Dickinson to Host Special Lecture on the Importance of Geosciences
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Jesse Reimink, Rudy L. Slingerland Early Career Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Penn State University.
The 21st Annual Potter Lecture
Geoscientist and Penn State University Professor will deliver the special lecture “How Does Earth Get Distilled? The Reawakening of Geosciences in Society” at Dickinson on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Stern Center Great Room. The event is free and open to the public. It will be .
Reimink is an assistant professor and the Rudy L. Slingerland Early Career Professor in the Penn State Geosciences Department. He is also the director of the new "Energy Transition" Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cluster within the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Reimink co-directs the LionChron geochemistry and geochronology facility where his research focuses on the formation and evolution of continents, understanding magmatic and hydrothermal systems at a variety of scales and developing new geochronological and geochemical tools to refine our understanding of outstanding petrological problems.
Reimink co-hosts The PlanetGeo Podcast and is the founder of an audio production company focused on mobile-first educational products. He graduated from Hope College with a Bachelor of Science in geology with a minor in biology. He attended the University of Alberta for his doctorate, after which he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (now the Earth and Planets Laboratory). He has been at Penn State since 2019.
Reimink is the 21st honoree to deliver Dickinson’s annual Potter Lecture, which presents an opportunity for students to meet and engage established scientists in discussions about their research, career paths, graduate school and career opportunities. The lecture series was established by alumni, colleagues and friends of the Geosciences Department in 2004 in honor of Emeritus Professor Noel Potter.
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Published February 10, 2025