2015 Fall Graduate Student News

Nathanial Hendler is the recipient of the 2015 Carson Fellowship Award, which provides one academic year of support, including salary, tuition and a small supply stipend. Nathanial is beginning his first year of graduate studies at LPL.

Nathanial grew up in Colorado and had an early fascination with insects. After high school

Kudos to LPL graduate students with new or continuing NESSF (NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship) Awards:

New for 2015

Hamish Hay, "Tidal Dissipation in the Subsurface Oceans of the Icy Satellites" (advisor: Isamu Matsuyama) Sarah Peacock, "Understanding the Early Evolution of M Dwarf Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation" (advisor:

Incoming PTYS graduate student Sarah Sutton is the recipient of a University Fellows Award from the Graduate Center at the University of Arizona. The University Fellows award is a prestigious fellowship offered to the University of Arizona's top incoming graduate students. Through a collaborative selection process, nominees for the award

LPL graduate student James Keane is the recipient of the 2015 Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award from the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America. The award comes with a $2500 prize for the study of cratering processes and impact craters. Assistant Professor Isamu Matsuyama is James' advisor

The Curson Travel Scholarship helped support travel for two LPL graduate students this summer.

Funding from the Curson award supported fourth-year student Ali Bramson's travel to Iceland to attend a joint team meeting for the HiRISE camera and the European Space Agency's Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) instrument being

Ethan Schaefer is the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Spring 2015. Ethan earned the award for his work as a GTA with Professor Joe Giacalone in the PTYS/ASTR 206 class, which is a General Education Natural Sciences Tier II  course. He is a fifth-year graduate student working with Professor Alfred McEwen