{"id":3109,"date":"2019-10-18T17:11:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T00:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/astronomy-and-planetary-science\/?page_id=3109"},"modified":"2025-01-23T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T21:41:04","slug":"accomplishments-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Accomplishments 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>December 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ryan Behunin is the co-author of a paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\">\n            Ryan Behunin is the co-author of a paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prx\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevX.8.041034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Optomechanical cooling in a continuous system<\/a>,\u201d which will publish in Physical Review on Friday. The paper, based on the theory Behunin contributed to, features a new cooling technique using laser light.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Congratulations to our SPS Chapter for being recognized as a 2017-2018 Distinguished Chapter by the SPS National Office!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\">\n            Congratulations to our SPS Chapter for being recognized as a 2017-2018 Distinguished Chapter by the SPS National Office!\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Please congratulate the students, and Buzz Delinger for leading them, when you see them on this honor!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling gave an invited talk_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\">\n            David Trilling gave an invited talk\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>at the <a href=\"http:\/\/Breakthrough%20Science%20with%20the%20Thirty-Meter-Telescope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMT Science Forum<\/a> in Pasadena.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"President Cheng announced that NAU had risen to the top 100 ranking for external funding for non-medical school universities,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-4-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-4-panel\">\n            President Cheng announced that NAU had risen to the top 100 ranking for external funding for non-medical school universities,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-4-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-4-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>and rank #201 overall. In that letter (Dec. 11) she explicitly called out both astronomy and planetary sciences as areas of research that have contributed to this success.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling is PI of a newly accepted survey program at NOAO (National Optical Astronomy Observatory_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-5-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-5-panel\">\n            David Trilling is PI of a newly accepted survey program at NOAO (National Optical Astronomy Observatory\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-5-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-5-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u2014 the national observatory) entitled \u201cThe Deep DECam Outer Solar System Survey.\u201d (DECam is the name of the large-format camera that we will use.) There are 16 co-investigators, including NAU faculty member <strong>Chad Trujillo<\/strong>, postdoc<strong> Andrew McNeill<\/strong>, and PhD student<strong> Will Oldroyd<\/strong>. Former NAU postdocs <strong>Michael Mommert<\/strong> and <strong>Cesar Fuentes<\/strong> are also CoIs. We have been awarded 46.5 nights of telescope time (that\u2019s a lot!) over the next three years. We will use this time to study the properties of small bodies in the outer Solar System to constrain the formation and evolution of our planetary system.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Chad Trujillo is in the news again, for another far out discovery:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-6-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-6-panel\">\n            Chad Trujillo is in the news again, for another far out discovery:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-6-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-6-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>The new object was announced on Monday, December 17, 2018, by the International Astronomical Union\u2019s Minor Planet Center and has been given the provisional designation 2018 VG18. The discovery was made by Carnegie\u2019s Scott S. Sheppard, the University of Hawaii\u2019s David Tholen, and Northern Arizona University\u2019s Chad Trujillo.<\/p>\n<p>2018 VG18, nicknamed \u201cFarout\u201d by the discovery team for its extremely distant location, is at about 120 astronomical units (AU), where 1 AU is defined as the distance between the Earth and the Sun. The second-most-distant observed Solar System object is Eris, at about 96 AU. Pluto is currently at about 34 AU, making 2018 VG18 more than three-and-a-half times more distant than the Solar System\u2019s most-famous dwarf planet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carnegie Science: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/epl.carnegiescience.edu\/news\/discovered-most-distant-solar-system-object-ever-observed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discovered: The Most-Distant Solar System Object Ever Observed<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>New York Times: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/17\/science\/farout-most-distant-solar-system.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It\u2019s the Solar System\u2019s Most Distant Object. Astronomers Named It Farout<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>CNN: <a href=\"https:\/\/carnegiescience.edu\/news\/solar-systems-most-distant-known-member-confirmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cSolar System\u2019s Most Distant Known Member Confirmed\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Congratulations Graduates!!!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-7-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-7-panel\">\n            Congratulations Graduates!!!\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-7-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-7-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>We had eight undergrads and two masters students listed in the commencement program, and I think a few more graduates besides those. Congratulations to all the students who graduated, and to all faculty and staff who helped them reach this milestone.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>November 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ty Robinson\u2019s NASA Exobiology proposal was selected._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-8-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-8-panel\">\n            Ty Robinson\u2019s NASA Exobiology proposal was selected.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-8-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-8-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>The proposed work is aimed at understanding the feasibility of remotely detecting chemical disequilibrium (indicated by large available Gibbs free energy in the atmosphere\/ocean system) for Earth-twin exoplanets at different stages in Earth\u2019s 4.5 Gyr evolution. Our efforts will incorporate collaborations with UC Riverside, Georgia Tech, NASA Goddard, NASA GISS, Columbia, University of Washington, and Arizona State. The award will include funds for both my summer efforts as well as 2.67 years of<br>\nan NAU graduate student. total: $470k<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Cristina Thomas and David Trilling, and former NAU masters students Mary Hinkle and Brian Burt, are on a recently published paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-9-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-9-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas and David Trilling, and former NAU masters students Mary Hinkle and Brian Burt, are on a recently published paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-9-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-9-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-4365\/aae1b0\/meta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey: Four Years of Photometry<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Undergrad Megan Gialluca (a physics\/astronomy sophomore) has been selected to be a Goldwater Scholarship nominee from NAU._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-10-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-10-panel\">\n            Undergrad Megan Gialluca (a physics\/astronomy sophomore) has been selected to be a Goldwater Scholarship nominee from NAU.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-10-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-10-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Megan is the first sophomore to receive this nomination in (at least) the last seven years here at NAU. The research Megan is emphasizing in her application is focused on modeling and characterizing rocky exoplanets around cool stars.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Megan Gialluca also participated this past week in an asteroid occultation observation in southern Arizona._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-11-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-11-panel\">\n            Megan Gialluca also participated this past week in an asteroid occultation observation in southern Arizona.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-11-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-11-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>She wrote: \u201cSo when we arrived in Tuscon on Monday we met up with our telescope partners, as I had mentioned mine was a man named Ted Blank and he was the head of the New Hampshire Astronomical Society when I had completed my first research paper! So that was pretty cool. We then loaded the car with crates containing the telescope mount parts, the telescope itself, and the data systems (computer, camera, wires, etc). Then we drove out to the practice site in Tuscon and set up the mount, scope, and system and did a practice run (so we aligned the scope, set the PAE, found the star field, and took about 100 frames during the time the occultation would be happening). Then on Tuesday we drove out to our assigned band which was originally predicted to be the first band on the North edge that would get a negative occultation. After setting everything up when the actual occultation time came around (about 8:08 pm AZ time) we took 1715 frames (about 10 min from 8:03 to 8:13) turns out we had a positive Occultation! So the shadow had shifted a little northwards. This viewing was for the upcoming Lucy mission scheduled to be launched in 2021 and the occultation was caused by trojan asteroids. Lucy is going to visit 6 trojan asteroids to hopefully tell us about the formation of the solar system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3325 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018-232x174.jpg 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MeganGialluca-Nov2018-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling is lead author of a new paper about `Oumuamua:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-12-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-12-panel\">\n            David Trilling is lead author of a new paper about `Oumuamua:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-12-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-12-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-3881\/aae88f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spitzer Observations of Interstellar Object 1I\/\u2019Oumuamua<\/a>.\u201d <strong>Andrew McNeill<\/strong>, <strong>Alissa Roegge<\/strong>, and <strong>Nathan Smith<\/strong> are co-authors on this paper.<\/p>\n<p>There was very nice press coverage of this article which received considerable press coverage, of which the following is just a small sample!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>NAU News: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.nau.edu\/trilling-oumuamua\/#.XcHDCEGQyUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA telescope\u2019s \u2018non-detection\u2019 of first interstellar object in solar system leads NAU team to conclusions about mystery object\u2019s size, reflectivity<\/a>\u201d There\u2019s a link at the bottom to <strong>Colin Chandler\u2019s<\/strong> 3D print-able model of this mysterious object!<\/li>\n<li>JPL: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/news.php?feature=7280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Learns More About Interstellar Visitor \u2018Oumuamua<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n<li>In China!: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2018-11\/17\/c_137613909.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA reveals more information on first interstellar object<\/a>\u201d\n<ul><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ryan Behunin has a new grant that was just funded:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-13-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-13-panel\">\n            Ryan Behunin has a new grant that was just funded:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-13-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-13-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>This grant is a 3.75M award divided between UCSB, Yale, Stanford, NIST, Microsoft and NAU to create ultra-stable lasers to drastically reduce energy consumed through information processing used to power the internet (currently 10% of the world energy budget).<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Cristina Thomas made a new post on the Women in Astronomy blog:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-14-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-14-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas made a new post on the Women in Astronomy blog:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-14-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-14-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/womeninastronomy.blogspot.com\/2018\/11\/does-astronomy-education-research-have.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Does Astronomy Education Research have a glass ceiling?<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling was a convener for the recent NOAO ELT KSP workshop in Tucson:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-15-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-15-panel\">\n            David Trilling was a convener for the recent NOAO ELT KSP workshop in Tucson:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-15-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-15-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>What does that mean? NOAO is the National Optical Astronomy Observatory \u2014 the national observatory headquarters. ELT is Extremely Large Telescopes \u2014 a catch-all phrase for telescopes in the coming decade that will be ~30 meters in diameter. And KSP is Key Science Program \u2014 identifying some key scientific investigations that could be carried out with these coming giant telescopes.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Mark Salvatore and PhD student Schuyler Borges are on their way to Antarctica!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-16-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-16-panel\">\n            Mark Salvatore and PhD student Schuyler Borges are on their way to Antarctica!\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-16-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-16-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>(First stopping off to visit their respective families.) They\u2019ll be in New Zealand in a week or so, and a few days later land in McMurdo Base in Antarctica. Their field seasons will be 2+ months, and they are hoping to send us pictures\/blog posts\/etc. AND: PhD student <strong>Helen Eifert<\/strong> leaves for a separate field campaign in Antarctica in a few weeks. We can\u2019t wait to hear from all of them about their adventures.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow their adventure on <a href=\"http:\/\/msalvatore.net\/departmental-blog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark\u2019s Blog<\/a>.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>October 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Chad Trujillo is a co-author on a new paper that has attracted press attention:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-17-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-17-panel\">\n            Chad Trujillo is a co-author on a new paper that has attracted press attention:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-17-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-17-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1810.00013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A New High Perihelion Inner Oort Cloud Object: 2015 TG387<\/a>\u201d which has received some press attention.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>USA Today: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/science\/2018\/10\/02\/planet-x-newly-discovered-object-hints-mysterious-distant-world\/1491022002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Searching for \u2018Planet X,\u2019 scientists discover distant \u2018Goblin\u2019 object billions of miles beyond Pluto<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Carnegie Science News: <a href=\"https:\/\/carnegiescience.edu\/news\/new-extremely-distant-solar-system-object-found-during-hunt-planet-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New extremely distant Solar System object found during hunt for Planet X<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Edwards served on a panel for the Arizona Aerospace and Defense STEM\/Workforce summit_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-18-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-18-panel\">\n            Edwards served on a panel for the Arizona Aerospace and Defense STEM\/Workforce summit\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-18-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-18-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>alongside the deans of engineering for ASU and UofA and the Chancellor of Embry Riddle.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Undergrads Hannah Zigo and Heshani Pieris presented results at NASA\u201ds Mars Odyssey THEMIS science team meeting_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-19-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-19-panel\">\n            Undergrads Hannah Zigo and Heshani Pieris presented results at NASA\u201ds Mars Odyssey THEMIS science team meeting\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-19-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-19-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>at ASU. Christopher Edwards also presented results related to Phobos.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards had a paper published in Earth and Space Science_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-20-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-20-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards had a paper published in Earth and Space Science\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-20-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-20-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>related to the field-analog testing of a variety of technologies: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2018EA000375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Incorporation of Portable Infrared Spectral Imaging Into Planetary Geological Field Work: Analog Studies at K\u012blauea Volcano, Hawaii, and Potrillo Volcanic Field, New Mexico<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"First year PhD student Erin Aadland has submitted her first paper,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-21-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-21-panel\">\n            First year PhD student Erin Aadland has submitted her first paper,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-21-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-21-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1810.11169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shedding Light on the Isolation of Luminous Blue Variables<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ty Robinson\u2019s research group has been invited to join NASA\u2019s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS)._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-22-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-22-panel\">\n            Ty Robinson\u2019s research group has been invited to join NASA\u2019s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS).\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-22-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-22-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>The NExSS group works to connect different research programs in exoplanets across the country, and also organizes workshops and conferences for both NExSS teams and the larger exoplanet community. Additionally, NExSS membership comes with access to funds to support team travel to NExSS workshops and events.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"At the president\u2019s forum, Ed Anderson and Mary Lara, and Cristina Thomas, were highlighted by name._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-23-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-23-panel\">\n            At the president\u2019s forum, Ed Anderson and Mary Lara, and Cristina Thomas, were highlighted by name.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-23-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-23-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Also, Christopher Edwards and Nathan Smith were shown in one of the slides about research productivity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3311 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PresidentsForum-2018-464x348.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PresidentsForum-2018-464x348.png 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PresidentsForum-2018-232x174.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"NAU hosted the NAPSA [Northern Arizona Planetary Science Alliance] poster session,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-24-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-24-panel\">\n            NAU hosted the NAPSA [Northern Arizona Planetary Science Alliance] poster session,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-24-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-24-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>organized by Nadine Barlow, Kathleen Stigmon, and others. President Cheng attended. We had at least nine grad students and at least seven undergraduates who presented posters.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Dary Ruiz-Rodriguez, an alumna of our masters program, is a co-author on a recently published paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-25-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-25-panel\">\n            Dary Ruiz-Rodriguez, an alumna of our masters program, is a co-author on a recently published paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-25-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-25-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1810.06580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Science with an ngVLA: Resolving the Radio Complexity of EXor and FUor-type Systems with the ngVLA<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Division of Planetary Sciences meeting._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-26-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-26-panel\">\n            Division of Planetary Sciences meeting.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-26-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-26-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Faculty David Trilling, Cristina Thomas, Chad Trujillo, and Steve Tegler attended the American Astronomical Society\/Division of Planetary Sciences meeting last week. Graduate students Samuel Navarro, Robyn Meier, and Annika Gustafsson; postdocs Andrew McNeill and Maggie McAdam; and undergraduate student Mitch Magnuson also attended. Together, NAU people authored\/co-authored at least 25 abstracts. [My apologies if I left someone off this list!]\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Senior undergraduate Heshani Pieris won both the Gold Axe and the CEFNS Outstanding Senior!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-27-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-27-panel\">\n            Senior undergraduate Heshani Pieris won both the Gold Axe and the CEFNS Outstanding Senior!\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-27-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-27-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"PhD student Sarah Lamm wrote a recent blog post for the Mars Curiosity rover mission:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-28-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-28-panel\">\n            PhD student Sarah Lamm wrote a recent blog post for the Mars Curiosity rover mission:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-28-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-28-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/msl\/mission-updates\/sol-2204-curiosity-science-is-baaaack\/?mu=sol-2204-curiosity-science-is-baaaack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sol 2204: Curiosity science is baaaack!<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Physics and Astronomy submitted 49 full proposals_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-29-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-29-panel\">\n            Physics and Astronomy submitted 49 full proposals\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-29-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-29-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>from January 1, 2018 to October 19, 2018. Of these, 9 were for applied research ($5,152,819), 36 for basic research ($14,696,390) and 3 classified as other purposes ($276,868). The total dollar amount of the 49 proposals submitted through October 19, 2018 is $20,126,077.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"PhD students Catherine Clark and Lori Glaspie submitted their NSF Graduate Research Fellowship proposals._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-30-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-30-panel\">\n            PhD students Catherine Clark and Lori Glaspie submitted their NSF Graduate Research Fellowship proposals.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-30-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-30-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Good luck to them! Kudos to <strong>Ty Robinson<\/strong> for his excellent mentoring of these students through the proposal process.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Navajo Bridge Star Party_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-31-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-31-panel\">\n            Navajo Bridge Star Party\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-31-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-31-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Students <strong>Janus Kozdon<\/strong>, <strong>Brennah Brown<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan Jundt<\/strong> and <strong>Emma Garret<\/strong>, along with staff members <strong>Kathleen Stigmon<\/strong>, <strong>Ed Anderson<\/strong> and <strong>Mary Lara<\/strong> attended the Navajo Bridge Star Party Oct. 12-13. The trip, which was sponsored by the NAU\/NASA Space Grant, allowed the students to spend the weekend doing outreach with the public, bringing their own telescopes to stargaze both Friday and Saturday night. This is the second year a group from the department has participated in the party.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3316\" style=\"width: 464px;\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3316 size-landscape-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/NavajoBridge-2018-464x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured L\/R: Daniel Stigmon, Kathleen Stigmon, Janus Kozdon, Brennah Brown, Ryan Jundt, Mary Lara and Emma Garret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" 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https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-1-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3318 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2-464x348.jpg 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2-232x174.jpg 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-Oct2018-2-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Postdoc Andrew McNeill is first author of a recently accepted paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-33-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-33-panel\">\n            Postdoc Andrew McNeill is first author of a recently accepted paper:\n            <span 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aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-34-panel\">\n            Undergraduate Adrian Luna received a travel scholarship and presented his poster\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-34-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-34-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u2018Quantum Engineering following Nature\u2019s lead: Using genetic algorithms to develop nitride optoelectronic devices\u2019 (<strong>Adrian Luna<\/strong>, <strong>Robert Voinescu<\/strong>, <strong>John Casta\u00f1eda<\/strong>, and <strong>In\u00e8s Monta\u00f1o<\/strong>) at the SACNAS conference in San Antonio.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"In\u00e8s Monta\u00f1o was first author on paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-37-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-37-panel\">\n            In\u00e8s Monta\u00f1o was first author on paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-37-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-37-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-018-35099-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Semiconductor Hyperbolic Metamaterials at the Quantum Limit<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Visiting PhD student Samuel Navarro_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-38-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-38-panel\">\n            Visiting PhD student Samuel Navarro\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-38-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-38-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>had a busy October and presented four talks\/posters in Mexico and the US:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>10\/01 Colloquium. NEOs: \u201cRapid-response Spectrophotometric characterization of Near Earth Objects with RATIR\u201d at the Institute of Astronomy, UNAM, campus Ciudad Universitaria, M\u00e9xico City, M\u00e9xico.<\/li>\n<li>10\/11 Poster presentation. \u201cNear Earth Objects characterization with the 1.5m telescope from the National astronomic observatory (Caracterizaci\u00f3n de objetos cercanos a la Tierra (NEOs) con el telescopio de 1.5m del Observatorio Astron\u00f3mico Nacional)\u201d at the National astronomy meeting (Congreso Nacional de Astronom\u00eda), Puebla, Puebla, M\u00e9xico<\/li>\n<li>10\/17 Colloquium. NEOs: \u201cRapid-response Spectrophotometric characterization of Near Earth Objects with RATIR\u201d at the Institute of Astronomy, UNAM, campus Ensenada, Ensenada, B.C., M\u00e9xico<\/li>\n<li>10\/26 Talk. \u201cFirst results from the rapid-response spectrophotometric characterization of Near-Earth Objects using RATIR.\u201d at the DPS meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>September 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling has been named a \u201cco-convener\u201d for the national Extremely Large Telescope Key Science Programs._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-39-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-39-panel\">\n            David Trilling has been named a \u201cco-convener\u201d for the national Extremely Large Telescope Key Science Programs.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-39-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-39-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>This is a group that will help define projects that could be carried out with the next generation of very large (~30 meter) telescopes. David\u2019s co-convener for Solar System science topics is Tommy Greathouse \u2014 presently at SWRI in Texas and a 1997 alumnus of our department!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards\u2019 NASA Solar System Workings proposal was funded:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-40-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-40-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards\u2019 NASA Solar System Workings proposal was funded:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-40-panel\" role=\"region\" 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         NAU\/NASA Space Grant attended the Navajo Nation Fair\u2019s Youth Day\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-44-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-44-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>, and they had added a STEM education component to it. Knowing that between 1,000-4,000 students might be there, Sam Navarro, Sam Sarkar, and Richard Gaughan volunteered to go and help Kathleen Stigmon. In addition, Allison Vance (a friend of the department), who has planetarium educator background, volunteered to go along as well.\u201d A few pictures from their event are in our Scrapbook. Thank you, Kathleen, Sam, Sam, Richard, and Allison!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards\u2019 co-author paper was featured in by AGU:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-45-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-45-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards\u2019 co-author paper was featured in by AGU:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-45-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-45-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.agu.org\/press-release\/martian-moon-may-have-come-from-impact-on-home-planet-new-study-suggests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martian moon may have come from impact on home planet, new study suggests<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Chad Trujillo is on a new paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-46-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-46-panel\">\n            Chad Trujillo is on a new paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-46-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-46-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1809.10309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 2016 Reactivations of Main-Belt Comets 238P\/Read and 288P\/(300163) 2006 VW139<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Edwards\u2019 New Postdoc Kathryn Powell presented at the MSL team meeting in Pasadena._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-47-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-47-panel\">\n            Edwards\u2019 New Postdoc Kathryn Powell presented at the MSL team meeting in Pasadena.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-47-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-47-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Lowell and NAU hosted the fourth annual Flagstaff Astronomy Symposium on September 21._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-48-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-48-panel\">\n            Lowell and NAU hosted the fourth annual Flagstaff Astronomy Symposium on September 21.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-48-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-48-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>NAU speakers included faculty Nadine Barlow, Kathy Eastwood, Cristina Thomas, and Chad Trujillo; postdocs Jennifer Buz and Kathryn Powell; grad students Colin Chandler, Erin Aadland, Robyn Meier, Catherine Clark, and Shy Dustrud; and researchers Anna Engle and Nathan Smith. All the talks were terrific! Phil Massey (Lowell) and David Trilling (NAU) hosted and co-organized the symposium.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Cristina Thomas is the coordinator of ground-based observing for NASA\u2019s DART mission._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-49-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-49-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas is the coordinator of ground-based observing for NASA\u2019s DART mission.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-49-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-49-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>She submitted 1 proposal to the IRTF and was Co-I on 7 proposals to observe Didymos around the world (so far). The Didymos proposals are for some of the largest ground-based facilities in the world: GTC, VLT, Gemini N &amp; S, Keck, LBT and the MMT. There are only a couple left to submit after today, including the DCT.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Dave Koerner have a talk on Indigenous Astronomy at the Flagstaff Star Party_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-50-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-50-panel\">\n            Dave Koerner have a talk on Indigenous Astronomy at the Flagstaff Star Party\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-50-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-50-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>in Buffalo Park.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"A star party for the Friends of Camp Colton fundraiser_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-51-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-51-panel\">\n            A star party for the Friends of Camp Colton fundraiser\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-51-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-51-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>was hosted by NAU staff Ed Anderson and Mary Lara and students Kathryn Turrentine, Kyle Ghaby, Kirstin Ligon, and Ryan Jundt. Camp Colton is an outdoor education facility run for the Flagstaff school district and they are keen to build more astronomy into their experience for the visiting students. Thank you all for representing our department, NAU, and astronomy so well!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"PhD student Annika Gustafsson a co-author on a recently published SPIE paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-52-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-52-panel\">\n            PhD student Annika Gustafsson a co-author on a recently published SPIE paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-52-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-52-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiedigitallibrary.org\/conference-proceedings-of-spie\/10702\/107023E\/NIHTS--the-near-infrared-high-throughput-spectrograph-for-the\/10.1117\/12.2313948.full?SSO=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NIHTS: the near-infrared high throughput spectrograph for the Discovery Channel Telescope<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"PhD student Lori Glaspie participated in LPI\u2019s Meteor Crater Field Experience._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-53-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-53-panel\">\n            PhD student Lori Glaspie participated in LPI\u2019s Meteor Crater Field Experience.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-53-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-53-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201cI will join about a dozen students from all over the world in the rare opportunity to conduct research with Meteor Crater Staff Geologist and LPI Researcher Dr. David Kring. I\u2019ll spend nine days within Barringer Crater, mapping various features of the crater and conducting research in support of impact cratering studies.\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>August 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling and Colin Chandler attended the LSST Project and Community Workshop in Tucson._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-54-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-54-panel\">\n            David Trilling and Colin Chandler attended the LSST Project and Community Workshop in Tucson.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-54-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-54-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards paper in Nature Astronomy was published and resulted in lots of press coverage:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-55-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-55-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards paper in Nature Astronomy was published and resulted in lots of press coverage:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-55-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-55-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-018-0529-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inventory of CO2 available for Terraforming Mars<\/a>.\u201d This article and NAU were mentioned in over 120 nationally and internationally recognized news articles. Such as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>AIRTALK \u2014 a NPR\/KPCC radio show: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scpr.org\/programs\/airtalk\/2018\/08\/01\/63438\/a-mission-to-mars-may-drive-us-crazy--but-if-we-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cA mission to Mars may drive us crazy \u2013 but if we can\u2019t terraform it then does it even matter?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A 5 minute news piece for KJZZ In Phoenix: <a href=\"http:\/\/kjzz.org\/content\/679302\/researcher-terraforming-mars-not-cards-right-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cResearcher: Terraforming Mars Not In The Cards Right Now\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The New York Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/30\/science\/mars-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mars Is Frigid, Rusty and Haunted. We Can\u2019t Stop Looking at It.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wired Magazine: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/co2-terraforming-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sorry, Nerds: Terraforming Might Not Work on Mars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Quartz Magazine: <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1345912\/nasa-says-nobody-not-even-elon-musk-can-terraform-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA says nobody\u2014not even Elon Musk\u2014can terraform Mars<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VICE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/qvmzqx\/nasa-says-mars-cant-be-terraformed-with-existing-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sorry Elon: NASA Says Mars Can\u2019t Be Terraformed With Existing Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NAU News: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/terraforming-mars\/#.XcCMOEGQyUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Think twice before moving to Mars\u2014NAU planetary scientist refutes terraforming in NASA study<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NASA Press Release: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/goddard\/2018\/mars-terraforming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards was a part of 5 abstracts_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-56-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-56-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards was a part of 5 abstracts\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-56-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-56-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>that were submitted to the American Geophysical Union Meeting, including one from Postdoc <strong>J.-F. Smekens<\/strong> and Graduate <strong>Student N. Smith<\/strong><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Edwards presented the EMIRS instrument at the international COSPAR conference_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-57-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-57-panel\">\n            Edwards presented the EMIRS instrument at the international COSPAR conference\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-57-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-57-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>and was a co-author one additional abstract related to the Emirates Mars 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<html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1808.07873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infrared Lightcurves of Near Earth Objects<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"PhD student, Annika Gustafsson, is also a co-author on this paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-62-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-62-panel\">\n            PhD student, Annika Gustafsson, is also a co-author on this paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-62-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-62-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/2515-5172\/aac8d7\/meta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spectroscopic Confirmation That 2MASS J07414279\u20130506464 Is a Mid-type L Dwarf<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Dave Schultz (VPR, and also faculty member in our department) is a co-author on these two papers:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-63-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-63-panel\">\n            Dave Schultz (VPR, and also faculty member in our department) is a co-author on these two papers:\n            <span 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Emissions<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Andrew McNeill and David Trilling are co-authors on another newly accepted paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-64-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-64-panel\">\n            Andrew McNeill and David Trilling are co-authors on another newly accepted paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-64-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-64-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1808.08988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Main Belt Asteroid Shape Distribution from Gaia DR2<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Nadine Barlow and Michael Zeilnhofer participated in the 9th Planetary Crater Consortium meeting_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-65-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-65-panel\">\n            Nadine Barlow and Michael Zeilnhofer participated in the 9th Planetary Crater Consortium meeting\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-65-panel\" 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Michael gave a talk on \u201cPreliminary Investigations of Polygonal Craters on Ceres\u201d. Nadine gave two talks: \u201cType 1 Ejecta Craters on Mars: Not Restricted to just the Double Layer Ejecta Morphology\u201d, and \u201cConstraints on the Timing of Tectonic Activity on Mercury\u2019s Large-Scale Lobate-Scarp Thrust Faults\u201d.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Chad Trujillo is co-author on a newly published paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-66-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-66-panel\">\n            Chad Trujillo is co-author on a newly published paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-66-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-66-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/2515-5172\/aadd15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Jupiter Satellites and Moon-Moon Collisions<\/a>\u201d Press releases about this topic can be found on the APS news page.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards has a paper in press on the composition of the martian moon Phobos_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-67-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-67-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards has a paper in press on the composition of the martian moon Phobos\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-67-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-67-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>(which is redacted until publication time).<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>July 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"The Arizona Board of Regents funded three \u201cRegents\u2019 Innovation Fund\u201d projects for FY19._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-68-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-68-panel\">\n            The Arizona Board of Regents funded three \u201cRegents\u2019 Innovation Fund\u201d projects for FY19.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-68-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-68-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>These are three-campus research programs, typically for seed funding that will culminate in a larger, external funding proposal. One of these (\u201cSeed Funding for an Innovative Three-University Near Earth Object (NEO) Space Mission\u201d) is led by <strong>David Trilling<\/strong>. A second project, led by UA, has both <strong>Ryan Behunin<\/strong> and <strong>Ines Montano<\/strong> as CoIs.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Cristina Thomas is the lead_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-69-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-69-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas is the lead\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-69-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-69-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>of all ground-based (telescope) observing [both US and Europe] of asteroid Didymos for NASA\u2019s DART mission.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Stephen Tegler, David Trilling, and others had a proposal approved_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-70-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-70-panel\">\n            Stephen Tegler, David Trilling, and others had a proposal approved\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-70-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-70-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>and new observations obtained of Neptune\u2019s moon Triton with the Gemini South telescope in May. Stay tuned for some cool stuff to come \u2026<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Colin Chandler\u2019s paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-71-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-71-panel\">\n            Colin Chandler\u2019s paper\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-71-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-71-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>(also with Michael Mommert, Chad Trujillo, and 2017 REU intern Anthony Curtis) is in press: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1807.00831\" 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<\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-76-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-76-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>She is the PI on one project; CoI on several more.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Lisa Chien is a Co-PI on an HST proposal granted time for cycle 25_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-77-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-77-panel\">\n            Lisa Chien is a Co-PI on an HST proposal granted time for cycle 25\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" 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Our impact cratering activity was a big hit with all ages.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>June 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling is on a recently accepted paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-89-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-89-panel\">\n            David Trilling is on a recently accepted paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-89-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-89-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1806.01809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Red material on the large moons of Uranus: Dust from irregular satellites?<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling is a member of a \u201cstudy team\u201d selected by the International Space Science Institute (in Switzerland):_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-90-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-90-panel\">\n            David Trilling is a member of a \u201cstudy team\u201d selected by the International Space Science Institute (in Switzerland):\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-90-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-90-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.issibern.ch\/teams\/1ioumuamua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First Contact: Making Sense of 1I\/\u2018Oumuamua and Its Implications<\/a>.\u201d The goal of this team is \u201cto consolidate the existing studies and explore avenues for future investigations\u201d of interstellar objects like `Oumuamua, the interstellar asteroid that was discovered last October.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ryan Behunin is a co-author on a paper published in Science:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-91-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-91-panel\">\n            Ryan Behunin is a co-author on a paper published in Science:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-91-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-91-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/360\/6393\/1113?utm_campaign=toc_sci-mag_2018-06-07&amp;et_rid=322095018&amp;et_cid=2101307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A silicon Brillouin laser<\/a>\u201c.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling is a co-author on a presentation_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-92-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-92-panel\">\n            David Trilling is a co-author on a presentation\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-92-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-92-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>given last month at the \u201cSKA-Driven Big Data Challenge in Africa: Science, Innovation and Opportunity\u201d Conference in Madagascar. No, he didn\u2019t attend the conference in person.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ryan Behunin and MS student Megan Chamberlain presented_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-93-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-93-panel\">\n            Ryan Behunin and MS student Megan Chamberlain presented\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-93-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-93-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>at the \u201cFluctuation-Induced Phenomena in Complex Systems\u201d conference in Bad Honnef, Germany.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher had three minutes in the spotlight_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-94-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-94-panel\">\n            Christopher had three minutes in the spotlight\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-94-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-94-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>when he talked at the recent ABOR meeting about all the great things that are happening in our department. Thanks for doing this!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Congratulations to Nathan Smith on successfully defending this masters thesis_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-95-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-95-panel\">\n            Congratulations to Nathan Smith on successfully defending this masters thesis\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-95-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-95-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201cMapping the Thermal Inertia of Phobos using Thermal Infrared Spectra and Thermophysical Modeling\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Congratulations to PhD student Catherine Clark,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-96-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-96-panel\">\n            Congratulations to PhD student Catherine Clark,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-96-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-96-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>who was awarded four nights on WIYN (telescope on Kitt Peak) in 2018B for her project \u201cNESSI Survey of Potential Low-Mass Exoplanet Hosts.\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling and Cristina Thomas_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-97-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-97-panel\">\n            David Trilling and Cristina Thomas\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-97-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-97-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>are CoIs on an approved NOAO 2018B telescope proposal entitled \u201cThe Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS),\u201d which was allocated 40 hours of Gemini time.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Edwards\u2019 Nature Astronomy article on Terraforming Mars and CO2 inventory accepted for publication._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-98-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-98-panel\">\n            Edwards\u2019 Nature Astronomy article on Terraforming Mars and CO2 inventory accepted for publication.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-98-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-98-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards\u2019 EMIRS Phase D approved_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-99-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-99-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards\u2019 EMIRS Phase D approved\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-99-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-99-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u2014 totaling 1.1M over 2 years. This will support a 1\/2 time coordinator, postdoc, 3 years of graduate students, and a data analyst.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards had a paper published in Geosphere_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-100-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-100-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards had a paper published in Geosphere\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-100-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-100-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>related to mapping the Himalayan mountains using satellite remote sensing data: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.geoscienceworld.org\/gsa\/geosphere\/article\/14\/4\/1837\/532684\/structural-relationship-between-the-karakoram-and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Structural relationship between the Karakoram and Longmu Co fault systems, southwestern Tibetan Plateau, revealed by ASTER remote sensing<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Chad Trujillo and Colin Chandler both gave talks at the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society conference in Hawaii._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-101-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-101-panel\">\n            Chad Trujillo and Colin Chandler both gave talks at the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society conference in Hawaii.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-101-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-101-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"In the first six months of 2018 our department has submitted (at least) 31 funding proposals for a total proposed amount of (at least) $16.7M._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-102-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-102-panel\">\n            In the first six months of 2018 our department has submitted (at least) 31 funding proposals for a total proposed amount of (at least) $16.7M.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-102-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-102-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Wow!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>May 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Congratulations graduates!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-103-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-103-panel\">\n            Congratulations graduates!\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-103-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-103-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>We had ~25 undergraduate majors and 4 masters students who graduated. 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He was recognized by the Dean during the CEFNS Pre-Commencement Reception on May 11.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Randy Dillingham and Tim Porter (former professor and Chair of our department) published a paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-105-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-105-panel\">\n            Randy Dillingham and Tim Porter (former professor and Chair of our department) published a paper\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-105-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-105-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphyonline.com\/archives\/IJEES\/2018\/IJEES-149\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In-Situ Measurement of Forest Soil Gases using Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry<\/a>\u201d in the International Journal of Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences. 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The trip included explorations of Meteor Crater, Cinder Lake Crater Field, and SP and Colton volcanoes.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Nadine Barlow is a co-author on_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-111-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-111-panel\">\n            Nadine Barlow is a co-author on\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-111-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-111-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a 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<html><body>\n<p>an abstract submitted to the European Planetary Science Congress, to be held September 16-21 in Berlin, Germany: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/search.jsp?R=20180002004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Warming Early Mars by Impact Degassing of Reduced Greenhouse Gases<\/a>\u201c.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards\u2019 EMIRS project has advanced to Phase D._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-113-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-113-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards\u2019 EMIRS project has advanced to Phase D.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        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role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-115-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1805.09353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Reactivation and Nucleus Characterization of Main-Belt Comet 358P\/PANSTARRS (P\/2012 T1)<\/a>\u201c.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Former undergrad from our department, Margaret Landis_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-116-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-116-panel\">\n            Former undergrad from our department, Margaret Landis\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div 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She is working with Alyssa Rhoden (who gave a colloquium here a few weeks ago) on crater studies of icy satellites, particularly those in the Saturnian system. Another one of our undergraduate alums who is doing great!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Alumnus, Margaret Landis_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-128-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-128-panel\">\n            Alumnus, Margaret Landis\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-128-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-128-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>is a graduate student in the Lunar and Planetary Lab at Univ. 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Only 6 of 47 (12.7%) proposals were selected.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards was officially approved by NASA as a Co-Investigator of the Thermal Emission Imaging System, 2001 Mars Odyssey project._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-132-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-132-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards was officially approved by NASA as a Co-Investigator of the Thermal Emission Imaging System, 2001 Mars Odyssey project.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-132-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-132-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Megan Gialluca and Anna Ross \u2014 were awarded HURA grants_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-133-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-133-panel\">\n            Megan Gialluca and Anna Ross \u2014 were awarded HURA grants\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-133-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-133-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>to conduct exoplanet-themed research next year under the supervision of <strong>Ty Robinson<\/strong>.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Olivia Thomas and Etude O\u2019Neel-Judy, were congratulated by President Cheng_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-134-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-134-panel\">\n            Olivia Thomas and Etude O\u2019Neel-Judy, were congratulated by President Cheng\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-134-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-134-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>during an award ceremony a couple of weeks ago. Olivia is the CEFNS Outstanding Senior, and Etude won a Gold Axe award. And at the ceremony Etude found out that he was also awarded the President\u2019s Prize.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Dylan Nicholls, who was a postdoc in John Gibbs\u2019 lab, has taken a new job at Lam Research in Fremont, CA._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-135-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-135-panel\">\n            Dylan Nicholls, who was a postdoc in John Gibbs\u2019 lab, has taken a new job at Lam Research in Fremont, CA.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-135-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-135-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling has a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-136-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-136-panel\">\n            David Trilling has a new paper\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-136-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-136-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>in press at the Astronomical Journal, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1804.07713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On the detectability of Planet X with LSST<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling and Michael Mommert are CoIs on an approved IRAM proposal_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-137-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-137-panel\">\n            David Trilling and Michael Mommert are CoIs on an approved IRAM proposal\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-137-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-137-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>to observe comet (formerly asteroid) Don Quixote in June. IRAM is a 30-meter radio telescope in Spain, and this is Trilling\u2019s first ever research-grade radio astronomy project \u2014 pretty fun. No, they won\u2019t go there in person to do the observing.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>March 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards organized and hosted the Google Earth Engine tutorial,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-138-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-138-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards organized and hosted the Google Earth Engine tutorial,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-138-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-138-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>March 1, led by Google\u2019s Noel Gorelick. We hear that Flagstaff had one of the largest turnouts for this tutorial session of any place on Noel\u2019s worldwide tour.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"The first-ever \u201cPlanetary Analogs Field Trip\u201d_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-139-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-139-panel\">\n            The first-ever \u201cPlanetary Analogs Field Trip\u201d\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-139-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-139-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>occurred on march 3-4, when three faculty and four grad students went to granite wash, in western Arizona. <strong>Mark Salvatore<\/strong>, who led the trip, wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis area is of great interest to geologists, as a portion of the Grand Canyon sedimentary sequence is well exposed, despite being rotated, metamorphosed, and heavily eroded. The group held several discussions regarding what can be seen from air and space, and how these signatures and features differ in appearance once you arrive in the field. You can imagine how this might be applicable to astronauts eventually walking around on the surface of Mars! We also tested out a few new research tools, including a portable visible\/near-infrared spectrometer (to help identify unique mineral phases in the different rock units) as well as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3178\" style=\"width: 464px;\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3178 size-landscape-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-1-464x348.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-1-464x348.png 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-1-232x174.png 232w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-1-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-1.png 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chatting about the local and regional geology, and comparing the geologic map (background) to multispectral thermal infrared data (foreground).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3179\" style=\"width: 464px;\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3179 size-landscape-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-2-464x348.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-2-464x348.png 464w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/PlanetaryAnalogs-FieldTrip-March2018-2-232x174.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of our campsite (bottom, with small campfire) and the gorgeous sunset from the UAV (at an altitude of approximately 50 meters above the ground).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ty Robinson writes:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-140-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-140-panel\">\n            Ty Robinson writes:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-140-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-140-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201cWorking with some very talented undergraduates in our department, we\u2019ve submitted two HURA proposals and one Space Grant proposal (so far!). The topics of these proposals include studying transit and secondary eclipse observations of Earths orbiting M dwarf hosts, and understanding how well mission concepts like WFIRST\/rendezvous, HabEx, and LUVOIR will perform when attempting to detect key life and habitability signatures from exoplanet atmospheres.\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ty Robinson had a paper accepted_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-141-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-141-panel\">\n            Ty Robinson had a paper accepted\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-141-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-141-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>with David Crisp (JPL): \u00a0 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1803.02378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linearized Flux Evolution (LiFE): A Technique for Rapidly Adapting Fluxes from Full-Physics Radiative Transfer Models<\/a>\u201d in the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (JQSRT). Ty notes that while \u201cthe theory-heavy paper is a dense (dull?) read, there are two key points. First, we describe a technique that transforms a high-resolution radiative transfer model into a climate model, and several research teams across the country are already using this tool. Second, as a validation of our approach, we reproduce (for the first time ever, I believe) Venus\u2019 thermal structure without a need for fudge factors or made-up opacities. So, our team is the only group that has the tools to understand the fundamentals of Venus\u2019 greenhouse effect.\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Steve Tegler was selected as a Phi Kappa Phi honor society Faculty Inductee for 2018 by the NAU Chapter._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-142-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-142-panel\">\n            Steve Tegler was selected as a Phi Kappa Phi honor society Faculty Inductee for 2018 by the NAU Chapter.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-142-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-142-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Jean-Francois Smekens has a new paper,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-143-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-143-panel\">\n            Jean-Francois Smekens has a new paper,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-143-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-143-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>with M. Gouhier, in press in the journal of volcanology and geothermal research entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0377027317302639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Observation of SO2 degassing at Stromboli Volcano using a Hyperspectral thermal Infrared Imager<\/a>\u201c.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Annika Gustafsson was a finalist for the student member of ABOR_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-144-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-144-panel\">\n            Annika Gustafsson was a finalist for the student member of ABOR\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-144-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-144-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>(the student regent position). to get that far Annika went through a series of interviews on campus (up to and including with the president), and then had an interview with the governor two weeks ago. It\u2019s too bad Annika wasn\u2019t selected; she would have done a terrific job.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Olivia Thomas has been selected the 2018 CEFNS Distinguished Senior_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-145-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-145-panel\">\n            Olivia Thomas has been selected the 2018 CEFNS Distinguished Senior\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-145-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-145-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Etude O\u2019Neel-Judy is a Gold Axe Recipient for Spring 2018_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-146-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-146-panel\">\n            Etude O\u2019Neel-Judy is a Gold Axe Recipient for Spring 2018\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-146-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-146-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Alumnus Keith Wood visited the department._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-147-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-147-panel\">\n            Alumnus Keith Wood visited the department.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-147-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-147-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>He graduated from our department in 2008 with his masters and is now a professor in the physics department at University of Connecticut.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"We had at least 13 people attend the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-148-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-148-panel\">\n            We had at least 13 people attend the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-148-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-148-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Faculty <strong>Nadine Barlow<\/strong>, <strong>Mark Salvatore<\/strong>, and <strong>Christopher Edwards<\/strong>; postdocs <strong>Kristen Bennett<\/strong> and <strong>Maggie McAdam<\/strong>; grad students <strong>Lori Glaspie<\/strong>, <strong>Alissa Roegge<\/strong>, <strong>Nathan Smith<\/strong>, <strong>Aaron Weintraub<\/strong>, and <strong>Michael Zeilnhofer<\/strong>; and incoming PhD students <strong>Schuyler Borges<\/strong>, <strong>Sarah Lamm<\/strong>, and <strong>Will Oldroyd<\/strong>. Together this group (and others from NAU) were first authors or co-authors on around 40 presentations. [My apologies if I missed anybody on this!] Christopher reports from the conference that \u201cevery single person I talked to at LPSC was like \u2018NAU fantastic!\u2019 Including people I was not expecting to be paying attention. Everyone is paying attention.\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ty Robinson is second author on a new paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-149-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-149-panel\">\n            Ty Robinson is second author on a new paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-149-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-149-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1803.06403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Characterizing Earth Analogs in Reflected Light: Atmospheric Retrieval Studies for Future Space Telescopes<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"NAU has produced and distributed a new research package_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-150-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-150-panel\">\n            NAU has produced and distributed a new research package\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-150-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-150-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u2014 very slick and great looking \u2014 that is being sent to other universities (and whoever else). Trilling, Edwards, and Trujillo are featured, and our Astronomy and Planetary Science program is one of ~10 that are presented in this new brochure.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Six of the Gibbs Lab group members will travel to the MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix April 01 \u2013 04._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-151-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-151-panel\">\n            Six of the Gibbs Lab group members will travel to the MRS Spring Meeting in Phoenix April 01 \u2013 04.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-151-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-151-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><strong>Dylan Nicholls<\/strong>, <strong>Etude O\u2019Neel-Judy<\/strong>, and <strong>John Gibbs<\/strong> will give oral presentations, and <strong>Raaman Nair<\/strong> will give a poster presentation at the Symposium NM02\u2014Active Colloids with Order.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Richard Gaughn takes 2nd place at 3MRP_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-152-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-152-panel\">\n            Richard Gaughn takes 2nd place at 3MRP\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-152-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-152-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>There were eight finalists for the grad college\u2019s 3MRP (3 Minute Research Presentation) competition, and three are from our department: <strong>Sam Sankar<\/strong>, <strong>Richard Gaughn<\/strong>, and <strong>Trevor Cotter<\/strong>.\u00a0 Richard took second place \u2014 $2000 prize and entry into the southwest showdown (Arizona and Nevada schools). The story is <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/3mrp-2018-finals\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=03-30-18%20edition&amp;utm_campaign=NAUNews&amp;utm_term=internal&amp;utm_content=3MRP#.XbxdE0GQyUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Andrew McNeill, David Trilling, and Michael Mommert have a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-153-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-153-panel\">\n            Andrew McNeill, David Trilling, and Michael Mommert have a new paper\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div 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[Note from Trilling: A NASA press release and related NAU press activity will be coming soon \u2014 probably in the next week or two.]\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Ty Robinson was also Co-I on a recently funded NASA Exobiology Proposal_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-158-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-158-panel\">\n            Ty Robinson was also Co-I on a recently funded NASA Exobiology Proposal\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-158-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-158-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>This project involves researchers at NASA Ames, Washington University, and NAU. The research focus for this work will be understanding the Earth\u2019s atmosphere shortly after the giant impact that led to the formation of our Moon. We know that life originated very early in Earth\u2019s history, and may have been influenced by the Moon forming impact.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>February 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Cristina Thomas is chair of the Scientific Organizing Committee for this summer\u2019s Didymos (asteroid) meeting in Prague._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-159-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-159-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas is chair of the Scientific Organizing Committee for this summer\u2019s Didymos (asteroid) meeting in Prague.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-159-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-159-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/didymos2018-mtg.asu.cas.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Didymos Observer Workshop 2018<\/a>.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Former Masters student Kristen Milligan,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-160-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-160-panel\">\n            Former Masters student Kristen Milligan,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-160-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-160-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>who graduated in 2013, visited the department last week to say hi. She is working at Raytheon in Tucson. Kristen did her masters research under Chris Mann.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Postdoc Maggie McAdam has a new paper in press:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-161-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-161-panel\">\n            Postdoc Maggie McAdam has a new paper in press:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-161-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-161-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1802.00830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spectral Evidence for Amorphous Silicates in Least-processed CO Meteorites and Their Parent Bodies<\/a>.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Cristina Thomas and David Trilling are co-authors on a newly available paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-162-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-162-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas and David Trilling are co-authors on a newly available paper:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-162-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-162-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1802.01783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Solar System Science Roadmap<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Postdoc Kristen Bennett has accepted a permanent job at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center here in Flagstaff._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-163-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-163-panel\">\n            Postdoc Kristen Bennett has accepted a permanent job at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center here in Flagstaff.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-163-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-163-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>She will start in summer or perhaps early fall. Congratulations!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Jennifer Hanley,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-164-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-164-panel\">\n            Jennifer Hanley,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-164-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-164-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>who is a postdoc at Lowell but who has her second home at NAU in the ice lab, has accepted a staff scientist (what they call tenure track) position at Lowell Observatory. I think this means many more years of continued collaboration, including in ice lab projects. Congratulations!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Women in Planetary Science and Exploration meeting in Toronto_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-165-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-165-panel\">\n            Women in Planetary Science and Exploration meeting in Toronto\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-165-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-165-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>NAU had the largest non-Canadian contingent at the recent Women in Planetary Science and Exploration meeting in Toronto: <strong>Alissa Roegge<\/strong>, <strong>Maggie McAdam<\/strong>, <strong>Kristen Bennett<\/strong>, and <strong>Annika Gustafsson<\/strong> presented at the conference.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Funding Proposals_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-166-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-166-panel\">\n            Funding Proposals\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-166-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-166-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>In the first eight weeks of 2018\u2014that is, January and February\u2014our department submitted 15 funding proposals for a total proposed amount of $8.3M, with seven different PIs. These submitted proposals include four NESSF proposals submitted by PhD students \u2014 congratulations to them and their mentors. This tally includes only proposals that went through Cayuse; there was at least one white paper (pre-proposal) that went in during this time as well, and possibly more.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Cristina Thomas was interviewed in this article about the Tesla in Space:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-167-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-167-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas was interviewed in this article about the Tesla in Space:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-167-panel\" role=\"region\" 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class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Edwards submitted a GSA abstract related to Carbon Sequestration and Terraforming Mars_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-174-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-174-panel\">\n            Edwards submitted a GSA abstract related to Carbon Sequestration and Terraforming Mars\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-174-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-174-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-018-0529-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inventory of CO2 available for terraforming Mars<\/a>\u201c.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Edwards and Salvatore co-authored a paper in Astrobiology_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-175-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-175-panel\">\n            Edwards and Salvatore co-authored a paper in Astrobiology\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-175-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-175-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>that was accepted related to the formation of clays and salts on Mars that was accepted in Astrobiology: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1089\/ast.2017.1757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Complex Fluviolacustrine Environment on Early Mars and Its Astrobiological Potentials<\/a>\u201c.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Our admitted PhD students during their visit to Flagstaff in early February_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-176-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-176-panel\">\n            Our admitted PhD students during their visit to Flagstaff in early February\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-176-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-176-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>touring DCT and Meteor Crater.<br>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3301\" height=\"3702\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3154 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-1.jpg 3301w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-1-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-1-768x861.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-1-913x1024.jpg 913w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-1-535x600.jpg 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3301px) 100vw, 3301px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" class=\"size-landscape-image wp-image-3153 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-2.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/AdmittedPhdStudents-2018-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>January 2018<\/h3>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Dave Schultz,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-177-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-177-panel\">\n            Dave Schultz,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-177-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-177-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Vice President for Research and faculty member in our department: \u201cFYI, the new grant I got is from the NASA Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) program. The rather ponderous title of the work is \u201cComputational laboratory astrophysics to enable transport modeling of protons and hydrogen in stellar winds, the ISM, and other astrophysical environments.\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"David Trilling\u2019s research group on Oumuamua_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-178-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-178-panel\">\n            David Trilling\u2019s research group on Oumuamua\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-178-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-178-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Trilling\u2019s research mentioned in two articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Scientific American: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/oddball-object-tumbling-among-the-stars-could-disrupt-planetary-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oddball Object Tumbling among the Stars Could Disrupt Planetary Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Geographic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2017\/12\/interstellar-asteroid-oumuamua-carbon-organics-space-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rock From Another Star System Has a Carbon-Rich Coating<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Chad Trujillo\u2019s NASA proposal \u201cThe Search for Planet X\u201d was funded_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-179-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-179-panel\">\n            Chad Trujillo\u2019s NASA proposal \u201cThe Search for Planet X\u201d was funded\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-179-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-179-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Former student, JJ Zanazzi,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-180-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-180-panel\">\n            Former student, JJ Zanazzi,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-180-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-180-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>submitted a paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1712.07655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Effects of Disk Warping on the Inclination Evolution of Star-Disk-Binary Systems<\/em><\/a>.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Former student, Kim Ward-Duong,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-181-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-181-panel\">\n            Former student, Kim Ward-Duong,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-181-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-181-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>submitted a paper, <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1712.07669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Taurus Boundary of Stellar\/Substellar (TBOSS) Survey II. Disk Masses from ALMA Continuum Observations.<\/em><\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"USGS researcher and sometimes REU mentor Colin Dundas_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-182-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-182-panel\">\n            USGS researcher and sometimes REU mentor Colin Dundas\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-182-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-182-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>is in the news with a big result:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/359\/6372\/199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exposed subsurface ice sheets in the Martian mid-latitudes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/speaking-of-science\/wp\/2018\/01\/11\/a-fantastic-find-mars-covered-in-thick-sheets-of-ice-just-below-the-surface\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018A fantastic find\u2019: Mars hides thick sheets of ice just below the surface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Mommert et al (including Trilling) have a new paper out:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-183-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-183-panel\">\n            Mommert et al (including Trilling) have a new paper out:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-183-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-183-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1801.03628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Investigation of the Ranges of Validity of Asteroid Thermal Models for Near-Earth Asteroid Observations<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Clara Berger (one of our REU students from 2017)_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-184-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-184-panel\">\n            Clara Berger (one of our REU students from 2017)\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-184-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-184-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>presented at the recent AAS meeting. There were probably other REU and NAU alumni who presented as well, but I don\u2019t have the details. Ty Robinson says he gave four (!) talks at the AAS meeting.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Nathan Smith was awarded an travel grant_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-185-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-185-panel\">\n            Nathan Smith was awarded an travel grant\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-185-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-185-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>to attend and present at NASA\u2019s SBAG (Small Bodies Assessment Group) meeting.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"The Edwards Research group submitted 7 abstracts_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-186-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-186-panel\">\n            The Edwards Research group submitted 7 abstracts\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-186-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-186-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>to the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) as lead author (Edwards, Bennett X2, Pan, Smith, Weintraub, Kozdon) and Edwards participated on another 8 LPSC abstracts as co-author. I\u2019m sure there are lots of other NAU people on LPSC abstracts; we can hear more about that in March during\/after the conference.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards co-authored a white paper for the National Academies Committee on Astrobiology_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-187-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-187-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards co-authored a white paper for the National Academies Committee on Astrobiology\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-187-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-187-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>regarding the strategy of multiple landed mission for Mars exploration:<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/fileuploads\/15647\/3949545\/254-c0b66d54998b280b8fc875c06e323d29_EhlmannBethanyL.pdf\">Mars as a Linchpin for the Understanding the Habitability of Terrestrial Planets: Discoveries of the Last Decade from Mars and Why a New Paradigm of Multiple, Landed Robotic Explorers is Required for Future Progress in Terrestrial Planet Astrobiology<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Edwards was a co-author on a Nature Geoscience paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-188-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-188-panel\">\n            Edwards was a co-author on a Nature Geoscience paper\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-188-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-188-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>that was accepted for publication related to the OH\/H2O content of lunar regolith: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41561-018-0065-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Widespread distribution of OH\/H2O on the lunar surface inferred from spectral data<\/a>\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"The ten astro\/planetary faculty all are listed authors_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-189-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-189-panel\">\n            The ten astro\/planetary faculty all are listed authors\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-189-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-189-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>on an LPSC abstract that describes our new PhD program (Salvatore et al.).<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Nadine Barlow wrote_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-190-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-190-panel\">\n            Nadine Barlow wrote\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-190-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-190-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201cFor LPSC I submitted two abstracts as 1st author and 2nd year PhD student <strong>Michael Zeilnhofer<\/strong> submitted an abstract on the work that he is conducting with me for his PhD. I was a co-author on five additional abstracts, including the one that <strong>Mark Salvatore<\/strong> submitted about our new PhD program.\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Astronomy master\u2019s student Nathan Smith_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-191-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-191-panel\">\n            Astronomy master\u2019s student Nathan Smith\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-191-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-191-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>presented research on Mars\u2019 largest moon at NASA\u2019s Small Bodies Assessment Group meeting on Jan. 25. He spoke on \u201cA Thermophysical Model of Phobos,\u201d explaining how the surface of Mars\u2019 largest moon heats up and cools down over time.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"First year PhD student Lauren Biddle has a paper in press,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-192-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-192-panel\">\n            First year PhD student Lauren Biddle has a paper in press,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-192-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-192-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>with co-authors, Lowell researchers Lisa Prato (Lauren\u2019s advisor), Joe Llama, and Brian Skiff: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1801.06234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K2 reveals pulsed accretion driven by the 2 Myr old hot Jupiter CI Tau b<\/a>.\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Christopher Edwards, Mark Salvatore, Nadine Barlow, Kristen Bennett,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-193-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-193-panel\">\n            Christopher Edwards, Mark Salvatore, Nadine Barlow, Kristen Bennett,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-193-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-193-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>and a number of USGS folks are organizing a bunch of sessions and a field trip for the Geological Society of America regional meeting to be held in Flagstaff in May.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Undergraduate student Bradley Moldermaker and masters student Nathan Smith observed the lunar eclipse_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-194-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-194-panel\">\n            Undergraduate student Bradley Moldermaker and masters student Nathan Smith observed the lunar eclipse\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-194-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-194-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>early on Wednesday morning with TIPSI, the thermal infrared camera on our campus telescope. The goal is to measure the thermal inertia of the moon.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"This weekend [Feb. 3,4] we will have 12 admitted PhD students visiting Flagstaff._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-195-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-195-panel\">\n            This weekend [Feb. 3,4] we will have 12 admitted PhD students visiting Flagstaff.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-195-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-195-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>These students, plus a 13th who couldn\u2019t make it this weekend, are being recruited for our third incoming class in our PhD program in astronomy and planetary science and would start in August, 2018. We\u2019ll have them on campus Friday and spend all day Saturday on a field trip to the Discovery Channel Telescope and Meteor Crater.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Nadine Barlow participated in the STEM Day activities at STAR School in Leupp_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-196-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-196-panel\">\n            Nadine Barlow participated in the STEM Day activities at STAR School in Leupp\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-196-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-196-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>on Jan. 29. 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She also helped provide information and answer questions for the Solar System Scale Model exercise on the school\u2019s playground. <strong>Kathleen Stigmon<\/strong> and <strong>Mary Lara<\/strong> also participated with telescopes for daytime solar viewing and an evening star party.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-right-column-below -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\">\n<!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Contact the Department of Astronomy & Planetary Science<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:astro@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Contact the Department of Astronomy & Planetary Science: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">astro&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                        <a href=\"tel:928-523-2661\" aria-label=\"Contact the Department of Astronomy & Planetary Science: Telephone Number\" title=\"Telephone Number\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-phone\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Call:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-phone\">928-523-2661<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- shortcode-button -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-button shortcode-button--center\">\n      <a class=\"main-button\" href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/apply-now\/\">\nGet Application Information\n\n\n<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/news\/\"><strong>Newspaper &amp; 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