Nemmers Public Lecture | Water and Life in Earth’s Deep Subsurface – Insights for Sustaining Life on This Planet and Beyond Featuring Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar, the 2024 Nemmers Prize in Earth sciences recipient
When:
Friday, May 9, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Where: Segal Visitors Center, 1841 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Public
Contact:
Leana Yonan
(847) 491-3238
Group: Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Category: Lectures & Meetings, Environment & Sustainability
Description:
Hosted by the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) and made possible through bequests from the late Erwin E. Nemmers, former member of Northwestern's Kellogg School of Managment and his brother the late Frederic E. Nemmers.
Presentation Summary: Recent discoveries of deep ancient groundwaters in the world's oldest rocks are shedding new light on the Earth's water cycle, the hunt for subsurface microbial communities surviving far from the Sun's energy, and informing mission planning and the search for life in the universe.
Light refreshments will be available at 5:00. Lecture will
begin at 5:30 PM.
Location: Segal Visitors Center
Friday, May 9th, 5:00-6:30 PM, RSVP