2018-2019 GSA James B. Thompson, Jr. Distinguished International Lecturers

The lecture tours are made possible through a gift to the GSA Foundation by James B. Thompson, Jr., whose bequest contributed to the endowment of two lecture tours by distinguished geologists, one a non-North American scientist to tour academic and related institutions within North America, and the other a North American scientist to tour foreign universities and geological institutions. Both tours are arranged under the guidance of GSA International.

The GSA International committee selected Manfred R. Strecker (University of Potsdam) as the incoming speaker from outside of North America who will present seminars of broad geologic interest in a tour of selected academic and related institutions within North America. Holly A. Michael (University of Delaware) is the outgoing speaker from within North America who will present exciting and cutting edge geoscience research in a tour of foreign universities and geological institutions.

Holly A. Michael

Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, Delaware Environmental Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences; and
Unidel Fraser Russell Chair for the Environment, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
Profile

Holly Michael is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Geological Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware. She is also Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Initiatives for the Delaware Environmental Institute. She holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in Hydrology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research interests include water resource management, coastal hydrogeology, groundwater-surface water interactions, and geostatistics. Some of her current projects include investigating groundwater flow into estuaries, modeling groundwater salinization due to climate change, evaluating sustainability of arsenic-safe groundwater in Bangladesh, and application of experimental economics to groundwater resources.

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Holly Michael Tour Schedule

Tentative Itinerary for Fall 2018 Thompson Lecture Tour
15-17 October	Seoul National University Host: Professor Guebuem Kim	Seoul, Korea
17-20 October	IAHR International Groundwater Symposium and Hohai University Hosts: Professors Chunhui Lu and Pei Xin	Nanjing, China
21-22 October	Westlake University Hosts: Professor Ling Li	Hangzhou, China
23-24 October	Southern University of Science and Technology Hosts: Professors Yan Zheng, Hailong Li, and others	Shenzhen, China
25 October	Sun Yat-sen University Host: Professor Xuan Yu	Guangzhou, China
26-27 October	Hong Kong University Host: Professor Jimmy Jiao	Hong Kong
11-13 November	Deltares/University of Utrecht Host: Dr. Gualbert Oude-Essink	Utrecht, The Netherlands
14-15 November	Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) and Leibniz University Hosts: Dr. Vincent Post and Professor Thomas Graf	Hannover, Germany
16-17 November	University of Oldenburg Host: Professor Gudrun Massmann	Oldenburg, Germany
19-22 November	Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Host: Professor Jesus Carrera	Barcelona, Spain
27-29 November	Aarhus University Host: Professor Carlos Duque	Aarhus, Denmark

Manfred R. Strecker

Professor of Geology
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Profile

Although best known for his contributions to the tectonic geomorphology of the Central Andes, Manfred Strecker has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of tectonics, climate and landscape, in South America, the Himalayas, Tibet, Middle East, Europe and Africa. His research interests include evolution of tectonic stress fields; relationships between tectonics and climate, orographic barriers, associated erosion, sedimentation patterns and landscape evolution (Andes, Pamir, Himalaya, Anatolian Plateau); paleoseismology and active tectonics; earthquake-related natural hazards in Central Asia, Turkey and the Andes; structural history of rifts; geothermal resources in East Africa.

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Manfred Strecker Tour Schedule

Itinerary: 2019 Thompson Lecture Tour
Short-lived increase in erosion in the northern Kenya Rift during the African Humid Period
25 Jan., 3 p.m.	University of Arizona Host: A. Cohen	The Biosphere, Oracle, AZ
Tectonics and climate of the southern Central Andes
29 Jan., 4 p.m.	Syracuse University Host: G. Hoke	Syracuse, NY
Orographic barrier uplift and surface processes on the Andean Plateau and the adjacent broken foreland, NW Argentina
30 Jan., 3 p.m.	University of Rochester Host: C. Garzione	Rochester, NY
Tectonics and climate of the southern Central Andes
31 Jan., 4 p.m.	University of Pittsburgh Host: N. McQuarrie	Pittsburgh, PA
Rift-basin compartmentalization, fluvial connectivity and changing environments in East Africa
1 Feb., 4 p.m.	Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Host: R. Potts	Washington, D.C.
Tectonics, topography, climate and surface processes in the Andes
5 Sept.	University of Washington Host: K. Huntington	Seattle, WA
Neotectonics of the Kenya Rift
6 Sept.	Stanford University Host: G. Hilley	Stanford, CA
Tectonics and climate of the southern Central Andes
9 Sept.	University of Minnesota Host: A. Wickert	Minneapolis, MN
Tectonics and climate of the southern Central Andes
9 Sept.	UCLA Host: S. Moon	Los Angeles, CA
Rift basin compartmentalization and paleoenvironments in the southern Kenya Rift
13 Sept.	Arizona State University Host: R. Arrowsmith	Tempe, AZ
Talk at the Smithsonian Institute
3 Dec.	Smithsonian Institute Host: R. Potts	Washington, D.C.