2011 Fall Graduate Student News

Eight students began their graduate careers at LPL this fall:

Sky Beard (Purdue; Applied Physics) James Keane (University of Maryland, College Park; Astronomy, Physics, and Geology) Kelly Miller (Scripps College; Chemistry) Sarah Morrison (Cornell; Astronomy) Gabriel Muro (UC Santa Cruz; Earth and Planetary Sciences) Ethan Schafer (Colorado State; Geology) Michelle

Congratulations to our newest grads:

Eve L. Berger, Ph.D., September 2011, Cubanite and associated sulfides in CI chondrites and comet Wild 2: Implications for aqueous processing (Lauretta). Eve will soon begin a NASA post-doctoral fellowship at NASA Johnson Space Center.

Kristin Block, M.S., August 2011, Fulgurite classification, petrology and implications

PTYS/LPL graduate student Tiffany Kataria was awarded the NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship (JPFP) award. This is a three-year fellowship which provides Tiffany with an annual stipend, tuition off-set funding, and an annual 10-week visit to NASA Ames Research Center. Tiffany will perform atmospheric circulation and climate modeling of

Congratulations to Lissa Ong and Devin Schrader, recipients of the PTYS/LPL Spring 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award. Lissa and Devin were nominated for this award based on their work with Elisabetta Pierazzo's PTYS 214 (Astrobiology) course. Thanks to their dedication and hard work, the undergraduate students had a positive