Alumni Updates and Kudos
After a year as a postdoctoral scholar at JPL, Ingrid Daubar (2014) was hired as Scientist in JPL's Geophysics and Planetary Geosciences Group. She is continuing her research on small martian craters, as well as working on operations for the Juno mission and landing site certification for InSight and Mars 2020. She is an Investigation Scientist for the Europa Imaging System.
Paulo Penteado (2009) is now a Data Visualization Developer at JPL.
Jani Radebaugh (2005) received the Sponsored Research Recognition award from Brigham Young University (BYU). The award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate outstanding achievement in scholarly activities funded by external sponsors or who give significant service in support of sponsored research and creative programs. Jani is Associate Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at BYU.
John Spencer (1987), an Institute scientist at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), was honored with the 2016 Planetary Sciences Section Whipple Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of planetary science. Spencer will receive the award and present the Whipple Lecture (Serendipity in the Outer Solar System) at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco in December.