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What’s Happening
In the News
Less than 1% of NASA’s workforce are astronauts. The majority of professionals have carved out unique — if less public — roles supporting our nation’s space goals. Here are some of NASA's most interesting earthbound personnel.
Elisabeth (Libby) Hausrath
Professor of Geoscience
Minerals in the space rock provide hints about the early history of the red planet, when water was flowing on the surface.
Arya Udry
Professor of Geoscience
Scientific American
Blasted off Mars by a giant impact long ago, the meteorite Teghaza 001 eventually fell to Earth in the Sahara Desert. Now it’s revealing previously hidden chapters of Mars’s deep past
Arya Udry
Professor of Geoscience
Accomplishments
Published: Jason Victor, Tommy Komay, Paula Ramirez, Andrew Hunter, Frederic Poineau, Ken Czerwinski
Students Jason Victor, Tommy Komay, Paula Ramirez, and Andrew Hunter, along with Ph.D. graduate Harry Jang (all Radiochemistry) and chemistry faculty advisors Frederic Poineau and Ken Czerwinski, published research in Separation and Purification Technology titled "Separation of uranium from MxU1-…
Juanita Hinojosa (Educational Psychology), Ash Quinn (CAEO Student Support), Anabel Chavva (Medicine), and Mel Hernandez (Sciences) co-authored an article for New Directions for Student Services (NDSS) titled "Take What You Need: Addressing Basic Need Insecurities at an HSI & AANAPISI."…
Experts
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
A medicinal chemist with expertise in mRNA, gene and drug delivery, and nanomedicine.
Professor of Geoscience
An expert in Mars geochemistry, astrobiology, water-rock interactions, and snow dynamics.
Professor, School of Life Sciences
An expert on hibernation, pupfish, evolution, and cellular biology.