The Ed Scott Lecture Series is a tribute to Ed Scott who died in 2021. It is comprised of online lectures, each dealing with developments in a particular field of meteorite studies. The lectures will be presented for a general scientific audience so that members of the Meteoritical Society can learn about questions that drive research in areas outside their own. The series is supported by a donation from Ed’s family.
The Ed Scott Lecture Series is organized through the Membership Committee.
Connection information is provided to MetSoc members via email. Lectures are recorded and made publicly available here:
Upcoming Lectures:
27 February, 2025 – 20:00 UTC
Solar System Genealogy based on Isotope Anomalies in Meteorites
Lecture by: Christoph Burkhardt, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Brief Summary: Isotope anomalies are extensively studied in present-day meteoritics. This is for a good reason: as conservative source tracers, these anomalies allow us to constrain genetic links amongst planetary materials, and thereby help to reconstruct Solar System dynamics, from molecular cloud collapse to the accretion of the terrestrial planets. Looking at the past, present and future of isotope anomalies in meteorites, this talk will introduce the basic concepts in the field, and along the way cover topics such as the origin of the NC-CC dichotomy, the genetics of ungrouped iron meteorites, and the origin of Earth’s volatiles.
About the presenter: Christoph Burkhardt is an isotope cosmo-/geochemist based in the Planetary Materials Group at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany. His interest in meteoritics was sparked by a lecture given by Herbert Palme in Cologne some 20 years ago. Ever since then he has been fascinated by how meteorites can be used to address first-order questions concerning the origin and evolution of the Solar System and the Earth. In 2012, he obtained a doctorate in isotope cosmochemistry from ETH Zurich, and afterwards held positions at the University of Chicago and the University of Münster.