2006-2000

2006 Midwest Writers Association, Chicago, "Writing About Natural Disasters"

2005 Washington University, St. Louis, Maimonides Leadership Seminar "Maimonides and Modern Concepts of Cosmology and the Formation of the Solar System"

2005 Tectonics of China, State University of New York at Albany, Rennsselaer Polytechnic University.

2005 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tectonic Evolution of the North China Craton

2005 Ocean University of China, Three plate problems and recognizing ridge subduction in Ancient mountain belts

2005 Peking University, Mineral Exploration in Madagascar

2005 Chengdu University, Growth of Continents at convergent margins

2005 Peking University, Adapting to life in graduate school in USA

2004 Poster presentation of “Remote Sensing and GIS Research in EAS at SLU” for GIS day at St. Louis Zoo, hundreds of local high school students and others visited poster.

2004 The Southern Alaska Accretionary Orogen as an Analog for Precambrian Trench-Forearc Systems , Asia-Oceanic Geological Society Joint Meeting, July 5-9, Singapore, Abstract volume SE 14.

2004 Precambrian Black Smoker Chimneys and Early life forms, North China, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, June 2004.

2004 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3.8 billion years of tectonic history, North China Craton, June 2004.

2004 NCC Workshop. Tectonic Evolution of the North China Craton and possible triggering mechanisms for loss of the lithospheric root.

2004 Melange, Ophiolite, and Flysch Belts of the Southern Alaska Accretionary Orogen as an Analog for Trench-Forearc Systems in Precambrian Orogens, International Workshop on Accretionary Orogens and Continental Growth, Taipei Taiwan, May 18-23, Proceedings volume.

2004 Plate Tectonics on the Early Earth: How a Record Got Preserved in Northern China, St. Louis Zoo, The Living World.

2003 Use of remote sensing for geology and Archeology , Belarus State University

2003 Processes of Continental Growth- African examples, Peking University

2003 Precambrian black smoker chimneys of China, Interridge Meeting, Beijing

2003 Archean ophiolites and mantle tectonites of North China, Interridge Meeting, Beijing

2003 University of Missouri Rolla "Earth Accretion Systems in Space and Time", and "Tectonic Development of the Archean North China Craton".

2002 State University of New York at Albany

2002 Tectonics and Uplift of the Northern Oman Mountains, Meeting on the Tectonic Evolution of the Tethysides, Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

2002 St. Louis Mensa, Tectonics and the Development of Life on the Early Earth.

 2002 GSA Penrose Conference on Archean High Pressure Metamorphic Rock and Plate Tectonics, Heng Shan, China.

2002 Peking University, Beijing; "Use of Structural Geology and Satellite Imagery for Ground Water Exploration- the Middle East, and Northwest China"

2002 University of Texas, Dallas, "Possible Remnants of Precambrian Oceanic Lithosphere"

2002 "Structural and Remote Sensing Methods for Ground Water Exploration", Sharjah Department of Electricity and Water.

2002 "Structural and Tectonic Setting of the Northern Oman (Hajar) Mountains", Sharjah Department of Electricity and Water.

2001 University of Rochester, "Archean tectonics of Northern China and Mongolia"

2001 St. Louis Gem and Mineral Society, “Explorations and Mineral Deposits of Northern China and Mongolia”.

2001 U.S. Geological Survey, “The Dongwanzi ophiolite, China: World’s oldest recognized complete ophiolite”.

2001 U.S. Geological Survey, “The emplacement of ophiolites at TRT triple junctions: Case study of the Resurrection Ophiolite, Alaska”.

2001 Peking University, Beijing, “The Archean Dongwanzi ophiolite, North China Craton: Worlds oldest preserved complete section of oceanic crust”

2000 Peking University, Beijing, “Precambrian Tectonics”, and “Tectonics of the Southern Alaskan Convergent Margin-Implications for Crustal Growth”.

2000 Saint Louis University, “Precambrian Tectonics and Growth of Continental Crust”, and”Mesozoic and Cenozoic Tectonics of the Southern Alaska Convergent Margin”

2000 Washington University, “Precambrian Tectonics and Growth of Continental Crust” Distinguished Carl Tolman Memorial Colliquium.

2000 Colby College, “Precambrian Tectonics and Growth of Continental Crust”.

2000 Ismalia University, Egypt, “Geology, Resources, and Evolution of the Arabian-Nubian Shield”.

2000-1995

1999 Washington University, “Evolution of Precambrian Orogenic System (three lectures)”

1999 SUNY Albany, Geodynamics of the Southern Alaska Convergent Margin: Accretion History, Ridge Subduction, Coastwise Strike -Slip, and Implications for Continental Growth”

1999 Colby College, “Geodynamic Evolution of Southern Alaska”.

1999 Ministry of Water Resources, Sultanate of Oman. “Fracture zone hydrogeology of the Muscat, Seifa, Quriayat, Sur and Tiwi basins, Sultanate of Oman”.

1999 Ministry of Water Resources, Sultanate of Oman. “Fracture zone hydrogeology of the Massarat, Halfayn, and Batha basins, Sultanate of Oman”.

1998 University of Illinois Urbana/Champaign. “Structural and Magmatic Evolution of the Southern Alaska Forearc- Implications for Continental Growth", and "Precambrian Plate Tectonics- Do We Need a New Paradigm?”

1998 Ministry of Water Resources, Sultanate of Oman. “Fracture zone hydrogeology of the Barka, Khaburah, Samail, and Umayri Basins, Sultanate of Oman”.

1998 Dept. of Geology, University of Iowa. “Growth of Archean granite greenstone terranes at convergent margins”, and “Mesozoic and Cenozoic Tectonics of the southern Alaska convergent margin”

1998 Int. Conference of Desert Development, Cairo. “Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Sinai Peninsula.

1997 King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, “Precambrian Tectonics”.

1997 Harvard/MIT Workshop on Continental Roots, Tectonic Evolution of the Archean Zimbabwe Craton: Implications for the Origin of Continental Roots, Oct. 10-14.

1997 U.S. Geological Survey, Western Minerals Division, “Plate Tectonics in the Precambrian”, March 1997.

1996 UNESCO/IGCP Project 391 Meeting, Workshop on Sand Accumulations and Groundwater in the Sahara, Cairo, Nov. 18, 1996, “Controls of Ground Water Flow in the Eastern Sahara Desert by Structural and Tectonic Features”

1996 Ministry of Water Resources, Sultante of Oman. “Stuctural Geology and Tectonic Evolution of northern Oman: Implications for ground water resources in fractured bedrock aquifers”.

1995 Cornell University, Weekly Seminar Series, “Structure of the Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: Implications for ArcheanTectonics”.

1995 Harvard University, Precambrian Studies Group, “Tectonics of the southern Alaska accretionary prism, Kenai Peninsula; Implications for recognizing ancient ridge subduction events”

1995 University of Connecticut, Weekly Seminar Series, “Structural and Magmatic Effects of Eocene Ridge Subduction, southern Alaska Accretionary Prism”.

1995 Harvard University, Precambrian Studies Group, “Structural and Tectonic Setting of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe”.

1995 Boston University, Geology Department Seminar Series, “Closure of the NeoProterozoic Mozambique Ocean and the Amalgamation of Gondwana”.

1995 Boston University, Center for Remote Sensing, Visit by Bahrain Dignitaries, “Hydrogeology of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, as a Guide to Ground Water Exploration in Arid Environments”.

1995-1987

1994 JOI/USSAC-GSA Penrose Conference on Triple Junction Interactions with Convergent Margins, April 21-26, Eureka, California: "The ultimate ancient triple junctions-- Archean examples".

 1994 JOI/USSAC-GSA Penrose Conference on Triple Junction Interactions with Convergent Margins, April 21-26, Eureka, California: T. Kusky and T. Byrne, "Recognition of Ancient systems-- are there any distinctive signatures?".

 1994 JOI/USSAC-GSA Penrose Conference on Triple Junction Interactions with Convergent Margins, April 21-26, Eureka, California: D. Donley and T. Kusky, "Deformation and magma emplacement associated with the Kula- Farallon ridge subduction, south-central Alaska".

 1994 JOI/USSAC-GSA Penrose Conference on Triple Junction Interactions with Convergent Margins, April 21-26, Eureka, California: , D. Rowley, D. Bradley, T. Kusky, and P. Haeussler, "Kinematic modeling of Kula - Farallon - North America plate motions".

1994 Department of Geological Sciences, The University at Albany, "Structural and stratigraphic relationships in the Archean Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe"

1993 Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, "Tectonics of Archean Greenstone Belts"

1993 University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, "Tectonics of Archean Greenstone Belts"

1993 Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, "Tectonics of the Middle East"

1992 The Johns Hopkins University, "Dynamics of Ridge Subduction"

1992 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Geology and Tectonics of the Zimbabwe Craton, southern Africa"

1992 Boston University, "Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics of the southern Alaska accretionary prism".

1992 University of Iowa, "Mesozoic and Cenozoic Tectonics of the Chugach Terrane, southern Alaska", and "Constraints on Archean Tectonic Style and Continental Growth from Structural Relationships in the Slave Province, Canada".

1991 Univ. Texas, Austin, "A 2.67 Ga Arc-Continent Collision in the Slave Province"

1991 INSTOC, Cornell University, "Continental Growth in the Archean Slave Province"

1991 Bellaire Research Center, Shell Exploration and Production Co., "Structural Development of the Archean Slave Province"

1991 Boston University: "Tectonics of the Archean Slave Province"

1990 University of Minnesota: "Tectonics of the Archean Slave Province"

1990 Amoco Research, Tulsa OK, "Deformation partitioning in a flysch sequence, Point Lake area, Slave Province, Canada".

1990 California State University, Dominiguez Hills: "Kinematics of an Archean arc- continent collision", and "Stromatolite Reefs of Western North America"

1990 University of Houston: "Tectonics of the Archean Slave Province"

1989 Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara: "Aspects of an Archean fold and thrust belt at Point Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada".

1989 University of Southern California: "Accretion of the Archean Slave Province", and "Progressive deformation of sedimentary structures in the Point Lake fold and thrust belt".

1989 Union College: "Accretion of the Archean Slave Province", and "Glacial Landforms of Arctic Canada".

1988 Geological Survey of Canada: "Tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Archean Slave Province".

1988 Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institute: "Constraints on Archean tectonic style and continental growth from geological relationships in the Slave Province, N.W.T.".

1987 Washington University: "Are the Cameron and Beaulieu River greenstone belts ( Slave Province) allochthonous?"

  Kusky was mentioned by several news media for his new findings, 08/07/2007;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Discovery Provides Key Evidence Of Life's Beginnings, 07/31/2007 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;New Orleans and Katrina ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Dr. Kusky has been appointed to the Inspection Team for the National Committee of UNESCO in China.