Publications

Invited Presentations (last updated 09/09)

2009

• Upper mantle velocity structure of eastern and southern Africa; Implications for the origin of Cenozoic rifting, volcanism and plateau uplift” workshop on evaluating and monitoring seismic hazards in Africa, Trieste, Italy, August.
• “Upper mantle velocity structure of the Arabian Shield from body and surface wave tomography”, Margins RCL Workshop, Charleston, SC, May.
• “AfricaArray: A public-private partnership for building geosciences capacity” Conference on Geospatial science for Development in Africa, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, May.
• " AfricaArray research on mantle structure beneath the East Africa Rift System:What is the depth extent of the upper mantle low velocity anomaly?," IASPEI meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, February, A. Nyblade, A. Huerta, A. Reusch. F. Tugume, G. Mulibo, A. Adams, R. Ferdinand
• "AfricaArray: A Public-Private Partnership for Building Geoscience Capacity", presented in a special session on "New Partnerships for Science in the Cradle of Humanity", American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, February, A. Nyblade
  

2008

• "AfricaArray: Building Geoscience Capacity for Africa’s Natural Resource Sector", Africa Bureau, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C, November; A. Nyblade
• "AfricaArray: Research and Career Opportunities in the Geophysical Sciences for Physics Students", Southeastern Section of American Physics Society, Raleigh, NC, October, A. Nyblade
• About HR issues, Geoscientists and Sub-Sahara Africa . IGC, Oslo, Norway, August; P. Dirks
• Lessons from AfricaArray: Envisioning AfricaArray, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Workshop: Out of Africa – Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World, Boston, February; A. Nyblade
• Lessons from AfricaArray: Building an Academic Programme on a Geophysical Observing Network. Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Workshop: Out of Africa – Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World, Boston, February; P. Dirks
• Lessons from AfricaArray: Gaining Societal and Governmental “buy-in” to Sustain a Programme, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Workshop: Out of Africa – Adapting the AfricaArray Model – Building Capacity Around the World, Boston, February; G. Graham
• Building Capacity for Africa’s Natural Resources Sector . American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, Boston, February; P. Dirks
• Projects for Africa by Africa , 2nd Annual Meeting of African Geological Surveys, Cape Town Mining Indaba , Cape Town, February; P. Dirks
• Mantle structure beneath Africa: Does the African superplume reach Earth's surface?", Dept. of Geosciences, Northwestern University, February, A. Nyblade
• AfricaArray:  Building science capacity in Africa and enhancing diversity in the sciences in the U.S.", Dept. of Geosciences, Northwestern University, January, A. Nyblade

2007

• Establishing Geophysical Observatories in Africa: the AfricaArray Initiative. Space for Development: the Case of GMES and Africa, December, AU-EU summit, Lisbon, Portugal; P. Dirks
• AfricaArray: Building Science Capacity and Improving Geophysical Networks in Africa , U.S. State Department, Washington, DC, November; A. Nyblade
• PIRE Phase 1 Projects: Successes and Challenges, Partnerships in International Research and Education, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, PIRE Workshop, October; A. Nyblade
• AfricaArray: Establishment of a New Seismic Network in Africa . Capacity Building Symposium, GEO/UN, 10-13 September, Seville, Spain; P. Dirks
• Imaging the African Superplume, Keynote lecture, 3rd Annual AfricaArray workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, July; A. Nyblade
• The Role of Industry-University Research Collaboration in Promoting Exploration into Africa, .Mining in Africa 2007 Conference, Johannesburg, May; P. Dirks
• Exploration relevant research activities at Wits University 7th Bi-annual, Exploration Managers Conference, AMIRA International, March, Barossa Valley, Australia; P. Dirks
• AfricaArray: establishment of a Seismic Network in Africa . ELTOSA (Environmental Long Term Observatories for Southern Africa) planning meeting, Palabora, SA; P. Dirks

2006

• AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume, Department of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, November; A. Nyblade
• Imaging the Angola Craton; the role of AfricaArray in capacity building in geophysics in Angola, 6 th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Petrophysics and Well-logging, October, Luanda; P. Dirks
• AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume and Building Diversity in the Geosciences , Physics Department, North Carolina A&T University, September; A. Nyblade
• AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, September; A. Nyblade
• AfricaArray: Providing Seismic Data and Capacity Building for the Indian Ocean Tsunamic Warning system in Africa , Consultation Session on Developing the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, Council for Geoscience, Pretoria, South Africa, July; A. Nyblade
• AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume , Keynote lecture, 18th Annual Iris Workshop, Tucson, Az, June; A. Nyblade
• Training Geoscientists for Industry: Universities catering for Industry requirements . Geoforum 2006, Geol Soc South Africa: Nickel Exploration and Exploitation in Africa, June, Johannesburg, P. Dirks
• Upper Mantle Structure Beneath Eastern Africa and the Origin of the Cenozoic Hotspot Tectonism , Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, May; A. Nyblade
• Upper Mantle Structure Beneath Eastern Africa and the Origin of the Cenozoic Hotspot Tectonism, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, April; A. Nyblade
• Africa Array: Building Geoscience Capacity in Africa. European Geoscience Union, General Assembly, Vienna, April; P. Dirks and A. Nyblade

2005

• AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume and Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences , National Science Foundation, Geosciences Directorate, January; A. Nyblade
• Student Training Activities. US-Africa Workshop: Enhancing Collaborative Research on the Environment in Sub-saharan Africa , NSF, Washington, January; P. Dirks
• The Future of Geophysics in SA; The AfricaArray Initiative . SAGA Meeting, Johannesburg, May; P. Dirks
• AfricaArray: Using Seismology to Build Science Capacity in Africa -- an Example for GEOSS , International Workshop on the Utilization of Seismographic Networks within the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, United States Geological Survey, Washington D.C., August; A. Nyblade

2004

• Building Geophysics Capacity in Africa . East African Regional Consultation, Nairobi, Kenya, September; P. Dirks
• Empowerment in Geosciences in Higher Education . Student Geocongress, Johannesburg, July; P. Dirks
• AfricaArray: Building Geophysics Capacity in Southern Africa , Presentation to Oil Industry.Houston, Texas, May; P. Dirks
• Building AESEDA; Hopes and Expectations, the Wits Perspective , Penn State University, May; P. Dirks
• Black Empowerment, Another Mining Industry Role (the need to develop black academics) Indaba Investing in African Mining Conference, Cape Town February; P. Dirks

For more information please contact:
Dr. Andrew Nyblade, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
Email: aan2@.psu.edu | Telephone: 814.863.8341

Dr. Paul Dirks, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3 Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa
Email: paul.dirks@wits.ac.za | Telephone: +27 11 717-6547