2014 NESSF Awards
Kudos to LPL graduate students with new or continuing NESSF (NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship) Awards:
New for 2014
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Diana Bolser, “Microstructural and synthetic studies of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions: Insights into early nebular chemistry" (Dept. of Chemistry; advisor: Tom Zega)
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Tad Komacek, "Magnetic effects in hot Jupiters" (advisor: Adam Showman)
- Cecilia Leung, "Mesoscale meteorological modeling of the martian hydrological cycle" (advisor: Alfred McEwen)
- Kelly Miller, "Tracing sulfur in the early Solar System with the Rumuruti chondrites" (advisor: Dante Lauretta)
- Xianyu Tan, “Atmospheric circulation of brown dwarfs" (advisor: Adam Showman )
- Michelle Thompson, “Understanding space weathering of asteroids and the lunar surface: Analysis of experimental analogs and samples from the Hayabusa and Apollo missions" (advisor: Tom Zega)
Renewed for 2014
- Patricio Becerra, "Wavelet Analysis of Martian Polar Stratigraphy from HiRISE Topography" (advisor: Shane Byrne)
- James Keane, "Stability of Asteroidal Regolith During Planetary Close Approaches" (advisor: Isamu Matsuyama)
- Jamie Molaro, "Thermal Stress Weathering in the Inner Solar System" (advisor: Shane Byrne)
- Sarah Morrison, "Multiple Planet-Debris Disk Interactions: Probing Planetary System Evolution" (advisor: Renu Malhotra)