{"id":3477,"date":"2020-01-17T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T20:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/astronomy-and-planetary-science\/?page_id=3477"},"modified":"2025-01-23T14:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T21:39:38","slug":"accomplishments-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Accomplishments 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>December 2020<\/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=\"NASA\u2019s Lunar Trailblazer mission was confirmed, with launch in 2025_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\">\n            NASA\u2019s Lunar Trailblazer mission was confirmed, with launch in 2025\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><strong>Christopher Edwards<\/strong> is a member of the science and instrument team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/nau-research\/lunar-trailblazer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NAU planetary scientist named key partner on NASA\u2019s Lunar Trailblazer mission<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/nasa-confirms-new-simplex-mission-small-satellite-to-blaze-trails-studying-lunar-surface\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Confirms New SIMPLEx Mission Small Satellite to Blaze Trails Studying Lunar Surface<\/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=\"Recent PhD and current postdoc Samuel Navarro-Meza participated in the Noche de las Estrellas (Night of the Stars) public outreach event in Mexico (en espanol)_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\">\n            Recent PhD and current postdoc Samuel Navarro-Meza participated in the Noche de las Estrellas (Night of the Stars) public outreach event in Mexico (en espanol)\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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ryV0tNV51Cs&amp;t=7543s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ryV0tNV51Cs&amp;t=7543s<\/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=\"PhD student Andy Lopez was interviewed at least twice about the Arecibo radio telescope and its recent collapse (en espanol)_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\">\n            PhD student Andy Lopez was interviewed at least twice about the Arecibo radio telescope and its recent collapse (en espanol)\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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ecoexploratorio\/videos\/405660957458804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2do. Foro Cient\u00edfico sobre el Observatorio de Arecibo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uprhcomunica\/videos\/191430479278002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Observatorio de Arecibo: El impacto cultural y cient\u00edfico de su colapso<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>November 2020<\/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=\"Jennifer Buz gave an invited talk at GSA (Geological Society of America)_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-4-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-4-panel\">\n            Jennifer Buz gave an invited talk at GSA (Geological Society of America)\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>with <strong>Christopher Edwards<\/strong> and <strong>Shaye Fordring<\/strong> as co-authors. Shaye is an NAU undergrad and Space Grant intern.<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, gave a talk_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-5-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-5-panel\">\n            PhD Student, Annika Gustafsson, gave a 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-5-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-5-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>at the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hou.usra.edu\/meetings\/apophis2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apophis T-9 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science of Planetary Defense<\/a> meeting. <strong>Cristina Thomas<\/strong> was on the SOC for this meeting and was a session chair.<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=\"Alum, Nicole Karnath_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-6-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-6-panel\">\n            Alum, Nicole Karnath\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>who has an MS from our (former) department, is now working at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofia.usra.edu\/science\/science-team\/nicole-karnath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOFIA as an instrument scientist<\/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=\"First year PhD student Ryder Strauss is on a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-7-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-7-panel\">\n            First year PhD student Ryder Strauss 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-7-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-7-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2011.03889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Single-chord Stellar Occultation by the Extreme Trans-Neptunian Object (541132) Lele\u0101k\u016bhonua<\/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=\"Colin Chandler, Will Oldroyd, and David Trilling are on a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-8-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-8-panel\">\n            Colin Chandler, Will Oldroyd, and David Trilling are 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-8-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-8-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2011.03584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Challenges in the Era of Petabyte-Scale Sky Surveys<\/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=\"Congratulations to our two fall graduates: Brittany Harvison and Jacob Hayden!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-9-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-9-panel\">\n            Congratulations to our two fall graduates: Brittany Harvison and Jacob Hayden!\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" 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aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-10-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2011.07121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Compositional study of trans-Neptunian objects at \u03bb &gt; 2.2 \u03bcm<\/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=\"Annika Gustafsson is on a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-11-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-11-panel\">\n            Annika Gustafsson 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-11-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-11-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2011.10184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Deep Search for Emission From \u201cRock Comet\u201d (3200) Phaethon At 1 AU<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>October 2020<\/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=\"Our department had a number of people present in the 1st Annual Arizona Astrobiology Research Symposium_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-12-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-12-panel\">\n            Our department had a number of people present in the 1st Annual Arizona Astrobiology Research Symposium\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>held <a href=\"https:\/\/azastrobio.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtually at ASU, Oct. 2-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Presenters included undergrad student <strong>Lonnie Dausend<\/strong>; grad students <strong>Amber Young<\/strong> and <strong>Ari Koeppel<\/strong>; and faculty <strong>Christopher Edwards<\/strong>. My apologies if I missed anyone.<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, Will Oldroyd writes_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-13-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-13-panel\">\n            PhD student, Will Oldroyd 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-13-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-13-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u201cI recently gave a virtual presentation for the Saguaro Astronomy Club and the East Valley Astronomy Club (both in the Phoenix-Mesa area) titled \u201cThe Search for Planet X.\u201d They liked it so much that I was invited to give a similar presentation for the West Valley Astronomy Club next semester.\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 Ryder Strauss is on a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-14-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-14-panel\">\n            PhD student Ryder Strauss 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-14-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-14-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/abb23d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stellar Occultation by the Resonant Trans-Neptunian Object (523764) 2014 WC510 Reveals a Close Binary TNO<\/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=\"PhD student, James Windsor and faculty Ty Robinson and David Trilling are co-authored on a new paper, led by Chris Doughty from SICCS_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-15-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-15-panel\">\n            PhD student, James Windsor and faculty Ty Robinson and David Trilling are co-authored on a new paper, led by Chris Doughty from SICCS\n            <span 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student Annika Gustafsson<\/strong> was specifically mentioned by name for her Amelia Earhart fellowship awarded earlier this year \u2014 one of only two students from across the<br>\nentire campus to be named in that email.<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=\"Josh Emery is on a new paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-17-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-17-panel\">\n            Josh Emery 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-17-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-17-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2010.01395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evidence for sulfur-bearing species on Callisto\u2019s leading hemisphere: Sourced from Jupiter\u2019s irregular satellites or Io?<\/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=\"David Trilling and Josh Emery appeared on invited review articles in Nature Astronomy_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-18-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-18-panel\">\n            David Trilling and Josh Emery appeared on invited review articles in Nature Astronomy\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" 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David Trilling is lead author of one of those papers and co-author on the other; Josh Emery is co-author on both.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-020-01219-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spitzer\u2019s Solar System studies of comets, centaurs and Kuiper belt objects<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-020-01221-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spitzer\u2019s Solar System studies of asteroids, planets and the zodiacal cloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the NAU News article: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nau.edu\/spitzer-space-telescope\/#.X5MUAueQyUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NAU scientists author papers in Nature Astronomy chronicling legacy of Spitzer Space Telescope<\/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=\"David Trilling attended (virtually) a conference in Germany_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-19-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-19-panel\">\n            David Trilling attended (virtually) a conference in Germany\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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/sci\/meetings\/2020\/IR2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ground-based thermal infrared astronomy \u2014 past, present, and future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his science talk, he gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/sci\/meetings\/2020\/IR2020\/public_talks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public lecture<\/a> as part of the conference.<br>\nThis is a pretty cool thing: They had nine speakers from all over the world, speaking in their own native languages (English, Hungarian, Spanish, Hindu\/Urdu, Persian, German, Portuguese). You can watch Trilling\u2019s talk here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Uzszm2qELE&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asteroids in the Solar System as seen by Spitzer and JWST<\/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=\"Congratulation to Dr. Samuel Navarro-Meza_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-20-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-20-panel\">\n            Congratulation to Dr. Samuel Navarro-Meza\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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3437 size-portrait-image-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/\/SamNavarro-150x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\"><br>\nSamuel, a visiting PhD student from UNAM in Ensenada, Mexico, who has been working in the <strong>Trilling Research Group<\/strong> here for the past four years, successfully defended his PhD on October 13. Felicidades and congratulations to DOCTOR Samuel!<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 giving a talk at Caltech for their Latinx Heritage Month STEMinar series:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-21-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-21-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas is giving a talk at Caltech for their Latinx Heritage Month STEMinar series:\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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caltech.edu\/campus-life-events\/master-calendar\/latinx-heritage-month-steminar-featuring-dr-cristina-thomas-89143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latinx Heritage Month: STEMinar featuring Dr. Cristina Thomas.<\/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 is quoted in a WIRED article_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-22-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-22-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas is quoted in a WIRED article\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>entitled, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-to-build-a-spacecraft-to-save-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Build a Spacecraft to Save the World<\/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=\"DAPS grad students and faculty donated to Kinlani Mutual Aid_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-23-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-23-panel\">\n            DAPS grad students and faculty donated to Kinlani Mutual Aid\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><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3437 size-portrait-image-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/\/KinlaniMutualAidDonation-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\"> a car load (full trunk not pictured) of tents, sleeping bags, warm clothing, and health essentials. Thank you to everyone who contributed and huge thanks to Schuyler for organizing and picking up everybody\u2019s donations. To learn more or make a monetary contribution, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taalahooghan.org\/kinlani-flagstaff-mutual-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kinlani\/Flagstaff Mutual Aid<\/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=\"David Trilling gave an invited talk_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-24-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-24-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-24-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-24-trigger\" 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       <\/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>Held virtually, of course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=95&amp;v=3WcCXSPixtk&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DPS 52 Wednesday Press Conference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also:<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.nau.edu\/chandler-centaur-research\/#.X-Ds4ueQyUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NAU astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object<\/a> (NAU News)<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2020-10-astronomers-distant-planetary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Astronomers discover activity on distant planetary object<\/a> (Phys.org)<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 at DPS_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-26-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-26-panel\">\n            NAU at DPS\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>Audrey Martin put together this tremendous list of NAU people<br>\nwho presented at DPS \u2014 thanks, Audrey!<\/p>\n<p>Monday:<br>\n\u2013 Maggie McAdam and co-author Annika Gustafsson (Abstract #101.01)<br>\n\u2013 co-author Josh Emery (Abstract #101.03 and #106.05)<br>\n\u2013 Cristina Thomas and co-author David Trilling (Abstract #101.05)<br>\n\u2013 Patrick Tribbett and co-author Mark Loeffler (Abstract #108.04)<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday:<br>\n\u2013 Ryder Strauss (Abstract #203.05)<br>\n\u2013 Maggie McAdams (Session 202 Chair)<br>\n\u2013 David Trilling and Samuel Navarro-Meza (Daily Science Chats<br>\nFacilitator\/Moderator)<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday:<br>\n\u2013 Will Oldroyd and co-author Chad Trujillo (Abstract #304.04)<br>\n\u2013 co-author Josh Emery (Abstract #307.05)<br>\n\u2013 co-author Cristina Thomas (Abstract #320.22)<br>\n\u2013 Will Oldroyd and Audrey Martin (Daily Science Chats Facilitator\/Moderator)<\/p>\n<p>Thursday:<br>\n\u2013 co-author Josh Emery (Abstract #400.04 and #400.06)<br>\n\u2013 Audrey Martin and co-authors Josh Emery and Mark Loeffler (Abstract #401.05)<br>\n\u2013 Colin Chandler and co-authors Chad Trijillo, David Trilling, and<br>\nWill Oldroyd (Abstract #404.02)<br>\n\u2013 Anna Engle and co-authors Jennifer Hanley, Will Grundy, and Stephen<br>\nTegler (Abstract #408.02)<br>\n\u2013 Jeniffer Hanley and co-authors Anna Engle, Will Grundy, and Stephen<br>\nTegler (Abstract #408.06)<br>\n\u2013 Annika Gustafsson and co-author Nick Moscovitz (Abstract #409.01)<br>\n\u2013 Samuel Navarro-Meza and co-authors David Trilling, and Michael<br>\nMommert (Abstract #409.05)<br>\n\u2013 Samuel Navarro-Meza and co-author David Trilling (Abstract #410.01)<br>\n\u2013 Andy Lopez-Oquendo and co-authors David Trilling, Annika Gustafsson,<br>\nand Colin Chandler (Abstract #415.01)<br>\n\u2013 Jay Kueny with co-authors Colin Chandler, Maxime Devogele, Nick<br>\nMoskovitz (Abstract #415.02)<br>\n\u2013 Audrey Martin (Session 401 chair)<br>\n\u2013 Cristina Thomas (Session 402 chair)<br>\n\u2013 Mark Loeffler (Session 415 chair)<br>\n\u2013 Cristina Thomas and Audrey Martin (Daily Science Chats Facilitator\/Moderator)<\/p>\n<p>Friday:<br>\n\u2013 co-author Cristina Thomas (Abstract #502.01 and #502.06)<br>\n\u2013 Lauren McGraw with co-authors Josh Emery, and Cristina Thomas<br>\n(Abstract #509.02)<br>\n\u2013 Mark Loeffler and co-author Beau Prince (Abstract #509.04)<br>\n\u2013 Beau Prince with co-author Mark Loeffler (Abstract #509.05)<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>September 2020<\/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 was featured on the cover of the ABOR August 21, 2020, daily news circular_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-27-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-27-panel\">\n            Ty Robinson was featured on the cover of the ABOR August 21, 2020, daily news circular\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<p>for his work in mentoring our grad students in their fellowship proposal writing. This story continues in a recent NAU News Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/finesst-grants-nasa\/#.X2TPNEGQyUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three NAU graduate students awarded NASA\u2019s prestigious FINESST grants<\/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=\"Mark Loeffler awarded funding from NASA\u2019s SSW program._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-28-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-28-panel\">\n            Mark Loeffler awarded funding from NASA\u2019s SSW program.\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><strong>Mark Loeffler<\/strong> is a Co-I on a proposal recently funded by NASA Solar System Workings Program titled: Investigating the Role of Sulfides and Fe-Oxide Minerals in the Space Weathering of Asteroidal Regoliths. This work will be done in collaboration with Purdue University<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 receive an SSO Grant_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-29-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-29-panel\">\n            Chad Trujillo and Colin Chandler receive an SSO 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-29-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-29-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>of about $350k for \u201c<em>Census of Active Minor Planets<\/em>\u201d. This is to extract and make public all of the known asteroids in the DECam dataset and to assess their activity using Citizen Science. This will basically fund a grad student to continue PhD student, Colin Chandler\u2019s work. Their grant proposal was one of 11 funded from 47 proposals submitted.<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 Aaron Weintraub, Assistant Professor Christopher Edwards, and NAU\/REU alumna Mohini Jodhpurkar are on a new paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-30-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-30-panel\">\n            PhD student Aaron Weintraub, Assistant Professor Christopher Edwards, and NAU\/REU alumna Mohini Jodhpurkar are 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-30-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-30-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1029\/2020JE006510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ancient Martian Aeolian Sand Dune Deposits Recorded in the Stratigraphy of Valles Marineris and Implications for Past Climates<\/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=\"PhD students, Colin Chandler and Will Oldroyd, and David Trilling co-authored two white papers for the Planetary Science Decadal Survey_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-31-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-31-panel\">\n            PhD students, Colin Chandler and Will Oldroyd, and David Trilling co-authored two white papers for the Planetary Science Decadal Survey\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><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2009.07653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Scientific Impact of the Vera C. 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APS Assoc. Prof. <strong>Josh Emery<\/strong> is co-author on 4 of the papers in the collection: Rozitis, Emery, et al. discussing the temperatures on the surface of Bennu and analyzing the possibility of volatile sublimation for driving the activity; Scheeres et al. discussing the effects of particle ejection on Bennu\u2019s rotation and orbit, Chesley et al. discussing the trajectories of ejected particles, and McMahon et al. discussing the dynamical evolution of particles in Bennu\u2019s micro-gravity field.<\/p>\n<p>All papers are open access and available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/toc\/10.1002\/(ISSN)2169-9100.Explore1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Issue: Exploration of the Activity of Asteroid (101955) Bennu<\/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 REU, and current UC Boulder PhD student Patrick Behr; PhD student, Patrick Tribbett; and professors Tyler Robinson and Mark Loeffler publish in Astrophysical Journal_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-34-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-34-panel\">\n            Former REU, and current UC Boulder PhD student Patrick Behr; PhD student, Patrick Tribbett; and professors Tyler Robinson and Mark Loeffler publish in Astrophysical Journal\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><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-4357\/abad3f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Compaction of Porous H2O Ice via Energetic Electrons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The paper shows that energetic electrons can collapse the pores in amorphous H2O ice found in the interstellar medium, suggesting that earlier estimates for this process need to be adjusted by about an order of magnitude. This implies that microporosity in many interstellar environments may be relatively rare, which could have a strong effect on the chemical evolution of interstellar ice mantles in general.<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=\"APS senior Brittany Harvison has been selected as the CEFNS Distinguished Senior for this fall\u2019s commencement!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-35-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-35-panel\">\n            APS senior Brittany Harvison has been selected as the CEFNS Distinguished Senior for this fall\u2019s commencement!\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-35-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-35-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3437 size-portrait-image-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/\/BrittanyHarvison-CEFNSDistinguishedSenior.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\"> Congratulations to Brittany and to her mentor, <strong>Cristina Thomas<\/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=\"The September issue of The Investigator (OVPR newsletter) highlighted a recent NAU News article about Cristina Thomas._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-36-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-36-panel\">\n            The September issue of The Investigator (OVPR newsletter) highlighted a recent NAU News article about 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-36-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-36-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, Annika Gustafsson is a co-author on a paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-37-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-37-panel\">\n            PhD student, Annika Gustafsson is a co-author on 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-37-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-37-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>entitled \u201cSpin-rates of V-type asteroids\u201d (Oszkiewicz et al. 2020) which was just accepted in A&amp;A. It<br>\nshould hopefully be up on arXiv soon.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>August 2020<\/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=\"Postdoc Jennifer Buz participated in the 2020 JPL planetary science summer school._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-38-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-38-panel\">\n            Postdoc Jennifer Buz participated in the 2020 JPL planetary science summer school.\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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/edu\/intern\/apply\/nasa-science-mission-design-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Science Mission Design Schools<\/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=\"PhD student Will Oldroyd_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-39-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-39-panel\">\n            PhD student Will Oldroyd\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>presented his research on <em>Constraining the Outer Solar System Perihelion Gap <\/em>at the AAS DDA (Division on Dynamical Astronomy)<br>\nVirtual Conference. He had lots of enthusiastic comments and feedback on his work.<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 Will Oldroyd also_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-40-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-40-panel\">\n            PhD student Will Oldroyd also\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\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-40-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>taught a 3 day course last month on Solar System Exploration for the TRiO Upward Bound Summer Residential program where at-risk high<br>\nschool students from diverse backgrounds come to NAU for a taste of what college here will be like (although it was all virtual this year). \u201cThey liked my class so much that they asked me to come back and teach for them again next year and for additional related Upward Bound programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well done, Will!<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=\"Lecturer Lisa Chien is now officially ACUE-credentialed._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-41-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-41-panel\">\n            Lecturer Lisa Chien is now officially ACUE-credentialed.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-41-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-41-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>having completed the The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Course in Effective Teaching Practices.<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=\"Research professor Allie Rutledge has been awarded funding from NASA\u2019s SSW (Solar System Workings) program to study Eskers_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-42-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-42-panel\">\n            Research professor Allie Rutledge has been awarded funding from NASA\u2019s SSW (Solar System Workings) program to study Eskers\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-42-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-42-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>(glacial landforms) in Iceland and compare them to similar features on Mars. <strong>Christopher Edwards<\/strong> is a Co-I, and we are partnering with colleagues at USGS Astrogeology and NASA Johnson Space Center. They\u2019ll be doing remote sensing, drone mapping, mineralogy, geochemistry, and sedimentology at our field site. The grant includes graduate and undergraduate student funding as well. \u201cWe\u2019re really excited about this work! It\u2019s a three year grant, with a total budget of $980K ($444K for NAU).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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=\"David Trilling notes_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-43-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-43-panel\">\n            David Trilling notes\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-43-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-43-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>APS has more than 1100 students enrolled in classes this semester, which strikes me as a very high number, given our relatively small number of<br>\nfaculty. Thanks to all who have taken on big classes this semester, and congratulations to everyone for learning new teaching skills and meeting the challenges of new ways of teaching.<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=\"Josh Emery, PhD student, Audrey Martin, and Mark Loeffler, have been awarded funding from NASA\u2019s SSW program_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-44-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-44-panel\">\n            Josh Emery, PhD student, Audrey Martin, and Mark Loeffler, have been awarded funding from NASA\u2019s SSW program\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>for a project entitled <em>\u201cWhat are Trojan asteroids made of? Constraints from laboratory spectroscopy and mid-infrared observations\u201d<\/em>. The grant will fund Audrey Martin\u2019s PhD project to investigate the effects of porosity and grain size on mid-infrared (5-25 micron) spectra of olivine, pyroxene, and serpentine. The results from the lab will be used to analyze Spitzer Space Telescope spectra of Trojan asteroids. Josh notes \u201cAudrey led all aspects of the proposal effort; having a successful full NASA proposal while a PhD student a is a big accomplishment! We are all really excited about this work. This is a three year award.\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=\"Adjunct faculty member, Jennifer Hanley, who is on the faculty at Lowell Observatory had her SSW proposal funded_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-45-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-45-panel\">\n            Adjunct faculty member, Jennifer Hanley, who is on the faculty at Lowell Observatory had her SSW proposal 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-45-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-45-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>In this project she and her team will continue to work on the compositions of Titan\u2019s lakes and seas, and this new award would have funded <strong>PhD student Anna Engle<\/strong> .. if Anna hadn\u2019t just won herself a NASA fellowship. A great problem to have! <strong>Gerrick Lindberg<\/strong> (affiliate faculty in our department), <strong>Will Grundy<\/strong> (adjunct in our department), and <strong>Steve Tegler<\/strong> are also on this proposal.<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 the the SSW proposal selections!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-46-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-46-panel\">\n            Congratulations to the the SSW proposal selections!\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>In total, only 43 SSW proposals were selected in this round, and three of them (7% of all awards in this NASA program) would have funded NAU people (counting the Jennifer\/Anna award in this list).<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=\"Several of our students on this recent list of NAU fellowship winners:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-47-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-47-panel\">\n            Several of our students on this recent list of NAU fellowship winners:\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<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nau.edu\/nau-national-scholarships\/#.X1KYv0GQyUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Even in unusual circumstances, NAU students win record number of national awards, scholarships in 2019-20 academic year<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>July 2020<\/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\u2019 NASA Early Career Fellowship proposal was selected._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-48-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-48-panel\">\n            Cristina Thomas\u2019 NASA Early Career Fellowship 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-48-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-48-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>This is a $100,000 award for Cristina to keep doing the excellent work she is already doing!<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=\"Beau Prince, on the list of Big Sky Conference All-Academic Honorees_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-49-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-49-panel\">\n            Beau Prince, on the list of Big Sky Conference All-Academic Honorees\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>Beau in an undergraduate student, and researcher in the <strong>Loeffler<\/strong> lab. Beau also, this year, won a Goldwater Scholarship.<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=\"Josh Emery is on a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-50-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-50-panel\">\n            Josh Emery 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-50-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-50-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2007.02826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evidence for ammonia-bearing species on the Uranian satellite Ariel supports recent geologic activity.<\/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=\"Laurie (Urban) Chu (BS 2010) successfully defended her PhD in astronomy from the University of Hawai`i_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-51-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-51-panel\">\n            Laurie (Urban) Chu (BS 2010) successfully defended her PhD in astronomy from the University of Hawai`i\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>Her dissertation included work on comets, CO and CH3OH in molecular clouds, and some preparatory work for JWST. Laurie was <strong>David Trilling\u2019s<\/strong> very first ever research student at NAU!<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=\"Graduate student Patrick Tribbett and Mark Loeffler are lead authors in a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-52-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-52-panel\">\n            Graduate student Patrick Tribbett and Mark Loeffler are lead authors in 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-52-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-52-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0019103520303171?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A possible explanation for the presence of crystalline H2O-ice on Kuiper Belt objects<\/a>, published in Icarus.<br>\nHere they performed a detailed study on the amorphization of crystalline H2O-ice and show that although under the conditions of KBOs, energetic electrons can amorphize H2O-ice, the time needed to do this is on the order of the age of the solar system, suggesting that the presence of H2O-ice on KBOs should expected after all.<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 Emirates Mars Mission_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-53-trigger\" 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I have a couple of projects I work on; one where I am working with an actual engine to test how easily contamination can occur, and one where I am building (from scratch!) an electrical component that will connect to the rocket and be incorporated into our pre-flight<br>\ncheckouts. I\u2019ve gotten to work hands on with a bunch of the rockets that we\u2019ve launched and I\u2019ll be working on Crew-1 here starting in the next month, which is super exciting!\u201d<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>June 2020<\/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=\"Second-year doctoral student Ari Koeppel_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-56-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-56-panel\">\n            Second-year doctoral student Ari Koeppel\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>was a co-author on the conference report titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/10.1089\/ast.2020.2237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mars Extant Life: What\u2019s Next?<\/a> published in Astrobiology. The report summarizes the conference, which brought together a community of publishing experts to discuss habitability and astrobiology related to Mars. Topics included indigenous microbial life, martian extant life and identifying and exploring refugia.<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, Beau Prince, and recent graduate, Mitch Magnuson, are first authors on a paper:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-57-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-57-panel\">\n            Undergrad, Beau Prince, and recent graduate, Mitch Magnuson, are first authors on 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-57-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-57-trigger\" 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aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-61-panel\">\n            Patrick Tribbett and Ty Robinson 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-61-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-61-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2006.14670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Titan in Transit: Ultraviolet Occultation Observations Reveal a Complex Atmospheric Structure<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>May 2020<\/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-62-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-62-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-62-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-62-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3605 size-uncropped-large\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/\/Graduates-Spring2020-Web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/Graduates-Spring2020-Web.png 1500w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/Graduates-Spring2020-Web-150x150.png 150w, 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She will be continuing her education this fall at California Institute of Technology, where she will be pursuing a PhD in planetary science with Mike Brown.<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 Mitchell Magnuson_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-64-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-64-panel\">\n            Congratulations to Mitchell Magnuson\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>Mitch was recently awarded the Dean\u2019s Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Kansas, where he will be pursing a PhD beginning this fall. This is a highly competitive 5-year award that only a handful students across campus receive. He is planning on pursing research in high energy physics, which involves him performing field work in Antarctica for part of his PhD.<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 Mark Loeffler_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-65-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-65-panel\">\n            Congratulations to Mark Loeffler\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\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-65-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>In case you haven\u2019t been keeping track, it\u2019s been quite a year for students in Mark Loeffler\u2019s lab. Ryleigh and Mitch are above;<br>\nas previously reported, Beau Prince won a Goldwater Scholarship and Patrick Tribbett got Honorable Mention for his NSF GRFP.<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 Hannah Zigo_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-66-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-66-panel\">\n            Congratulations to Hannah Zigo\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>Here\u2019s a message from the CEFNS\u2019 Dean\u2019s Office:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations, Hannah! It is with great pleasure that the College of the Environment, Forestry and Natural Sciences has awarded your 2020 University Virtual Symposium poster, \u201cInvestigating Potential Ancient Inverted Valley Networks on Mars\u201d, the First Place Award for the Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science.\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=\"Trilling, Gustafsson, McNeill and some other familiar names_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-67-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-67-panel\">\n            Trilling, Gustafsson, McNeill and some other familiar names\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>\u2014 including alumna of our department <strong>Cassandra Lejoly<\/strong> \u2014 are on two recent papers with <strong>Michael Mommert<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ab8ae5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recurrent Cometary Activity in Near-Earth Object (3552) Don Quixote<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ab8191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Systematic Characterization of and Search for Activity in Potentially Active Asteroids<\/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=\"Josh Emery is co-author on a new paper_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-68-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-68-panel\">\n            Josh Emery is co-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-68-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-68-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2004.13951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Near-infrared observations of active asteroid (3200) Phaethon reveal no evidence for hydration<\/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=\"Josh Emery was elected to the Faculty Senate!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-69-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-69-panel\">\n            Josh Emery was elected to the Faculty Senate!\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>Josh, congratulations, and thank you for taking this on.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>April 2020<\/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=\"Alumnus Ryan Blackman (BS 2014) has a new paper out,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-70-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-70-panel\">\n            Alumnus Ryan Blackman (BS 2014) has 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-70-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-70-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>presenting some of his EXPRES work: <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2003.08852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Performance Verification of the EXtreme PREcision Spectrograph<\/a>. EXPRES is an instrument on the LDT (Lowell Discovery Telescope.<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 Loeffler is co-author on an article published in Icarus_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-71-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-71-panel\">\n            Mark Loeffler is co-author on an article published in Icarus\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>investigating space weathering effects on the Murchison meteorite. The Murchison meteorite is thought to be a reasonable analog for asteroid 101955 Bennu, which is the asteroid currently being investigated by NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx mission: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0019103520301627?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The effect of progressive space weathering on the organic and inorganic components of a carbonaceous chondrite.<\/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=\"50th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-72-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-72-panel\">\n            50th annual Lunar and Planetary Science 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-72-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-72-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>would have been held in March, and we would have had a long list of presentes: <strong>Faculty:<\/strong> Nadine Barlow, Mark Salvatore; <strong>Postdocs:<\/strong> Jennifer Buz, Cong Pan, Kathryn Powell; <strong>Grad students:<\/strong> Ari Koeppel, Tony Maue, Lori Pigue, Christian Tai Udovicic, Aaron Weintraub, Chris Wolfe, Michael Zeilnhofer; <strong>Undergrads:<\/strong> Mitch Magnuson, Tabatha Trigler.<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 fourth year PhD student Annika Gustafsson,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-73-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-73-panel\">\n            Congratulations to fourth year PhD student Annika Gustafsson,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-73-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-73-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4807 size-portrait-image-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-150x225.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot image of Annika Gustafsson\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/5322_Annika_Gustaffson_20200421-scaled.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>who was just notified that she has been awarded the Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship for 2020-2021. \u201cThe Amelia Earhart Fellowship was established in 1938 in honor of famed pilot and Zontian, Amelia Earhart. The US$10,000 Fellowship is awarded annually to up to 30 women pursuing Ph.D.\/doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering and space sciences.\u201d This is not just 30 women in the US \u2014 it\u2019s an international award. Last year only a few of the recipients were US based.<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 Dr. Michael Zeilnhofer,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-74-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-74-panel\">\n            Congratulations to Dr. Michael Zeilnhofer,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-74-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-74-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3437 size-portrait-image-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/\/MichaelZeilnhofer-150x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MichaelZeilnhofer-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/MichaelZeilnhofer-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br>\nwho successfully defended his dissertation entitled, <em>A Global Analysis of Impact Craters on Ceres<\/em>, and became our department\u2019s <strong>first ever<\/strong> PhD graduate! Congratulation also to his mentor, <strong>Nadine Barlow<\/strong>.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>March 2020<\/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=\"PhD Student, Oriel Humes presented at Planets2020_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-75-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-75-panel\">\n            PhD Student, Oriel Humes presented at Planets2020\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-75-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-75-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/conference.almaobservatory.org\/planets2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Planets2020<\/a>: Ground and space observatories: a joint venture to planetary science meeting in Santiago, Chile.<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 James Windsor was selected to participate in the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) \u201cCloud Academy II\u201d:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-76-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-76-panel\">\n            PhD student James Windsor was selected to participate in the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) \u201cCloud Academy II\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-76-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-76-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>an intensive week-long school in France to study clouds in planets in our Solar System and other planetary systems ( <a href=\"https:\/\/leap2010.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk\/the-project\/cloud-academy-ii\/\" target=\"_blenk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cloud Academy II<\/a> ).<\/p>\n<p>Alas, the school\/academy was canceled.<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=\"Current postdoc Maggie McAdam will become the Deputy Director of SOFIA,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-77-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-77-panel\">\n            Current postdoc Maggie McAdam will become the Deputy Director of SOFIA,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-77-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-77-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, in April. She (and Mark, who currently works for Christopher Edwards, and Phee, who mostly chews on things and drools), will be moving to Mountain View in April. Best of luck to all of them in their next phase!<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 Will Oldroyd competed in the southwest regional 3MRP (Three Minute Research Presentation) competition in New Mexico._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-78-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-78-panel\">\n            PhD student Will Oldroyd competed in the southwest regional 3MRP (Three Minute Research Presentation) competition in New Mexico.\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-78-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-78-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=\"Nearly 30 people presented, and 60 attended, last week\u2019s Flagstaff Astronomy Symposium_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-79-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-79-panel\">\n            Nearly 30 people presented, and 60 attended, last week\u2019s Flagstaff Astronomy Symposium\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-79-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-79-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>at Lowell Observatory. Congratulations to all NAU undergraduates, grad students, postdocs, and faculty on giving terrific talks! The next symposium will be Wed., Sept. 2, 2020.<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, Jay Kueny, Chad Trujillo, David Trilling, and Will Oldroyd have a new paper out._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-80-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-80-panel\">\n            Colin Chandler, Jay Kueny, Chad Trujillo, David Trilling, and Will Oldroyd 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-80-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-80-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2003.04904\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cometary Activity Discovered on a Distant Centaur: A Non-Aqueous Sublimation Mechanism<\/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=\"Congratulations to Lisa Chien_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-81-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-81-panel\">\n            Congratulations to Lisa Chien\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-81-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-81-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Dean Wilder has just announced that Lisa is this year\u2019s CEFNS Distinguished Professor (aka, Teacher of the Year).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1812 size-portrait-image-sm\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/373\/\/LisaChien-150x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\"><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Lisa\u2013well deserved recognition! We will definitely do something to celebrate as a group when we can all be together again. Also, many thanks to all who helped to put her nomination packet together.<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=\"Two Winners and an Honorable Mention for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-82-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-82-panel\">\n            Two Winners and an Honorable Mention for the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-82-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-82-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Congratulations to Schuyler Borges (second year PhD student) and Jay Kueny (post-bac researcher) both won! And also to second<br>\nyear PhD student Patrick Tribbett, who won an honorable mention!<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=\"Rising senior Beau Prince was named a Goldwater Scholar,_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-83-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-83-panel\">\n            Rising senior Beau Prince was named a Goldwater Scholar,\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-83-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-83-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>one of the top national fellowships for undergrads in STEM!<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=\"Assistant Professor Chad Trujillo was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure),_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-84-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-84-panel\">\n            Assistant Professor Chad Trujillo was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure),\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-84-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-84-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>effective August, 2020!<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>February 2020<\/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=\"Admitted PhD student Natalie Jones was on the front page of the Arizona Daily Sun_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-85-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-85-panel\">\n            Admitted PhD student Natalie Jones was on the front page of the Arizona Daily Sun\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-85-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-85-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azdailysun.com\/news\/nau-researchers-develop-new-way-to-protect-grand-canyon-water\/article_8013e389-24d2-5a76-9d13-86c12ce9c9b4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NAU researchers develop new way to protect Grand Canyon water<\/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=\"Adjunct faculty member Will Grundy is on three recent science articles about New Horizons\u2019 flyby target (486958) Arrokoth_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-86-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-86-panel\">\n            Adjunct faculty member Will Grundy is on three recent science articles about New Horizons\u2019 flyby target (486958) Arrokoth\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-86-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-86-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/early\/2020\/02\/12\/science.aay3999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/early\/2020\/02\/12\/science.aay6620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The solar nebula origin of (486958) Arrokoth, a primordial contact binary in the Kuiper Belt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/early\/2020\/02\/12\/science.aay3705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grundy is first author of the last of these; David Trilling is near the end of the author list on the first of these.<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 Jennifer Buz presented at the ASU \u201cDesert Attunement\u201d symposium last week:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-87-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-87-panel\">\n            Postdoc Jennifer Buz presented at the ASU \u201cDesert Attunement\u201d symposium last week:\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-87-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-87-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/content\/desert-humanities-attunement-desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Desert Attunement Symposium<\/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=\"PhD students Lauren McGraw and Audrey Martin_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-88-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-88-panel\">\n            PhD students Lauren McGraw and Audrey Martin\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-88-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-88-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>led a workshop on how to prepare proposals for the James Webb Space Telescope. 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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=\"Congratulations to Professor Emerita Kathy Eastwood who was named an American Astronomical Society (AAS) Legacy Fellow!_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-93-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-93-panel\">\n            Congratulations to Professor Emerita Kathy Eastwood who was named an American Astronomical Society (AAS) Legacy Fellow!\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>The AAS Fellows program was established in 2019 to confer recognition upon AAS members for achievement and extraordinary service to the field of astronomy and the American Astronomical Society. AAS Fellows are recognized for their contributions toward the AAS mission of enhancing and sharing humanity\u2019s scientific understanding of the universe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aas.org\/grants-and-prizes\/aas-fellows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAS Fellows<\/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=\"Mark Loeffler is co-author on a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal:_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-94-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-94-panel\">\n            Mark Loeffler is co-author on a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal:\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><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-4357\/ab6efa\/meta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Testing Densities and Refractive Indices of Extraterrestrial Ice Components Using Molecular Structures\u2014Organic Compounds and Molar Refractions<\/a><br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>January 2020<\/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=\"Jennifer Buz on KNAU_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-95-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-95-panel\">\n            Jennifer Buz on KNAU\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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knau.org\/post\/nau-scientists-map-hidden-water-ice-mars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NAU Scientists Map Hidden Water Ice On Mars<\/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=\"NAU\u2019s REU in Astronomy funding was renewed_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-96-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-96-panel\">\n            NAU\u2019s REU in Astronomy funding was renewed\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><strong>David Trilling\u2019s<\/strong> NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) proposal was funded, renewing this project for another three years. This project began at NAU in 1991, so this renewal runs through the 31st year of the program, which I think makes it the longest continually operational REU program in astronomy (and perhaps any field?). <strong>Kathy Eastwood<\/strong> ran this program at NAU for many many years and David says these are really big shoes to fill. We\u2019ll have ten summer undergraduate interns on campus for each of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 summers.<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=\"Maggie McAdam\u2019s proposal to observe asteroid Psyche_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-97-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-97-panel\">\n            Maggie McAdam\u2019s proposal to observe asteroid Psyche\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>with the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) was approved. SOFIA is a 747 with a hole in the side of it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-short-banner-image-sm wp-image-3501 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/SOFIA-302x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"116\"><\/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=\"January Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Hawai`i_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-98-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-98-panel\">\n            January Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Hawai`i\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<ul>\n<li><strong>Cristina Thomas<\/strong> had two undergraduates (<strong>Brittany Harvison<\/strong> and <strong>Jacob Hyden<\/strong>) present posters on the Agnia and Massalia asteroid families.<\/li>\n<li>Within Ty Robinson\u2019s HABLab, <strong>Amber Young<\/strong> presented a poster on her ongoing work related to the available atmospheric Gibbs free energy as a biosignature. <strong>Will Oldroyd<\/strong> had an oral presentation on his work to design a technique to efficiently schedule observations for the astrometric determination of orbits for directly imaged exoplanets. <strong>Ty Robinson<\/strong> had three talks: two presentations on HabEx and one on ongoing work (in general) within the HABLab.<\/li>\n<li>Phd students <strong>Erin Aadland<\/strong> and <strong>Catherine Clark<\/strong> and undergraduate student <strong>Cody Huls<\/strong> all gave presentations at the meeting.<\/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=\"Tyler Robinson was selected as a Scialog Fellow_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-99-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-99-panel\">\n            Tyler Robinson was selected as a Scialog Fellow\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>under a call focused on signatures of life in the Universe. This selection comes with travel support to attend Scialog events where interdisciplinary research teams are assembled and can compete for special funding from the Heising-Simons Foundation and the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. <a href=\"https:\/\/rescorp.org\/scialog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scialog is 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=\"PhD student,Oriel Humes\u2019 SOFIA proposal_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-100-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-100-panel\">\n            PhD student,Oriel Humes\u2019 SOFIA 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-100-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-100-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>was accepted. She will observe main belt P and D type asteroids. SOFIA is a 747 with a hole in the side of it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-short-banner-image-sm wp-image-3501 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/SOFIA-302x116.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"116\"><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 each had proposals selected in the 2019 NASA Solar System Observations program._0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-101-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-101-panel\">\n            David Trilling and Cristina Thomas each had proposals selected in the 2019 NASA Solar System Observations program.\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<p>There were only 9 proposals selected this year, and two of them were from NAU! Together the proposals total more than $1M, and each project will run for three years.<br>\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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; Magazine Articles<\/strong><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<strong>Accomplishments &amp; Kudos<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments\/\">2025<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2024\/\">2024<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2023\/\">2023<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2022\/\">2022<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2021\/\">2021<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2020\/\">2020<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2019\/\">2019<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2018\/\">2018<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/accomplishments-2017\/\">2017<\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.nau.edu\/SCRAPBOOK\/ScrapBook.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Photo Scrapbook<\/strong><\/a><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":334,"featured_media":3524,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3477","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3477"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6423,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3477\/revisions\/6423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-astronomy-planetary-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}