2009 Fall Alumni News

Our congratulations to Bill Hartmann on being named the recipient of the 2010 Barringer Medal and Award!

The Meteoritical Society presents this prestigious award for outstanding work in the field of impact cratering, and/or work that has led to a better understanding of impact phenomena. William K. Hartmann has been

As of June 2009, Curtis Cooper is a Software Engineer at Medical Simulation in Denver, CO.

"I have participated and precipitated a number of adventures. Briefly, I've wandered a bit away from traditional 'planetary science,' taking an entrepreneurial bent for the last 20 years by founding, growing, and selling small technology companies."

Most recently, Jonathan is guiding the application of those remote sensing technologies and lessons

Brian Jackson is currently a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow in the Planetary Systems Laboratory at Goddard Space Flight Center.

Cynthia is a scientist at the SETI Institute. She and her partner Shana have 4 kids and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are joint authors of 15 books---the most recent, “Space Exploration for Dummies,” came out in June 2009.

Horton Newsom is currently working on impact crater processes on the Earth and Mars. In the last few years, he has visited impact craters in the Arctic, in Africa and India. He is a science team member for the ChemCam Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy experiment on the next Mars Rover

Nick took time away from his busy schedule as an Associate Professor at UC Boulder to give two PTYS/LPL colloquia last Fall (2008). Nick spoke about "No Ocean for Enceladus' Plumes" and also gave a presentation about using clickers in the classroom.

Melinda and Alex are Research Assistant Professors in the Geology Department at Portland State University, where they established the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory. Melinda and Alex are also the proud parents of twin toddlers.

Matthias Peter Kestay was born at 6:38 p.m. on October 7, 2009. He weighed 5 lbs, 5 oz and measured 19 inches long. He has two very happy parents! Laszlo (former LPL post-doc) says, "we appreciate the many congrats that folks sent before we could even send this note!"

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