Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences

McWilliams Seminar Series

The "W. Kent McWilliams Geological Research Fund" was formally established in 1980 by Kent McWilliams, an alumnus of Tulane University and co-founder of the McMoRan Exploration Company, to provide essential support for the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EENS), which was then known as the Department of Geology. A key provision of this endowment was the establishment of the weekly McWilliams Seminar Series.

Spring 2026 McWilliams Seminar Series

Exploring the Frontiers of Earth, Ocean, and Planetary Science 

Seminar will be held every Friday from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM in Science & Engineering Labs, Room 126A for a series of engaging presentations from leading experts across the scientific community.

Speaker:    Juan Lorenzo | LSU
Topic:         Lunar Rovers (SpaceSSE)
Host:          Cynthia Ebinger

 

Speaker:    David Brain | University of Colorado at Boulder
Topic:         Planetary
Host:          Eduardo Arzabala
 

Speaker:John Sabo | Tulane - ByWater Institute
Topic:TBD
Host:Torbjorn Tornqvist