2019 Fall Alumni News

LPL alumna Sarah Hörst (2011) has been awarded the 2020 Early Career Award from the Laboratory Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society. 

The LAD Early Career Award is given to scientists who have made important contributions to laboratory astrophysics within ten years of receiving their Ph.D. Dr. Hörst was recognized for

Dr. Ingrid Daubar (2014) is now Assistant Professor of Research at Brown University. This cross-country move from California (JPL) to Rhode Island is only one of the changes in Ingrid's life this past year—the other being the birth of beautiful baby Arthur. Congratulations, Ingrid!

Dr. Devon Burr (UArizona Geosciences, 2003, Baker) is now Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, Northern Arizona University. Dr Burr’s primary interest are the landforms that result from fluid flow. Fluid flow includes flow by water that formed ancient rivers deposits on Mars, as well as flow in current rivers of

Dr. Failth Vilas (1984) has been named Editor of Planetary Science Journal, a new open-access online journal published by the Amerian Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). Dr. Vilas is  a Senior Scientist with the Planetary Science Institute. In 2018, she was awarded the Masursky Award from DPS

LPL alumna Dr. Elizabeth Turtle (1998), planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, is Principal Investigator for the Dragonfly mission to explore Titan. The mission leadership team includes another LPL alumnus (Dr. Jason Barnes, 2004) as well as a former LPL postdoctoral research associate (Dr. Ralph Lorenz