{"id":72411,"date":"2024-05-30T13:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T20:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=72411"},"modified":"2024-05-30T13:19:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T20:19:59","slug":"in-the-spotlight-may-27-31-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-may-27-31-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: May 27-31, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, or use our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU alum <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Megan Gialluca, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">now a doctoral student at the University of Washington\u2019s Department of Astronomy,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">is the first author on \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2405.02401\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Implications of Thermal Hydrodynamic Atmospheric Escape on the TRAPPIST-1 Planets<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d published in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><\/i> <i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Planetary Science Journal. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The research explores the history of planetary atmospheres within the TRAPPIST-1 solar system by analyzing oxygen and water loss data.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rebecca Carmack, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a part-time faculty member for NAU\u2019s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science (DAPS), and associate astronomy professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mark J. Loeffler <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">authored \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2405.03876\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Energy and temperature dependencies for electron-induced sputtering from H2O-ice: Implications for the icy Galilean moons<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d published in <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Planetary Science Journal. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The study extends data surrounding how electrons influence the exospheres of icy celestial bodies to the Galilean moons.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Loeffler also joined recent doctoral degree graduate <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patrick Tribbett <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to publish <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">research on thermal oxidation reactions between ammonia and ozone in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/PSJ\/ad394a\"><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Planetary Science Journal<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christopher Edwards<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an associate astronomy and planetary science professor, co-authored \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2405.08713\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Observations of Water Frost on Mars with THEMIS: Application to the Presence of Brines and the Stability of (Sub)Surface Water Ice<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d an article recently published in the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The research uses data from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) to detect water ice on Mars\u2019 surface.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chris Haberle,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> an assistant research professor in DAPS, received funding for a three-year, $2.1 million research proposal through NASA\u2019s Planetary Science and Technology from Analog Research program. Haberle is working alongside Edwards, a co-investigator on the project, and assistant research professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Alicia Rutledge<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The project entails performing field analog investigations of hot spring silica sinter deposits in Utah and Chile with one full-time graduate student and two undergraduate students each year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During the NCAA West Regional in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the NAU women\u2019s track and field team<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">broke the NAU school record in the 4&#215;400-meter relay. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Madeline Wilson, LiNay Perry, Maggi Congdon and Kyairra Reigh<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> combined to run a time of 3:33.01. This is the second time in school history the 4&#215;400-meter relay has qualified for the NCAA National Championships.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Annika Reiss<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gracelyn Larkin<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> both qualified for the NCAA National Championships in the 5,000-meter. Reiss ran a time of 15:57.81, while Larkin ran a time of 16:03.86. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ava Mitchell<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> finished 25th overall with a time of 16:35.45, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nikita Moore<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> finished 29th with a time of 16:39.70, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bryn Morley<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> finished 31st with a time of 16:46.24 and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aliandrea Upshaw<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> finished 33rd with a time of 16:49.79.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Congdon earned a spot at the national championships after finishing fourth in the 1,500-meter with a time of 4:18.05. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keira Moore<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> finished 21st in the event with a time of 4:23.60.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Karrie Baloga<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> qualified for the national championships after finishing second in her heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal best time of 10:00.72. Her time is the second-fastest in NAU school history.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335572071&quot;:0,&quot;335572072&quot;:0,&quot;335572073&quot;:0,&quot;335572075&quot;:0,&quot;335572076&quot;:0,&quot;335572077&quot;:0,&quot;335572079&quot;:0,&quot;335572080&quot;:0,&quot;335572081&quot;:0,&quot;335572083&quot;:0,&quot;335572084&quot;:0,&quot;335572085&quot;:0,&quot;335572087&quot;:0,&quot;335572088&quot;:0,&quot;335572089&quot;:0,&quot;469789798&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789802&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789806&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789810&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;,&quot;469789814&quot;:&quot;nil&quot;}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Noto Sans Symbols\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Noto Sans Symbols&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The NAU Sigma Chi Fraternity<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> raised and donated $76,499 to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/healthcare.utah.edu\/huntsmancancerinstitute\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Huntsman Cancer Institute of Salt Lake City<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> during the 2023-24 academic year. Of the 240 chapters of Sigma Chi Huntsman fundraising in North America, NAU Sigma Chi donated the 10th-largest amount this year.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-may-27-31-2024\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff and programs.\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0 NAU alum Megan Gialluca, now a doctoral student at the University of Washington\u2019s Department of Astronomy, is the first author on \u201cThe Implications of Thermal&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}