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GSA 2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

LUNCHTIME ENLIGHTENMENT

Buy your food and take it in

Baltimore Convention Center, Room 327–329
Mon.–Wed., 2–4 Nov., 12:15–1:15 p.m.

Grab your lunch at a nearby convention center vendor and enjoy a little
lunchtime enlightenment during GSA’s Feed Your Brain series.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

James Balog, Founder & President, Earth Marcia McNutt, Editor-in-Chief of Science Ellen Stofan, NASA Chief Scientist: SCIENCE & CAREERS
Vision Institute & Extreme Ice Survey: and former USGS director: 2015 Michel T. “Science at NASA: Exploring Planets
“The Art & Science of Chasing Ice.” See Halbouty Lecturer & GSA Geology & in this Solar System and Beyond.” Look
the August issue of GSA Today for talk Society Division Distinguished Lecturer: for highlights in the October issue of
highlights. “Deepwater Horizons: Lessons Learned for GSA Today.
Better Disaster Preparedness” (see below).

Deepwater Horizons: Lessons Learned for Better Disaster Preparedness

Marcia McNutt, Editor-in-Chief of Science, former USGS director, and 2015 Michel T. Halbouty Lecturer and GSA Geology and Society
Division Distinguished Lecturer.

Tuesday, 3 Nov., 12:15–1:15 p.m. From 2009 to 2013, McNutt was director of the U.S. Geological
Survey, which responded to a number of major disasters during
The Deepwater Horizon explosion and her tenure, including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. For her
resulting oil spill were a human and an work to help contain that spill, McNutt was awarded the U.S.
environmental tragedy. Marcia McNutt Coast Guard’s Meritorious Service Medal. She is a fellow of AGU,
will share insights based on her experi- GSA, AAAS, and the International Association of Geodesy, and
ences participating in the response to the has recently been elected president of the National Academy of
event. Understanding this disaster will Sciences, to begin her term in July 2016. Her honors and awards
help companies, scientists, and policy include honorary doctoral degrees from Colorado College, the
makers better prepare for future oil University of Minnesota, Monmouth University, and the
spills, such as fostering a community of disaster professionals, Colorado School of Mines. McNutt was awarded the Macelwane
establishing more formal processes for delivering actionable Medal by AGU in 1988 for research accomplishments by a young
science, and improving the communication of scientific informa- scientist and the Maurice Ewing Medal in 2007 for her significant
tion during emergencies. contributions to deep-sea exploration.
McNutt (BA in physics, Colorado College; Ph.D. in earth
sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) is a geophysicist
who became the 19th Editor-in-Chief of Science in June 2013.

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