The Zatman lecture is given at each biennial SEDI meeting by a prominent young scientist who has done outstanding work on core dynamics. Stephen Zatman was himself a prominent young scientist who studied core dynamics, and whose life was tragically cut short.
| Year | Lecturer | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | R. Holme | Secular variation and flow in the core |
| 2006 | J. Aurnou | Scaling behavior in planetary core dynamics |
| 2008 | M. Dumberry | Geodetic constraints on core dynamics and core-mantle interactions |
| 2010 | J. Roberts | Effects of giant impacts on the mantles and cores of Mars and Mercury |
| 2012 | N. Gillet | Stochastic core flow reconstruction over the observatory era |
| 2014 | J. Mound | Geomagnetic implications of inner core translation |
| 2016 | A. Fournier | Force balance and wave motion in Earth's core |
| 2018 | H. Lau | Tidal Tomography: What an often-neglected phenomenon known as Earth tides can tell us about buoyancy in the deepest part of the mantle |
| 2022 | L. Cobden | Locating the iron spin transition in the lower mantle with global adjoint tomography |