Recent PTYS/LPL Graduates
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Patricio Becerra defended his Ph.D. dissertation titled, "The Poles of Mars, Past and Present: A High-Resolution Observational Study of the Martian Polar Regions and their Connection to Climate" on July 5. Associate Professor Shane Byrne served as Patricio's advisor. Patricio is currently working as a Research Specialist at LPL, but will begin work in February 2017 as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Bern. |
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Kelly Miller defended her Ph.D. dissertation titled, "The R Chrondrite Record of Volatile-Rich Environments in the Early Solar System" on July 15. Her research advisor was Professor Dante Lauretta. Kelly has begun working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. |
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Michelle Thompson defended her Ph.D. dissertation titled, "Understanding Space Weathering of Asteroids and the Lunar Surface: Analysis of Experimental Analogs and Samples from the Hayabusa and Apollo Missions" on May 27. Her research advisor was Associate Professor Tom Zega. This year, Michelle began a NASA Postdoctoral Program appointment at NASA Johnson Space Center. |