Dr. Joellen Russell, Associate Professor in the UA Department of Geosciences, has been named to a courtesy joint appointment in the Department of Planetary Sciences (PTYS) and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Professor Russell is currently serving as the major advisor for PTYS graduate student Juan Lora. She is collaborating with Assistant Professor Daniel Apai on a pending NASA astrobiology proposal, and continues her work with former LPL faculty member, Jonathan Lunine. Professor Russell earned her Ph.D. in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego: "The Biogeochemistry of Southern Ocean Intermediate and Mode Waters."

Welcome, Joellen, from everyone at LPL!