Adam Battle just graduated from LPL with a Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences but is already looking forward to four years of guaranteed funding in support of his project titled Rotational Characterization of Radar Targeted Near-Earth Objects. He attributes his success to mentorship from LPL Professor Vishnu Reddy.

Research conducted by LPL and Steward Observatory propels 6th straight #1 space science ranking. U of A’s overall top 20 research expenditure rank places us among a select group of top research institutions.

LPL Regents Professor Dante Lauretta, director of the Arizona Astrobiology Center, is co-author of a new article suggesting the order with which amino acids – building blocks of the genetic code – were recruited is at odds with what is widely considered the "consensus" of genetic code evolution.