Signature talks and presentations at GSA Connects 2025.
Attend these lectures and engage with big ideas in geoscience.
Sunday, 19 October, noon–1:30 p.m.
Stars at Night Ballroom 2 & 3
Presented by GSA President Nathan A. Niemi and Executive Director and CEO Melanie Brandt.
Comparing Life-Cycle Environmental Impacts and Costs of Electricity Generation Systems with Michael Young
More details below.
All lectures start at 12:15 p.m. in Stars at Night Ballroom 2 & 3.
Connect with leading voices shaping the future of geoscience.
The Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture Series is sponsored by the National Groundwater Association. The Darcy Lecturer in Groundwater Science fosters interest and excellence in groundwater science and technology. Each year, a panel of scientists and engineers invites an outstanding groundwater professional to share his or her work with their peers and students through this lecture series.
The GSA Hydrogeology Division Birdsall-Dreiss and Lamoreaux International Distinguished Lecture Series lecturer is selected based on outstanding contributions to hydrogeology or a closely related field through original research and public communication, and the potential for continued contributions to the profession.
The outgoing GSA James B. Thompson, Jr. Distinguished International Lecturer, Kathy Benison, is a dynamic speaker of established scientific stature living within North America who can present stimulating and cutting edge geoscience research through lectures outside of North America on topics that are at the forefront of research to raise visibility for The Geological Society of America within the international geoscience community.
The incoming GSA James B. Thompson, Jr. Distinguished International Lecturer, Maria Rose Petrizzo, is a dynamic speaker of established scientific stature living outside of North America who can present stimulating and cutting edge geoscience research through lectures in North America on topics that are at the forefront of research to raise visibility for The Geological Society of America within the U.S. geoscience community.
The GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division honors their 2024 student research, Distinguished Geological Career (DGCA), and Early Geological Career (EGCA) awardees.
This year's four Awardees for the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) will present lectures on the topics of their choice. The lectures will be followed by the Presidential Address.
