2020 Fall Department News

We gratefully acknowledge gifts to LPL from donors and corporate partners.

We hope you will join us in remembering our friend and colleague Adam Showman with a gift of any size for the Adam P. Showman Distinguished Visiting Lectureship. With your generous support, we plan to establish an endowed fund that will allow LPL to bring guest lecturers to campus in Adam's

Seven students were admitted to the Planetary Sciences degree program for 2020/2021.

Congratulations to Saverio Cambioni, Kyle Pearson, and Jess Vriesema.

John and Maria's combined tenure at LPL spans nearly 50 years.

LPL has partnered with the ASTEROIDS Laboratory (Asteroid Science, Technology and Exploration Research Organized by Inclusive eDucation Systems), a new, multi-disciplinary research and educational unit based in the UArizona Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AME) department and sponsored by NASA’s Minority Undergraduate Research and Education Program (MUREP). The laboratory will apply planetary science

Professor Nadine Barlow died on August 17. Nadine was an alumna of the University of Arizona, where she earned a B.S. in Astronomy (1980) and a Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences from LPL in 1987. Nadine's research interests spanned impact cratering on planets and satellites throughout the solar system, from Mercury to Pluto and

Dr. Lyle Broadfoot passed away on August 30. Lyle earned a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada, in 1956, and then spent two years as an engineer with the Defense Research Board in Ottawa. He returned to the University of Saskatchwan to earn an M.S. (1960) and

Professor Jay Melosh joined the LPL faculty in 1982. Before moving to Purdue University in 2009, he served as advisor for twelve LPL Ph.D. students and three M.S. students, and led many memorable LPL field trips. One of the world's foremost experts in impact cratering, Jay was elected to the National Academy