During a visit to campus, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy discussed some of the space agency's most ambitious and impactful space missions with the UArizona scientists who pursue them.
2022 Spring Department News
Professor Heather Knutson of Caltech visited LPL from April 18-21 as the inaugural speaker for the Showman Distinguished Lectureship. Professor Knutson studies the dynamics and chemistry of extrasolar planetary atmospheres, one of the many fields in which Professor Adam Showman conducted pioneering research. During her stay, she gave a colloquium on
Congratulations to Tracy Esman, Indujaa Ganesh, John Noonan, and Sarah Sutton, LPL's newest alumni!
Dr. Stefano Nerozzi was awarded the UArizona Galileo Circle Postdoctoral Scholar Award. Dr. Nerozzi is the Science Principal Investigator on a selected NASA Mars Data Analysis Program proposal to study the intricate fluvial and geologic history of outflow channel systems in Utopia Planitia on Mars. He was recently selected
LPL Postdoctoral Research Associate Dr. Sarah Moran has been named a University of Arizona Sursum Fellow, selected for her proposal on Haze Evolution in sub-Neptune Exoplanets through UV Laboratory Experiments. The award is a postdoctoral research development grant designed to foster independence and help advance the career goals
Dr. Feng Long is a Sagan Fellow (NASA Hubble Fellowship Program) whose research focus is the formation and evolution of protoplanetary disks—the cradle of young planets. In particular, she uses the powerful radio interferometers to study the physical and chemical properties of protoplanetary disks, and thereby to identify key
Brittany Miles has been named a 51 Pegasi b Fellow in Planetary Astronomy by the Heising-Simons Foundation. Brittany will receive her Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in summer 2022. Brittany’s expertise lies in mid-infrared observations of brown dwarfs—astronomical objects that share properties with both
by Shane Byrne
This semester (Spring 2022), the LPL field trip (PTYS 590) headed off to the Mojave Desert in California armed with various remote sensing datasets. There is a wide variety of test data in the Mojave from Synthetic Aperture Radars to visible wavelength cameras and there is an
The OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission team was selected to receive the 2022 John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. Award for Space Exploration by the Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for space exploration and space-inspired industries. The award was presented on April 4 during the opening ceremony of
Rising senior Brooke Caruthers is majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology with minors in Marine Science and French in addition to Astrobiology.