Dr. Ellen Howell received a Ph.D. from LPL in December, 1995. She moved to Puerto Rico and worked as a post-doc in the Geology Department of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. She then spent 14 years at the Arecibo Observatory as a staff scientist. Ellen specializes in remote sensing of
2015 Fall Department News
We are proud to welcome retired NASA astronaut and decorated U.S. Navy Captain Mark Kelly as a member of the LPL External Advisory Board.
An experienced pilot who flew combat missions during the Gulf War, Mark Kelly became a NASA Space Shuttle pilot in 1996. He went on to pilot STS-108 (2001) and STS-121 (2006); he commanded STS-124 (2008)
Congratulations to LPL's most recent graduates!
On November 23, Davin Flateau defended his M.S. thesis titled, "Weather On Other Worlds IV: In-Depth Study Of Photometric Variability And Radiative Timescales For Atmospheric Evolution In Four L Dwarfs." Davin's research advisor was Assistant Professor Daniel Apai.
Six students join the PTYS graduate program for Fall 2016.
by Jamie Molaro
Again this fall, LPL hosted The Art of Planetary Science, an exhibition of art celebrating the beauty and elegance of science. This volunteer science outreach project was organized by graduate students Jamie Molaro, Sarah Peacock, James Keane, and Hannah Tanquary. Now in
by Margaret Landis
Late October saw the PTYS 594A LPL field trip group heading off for three days of exploring the area around the Salton Sea, an inland body of water caused by accidental flooding in 1905. While accidental flooding may not make for the best planetary analog, the intermittent
UA undergraduate Namrah Habib, a member of the OSIRIS-REx image processing working group, has received the 2015 Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Frederick A. Tarantino Memorial Scholarship Award. Ms. Habib, a junior majoring in Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering, was selected from among 43 eligible applicants for one
by Hannah Tanquary
This year’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference (LPLC) was held August 20 and 21 in the Kuiper Space Sciences Building. Thirty-nine talks were presented this year by speakers from LPL, Steward Observatory, the Department of Mathematics, and Northwestern University. Five invited talks were given, including Dr. Veronica Bray's
The Arizona Space Grant Consortium, whose main offices are hosted by LPL, played host to the Fall 2015 National Space Grant Directors’ Council Meeting at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson at the start of October. LPL’s Tim Swindle, Director of the Arizona statewide consortium, and Susan Brew