2021 Fall Faculty News

DellaGiustina Joins Faculty as Assistant Professor

Dr. Daniella DellaGiustina will join LPL as an Assistant Professor this January (2022).

NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time

Assistant Professor Kristopher Klein and Postdoctoral Research Associate Emily Lichko are co-authors on the paper describing the latest science results from the Parker Solar Probe.

Professor Amy Mainzer Consults on Netflix film, Don't Look Up

Professor Amy Mainzer is Principal Investigator for NEOWISE and for NEO Surveyor, two space missions designed to survey the Solar System for potentially hazardous objects.

Two Impacts, Not Just One, May Have Formed the Moon

A study led by Professor Erik Asphaug suggests that the protoplanet most likely hit Earth twice.

Dante Lauretta: The Wait for a Billion Dollar Space Sample

In this Sci&Tell interview, Regents Professor and OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta discusses the patience required when working in science and how his passion for science stems from his love for exploring.