The current speakers (listed below, by scientific neighborhood) are available for the 2024/2025 academic year, starting in August of 2024. A new slate of speakers will be available for the 2025/2026 academic year.
The Distinguished Lecture Series program connects 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.
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)
Steven Cummer
Lightning: More Than Meets The Eye
Planetary Sciences (PS)
Meenakshi Wadhwa
Exploration of the Solar System via Sample Return Missions
Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA)
Russell A. Howard
I didn’t know our Sun would do that!
Atmospheric Sciences (AS)
Claudia Tebaldi
Integrated modeling of the Earth and human systems: progress, challenges, and outlook
Jose D Fuentes
Flowers, Bees and Climate Change
Biogeosciences (B)
Dianne K. Newman
A Fascination with Phenazines and Maintenance Metabolism
Cryosphere (C)
Eric Steig
The past and future of the polar ice sheets
Global Environmental Change (GEC)
Zhanqing Li
Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation (CAR): the CAR Driving Earth’s Energy and Water Cycles and the Earth’s Climate Engine
Hydrology (H)
Bridget Scanlon
Assessing Global Water Resources using Satellites, Modeling, and Monitoring Considering Climate Extremes and Potential Solutions
Hubert H.G. Savenije
The Hydrological System as a Living Organism
Ocean Sciences (OS)
Michael Meredith
Climate change and Planet Earth: a view from the poles
Rong Zhang
Understanding Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and Associated Overturning Circulation
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology (PP)
Aradhna Tripati
1. Frontiers of carbonate clumped isotope geochemistry as an applied tool in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, within an inclusive science framework
2. Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives on Water and Climate
Geodesy (G)
Kristine M. Larson
GPS Can't Do That, Can It?
Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism, and Electromagnetism (GPE)
Alan G. Jones
Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte
Why Fracture Geometry is Important
Seismology (S)
Richard C. Aster
Seismic Exploration of Earth’s Oceans, Cryosphere, and Atmosphere
Study of Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI)
Ed Garnero
A modern-day journey to the center of the Earth
Tectonophysics (T)
Timothy A Stern
Seismic images of an active continental margin- top to bottom
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (VGP)
Jake Lowenstern
The Challenge of Volcano Monitoring, Eruption Forecasting, and Protecting Vulnerable Populations
Education (E)
Kim A. Kastens
Geoscience Education Research: What it is and Why it Matters
GeoHealth (GH)
Kristie L. Ebi
Population health risks and health system responses in a changing climate
Natural Hazard (NH)
Dalia Kirschbaum
Understanding Our Fragile Blue Marble: From Science to Impact
Near-Surface Geophysics (NSG)
Esben Auken
The fantastic world of technology and solutions to image groundwater
Nonlinear Geophysics (NG)
Annick Pouquet
Strong dissipation in turbulence: waves and structures
Science and Society (SS)
Connie Woodhouse
Tree Rings and Colorado River Streamflow: Can the Past Inform the Future?
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