2022 Fall Department News

We gratefully acknowledge gifts to LPL from donors and corporate partners.

High rankings from U.S. News & World Report and the National Science Foundation  for expenditures and research and publication frequency.

Thirteen students were admitted to the Planetary Sciences degree program for 2022/2023.

Congratulations to Patrick O'Brien, Benjamin Sharkey, Alessondra Springmann ,and Joana Voigt.

Asteroid Broke up over Ontario on November 19.

Contreras Fire in June resulted in evacuation of Kitt Peak.

Brooke Carruthers was been selected as a Universities Space Research Association (USRA) Distinguished Undergraduate for 2022 based on the strength of her academic accomplishments and leadership qualities.

Dr. Arnaud Salvador joined LPL in August 2022 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. He works with Associate Professor Tyler Robinson on the characterization of rocky exoplanets observed in direct imaging.

Reed Spurling is a senior majoring in Aerospace Engineering with minors in Math and Planetary Sciences (PTYS).

Senior Nick McFarlin is majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with a minor in Astrobiology.