2021 Fall Department News

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

Professor Heather Knutson has been named the inaugural speaker for the Adam P. Showman Distinguished Visiting Lectureship. She will spend the week of April 18, 2022, at LPL, giving lectures and meeting with faculty, students, postdoctoral associates, and staff members.

Professor Knutson studies the dynamics and chemistry of extrasolar

Congratulations to Laci Brock, Teddy Kareta, Cassandra Lejoly, Ben Wei Peng Lew, and Maria Steinrück.

Seven students were admitted to the Planetary Sciences degree program for 2021/2022.

The brightest comet of 2021, named "Leonard" after the UArizona researcher who discovered it, is paying one last visit to Earth's neighborhood this month, before leaving the solar system forever.

UArizona's space science program, led by research and publications from LPL and Steward Observatory, ranks No.10 in the world and No. 2 among public U.S. universities in the recent U.S. News & World Report list of Best Global Universities.

David's future plans include graduate studies in planetary science.

This year, LPLC 2021 reflected the cautious trend toward normal operations and was hosted in a hybrid format.

Ruby plans to pursue a Ph.D. and become involved with NASA astrobiology missions.