2022 Spring Faculty News

LPL will welcome two new faculty members for fall 2022: Dr. Sukrit Ranjan and Dr. Tyler Robinson.

Dr. Ranjan's work is focused on the origin of life on Earth, the search for life on other worlds, and the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets. He applies photochemistry to questions related to

 Dr. Ilaria Pascucci has been promoted to full professor. Dr. Pascucci's research is directed towards understanding how planets form and evolve; she seeks to understand if planetary systems like our own Solar System are common. She carries out observations aimed at characterizing the physical and chemical evolution of gaseous

LPL's Dante Lauretta delivered the UArizona commencement address on May 13, 2022. Professor Lauretta graduated from UArizona in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in physics and mathematics and a Bachelor of Arts in Oriental studies with an emphasis in Japanese He earned his Ph.D. in Earth and planetary sciences