Ethan Schaefer, sixth-year PTYS graduate student, had the opportunity to conduct field work in Hawaii with generous funding assistance from Mr. Dan Cavanagh. The goal of this research was to answer the question, “If all we can see in coarse, remotely-sensed data is the outline of a lava flow, what can we meaningfully infer, if anything, about that flow?” This question has direct application to bodies such as Io and Venus. 

The annual Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Conference is an opportunity for LPLers to share their research.

News from Ingrid Daubar, Paulo Penteado, Jani Radebaugh, and John Spencer.

Lauretta takes the mound for the Arizona Diamondbacks!

Margaret Landis and Sarah Sutton were recipients of the 2016 Curson travel award.

Chet Maleszewski is the recipient of the PTYS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Spring 2016. Chet worked with Dr. Vishnu Reddy in the PTYS/ASTR 170B2 General Education course (Natural Sciences Tier I). This was Dr.

Fourth-year graduate student Sarah Peacock was awarded a Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Internship with the National Academies Space Studies Board. The internship will afford her the opportunity to spend 10 weeks in Washington, D.C., during the Fall 2016 semester.

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

The LPL family extends best wishes and congratulations to Ed Beshore, who retired from his career at LPL on October 4. His many contributions and accomplishments were celebrated at a farewell luncheon held in the Michael J. Drake Building on October 3. Ed has a long history with LPL and the University of Arizona.

Congratulations to Leon and Silvia Palafox, who welcomed baby girl Emma into the world on September 18. Emma, who weighed in at 4.6 pounds, was also welcomed to the family by big sister Mia.  Leon is an Associate Staff Scientist at LPL, with research interests in planetary surfaces and machine learning.