2017 Spring Graduate Student News

Thaddeus (Tad) Komacek is the 2017 recipient of the Gerard P. Kuiper Memorial Award, the department's highest award for graduate student scholarship. Tad is in his fourth year as a PTYS graduate student; Professor Adam Showman is his research advisor. Tad's research interests include magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), the atmospheric dynamics of

Congratulations to LPL's 2017 Galileo Circle Scholarship recipients: Corwin Atwood-Stone, Ali Bramson, Hamish Hay, James Keane, Margaret Landis, Molly Simon, and Alessondra Springmann. Galileo Circle Scholarships are awarded to the University of Arizona's finest science students and represent the tremendous breadth of research interests in the College of Science

Amanda Stadermann is the recipient of the 2017 Curson Travel Scholarship. Amanda will attend the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) conference to be held in Portland, Oregon, in August. Amanda, a first-year student working with Assistant Professor Christopher Hamilton, will present her research on

Laci Brock is the recipient of the PTYS Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Award for Fall 2016. Laci was awarded for her GTA with Dr. Steve Kortenkamp in the PTYS/ASTR 206 General Education course (Natural Sciences Tier II). The nominations from her students reference her passion for helping students understand the

The Department of Planetary Sciences/Lunar and Planetary Laboratory was pleased to honor the following students as recipients of the 2017 College of Science Graduate Student Awards. Each student received $100 and recognition at a reception held on April 26.

Outstanding Scholarship: Tad Komacek

Tad Komacek, the 2017 LPL Kuiper Award

James Keane is the winner of the 2017 Pellas-Ryder Award for best student paper in planetary sciences. The award, administered by The Meteoritical Society and the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America, includes a cash stipend and certificate. The award citation reads: 

James Keane, PhD student at