton
Towards collaboration enabled by findable, accessible interoperable and reusable information and computing
Near-Surface Geophysics (NSG)
Estella A. Atekwana
Biogeophysics: Geophysical Sensors for Biogeochemical Hotspots and the Search for Life
Nonlinear Geophysics (NG)
Shaun Lovejoy
The Future of Climate Models
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