Patricia Gregg, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois, will present a lecture titled "Thermomechanical insights into triggering the 2005 eruption of Sierra Negra volcano, Galápagos" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 22, 2017, in the Greenewalt Lecture Hall as part of DTM's Weekly Seminar Series.

Gregg received her Ph.D. in marine geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in 2008. She is an Earth scientist intrigued by the geologic processes that shape the Earth and other planets and is particularly interested in the formation and evolution of volcanic systems on the sea floor, on land, and on other planets.

Coffee, tea, and a light breakfast will be served before the lecture at 10:30 a.m.

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