November 2020
- Congratulations to Dr. Jack Conrad for successfully defending his dissertation! He will be starting a postdoctoral position at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
- Professor Natalie Batalha of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department will lead an interdisciplinary consortium for astrobiology research. Click here for the UCSC news release.
September 2020
- Congratulations to alum Carver Bierson for being awarded the 2020 AGU SEDI Section Award for Graduate Research!
June 2020
- Congratulations to graduate student Brynna Downey for being awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Brynna’s work will involve the tidal-orbital evolution of Callisto, Titan, and other moons in our solar system.
- Congratulations to graduate student Jack Conrad for being awarded a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship! Jack’s work will involve studying surface processes, geomorphology, and impact cratering with Caleb Fassett at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
May 2020
- Congratulations to Dr. Carver Bierson for successfully defending his dissertation! He will be starting a postdoctoral position at Arizona State University.
April 2020
- Congratulations to Professor Francis Nimmo for being elected to the National Academy of Sciences! This is one of the highest honors a U.S. scientist can receive. Click here for the UCSC news release.
- Congratulations to Assistant Professor Myriam Telus for being awarded the NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award! Click here for the UCSC news release.
February 2020
- Elizabeth Bailey, currently finishing a PhD at Caltech, will be joining the UCSC Astronomy and Astrophysics Department in the fall as a 51 Pegasi b Fellow. Click here for the UCSC news release.
March 2020
- Congratulations to graduate student Maggie Thompson for being awarded a LPI Career Development Award! The funds from the award help cover expenses to the attend the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
January 2020
- Congratulations to graduate student Carver Bierson for being awarded a postdoctoral position at Arizona State University! Carver will be studying the asteroid Psyche with Lindy Elkins-Tanton and Joe O’Rourke.
August 2019
- Congratulations to Assistant Professor Xi Zhang for being awarded the 2019 Ronald Greeley Early Career Award from AGU’s Planetary Sciences section! Click here for the AGU news release.
March 2019
- Xinting Yu, currently finishing a PhD at Johns Hopkins University, will be joining the UCSC Earth and Planetary Science Department in the fall as a 51 Pegasi b Fellow. Click here for the UCSC news release.
January 2019
- Congratulations to Professor Francis Nimmo for being awarded the 2019 Harold Jeffreys Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical Society! Click here for the UCSC news release.
September 2018
- Congratulations to Professor Francis Nimmo for being awarded the 2018 Paolo Farinella Prize by the Europlanet Society! Click here for the UCSC news release.
May 2018
- Congratulations to graduate student Huazhi Ge for being awarded a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship! Huazhi’s work is titled “Tropospheric Dynamics of Jupiter: Insights from Tracer Distributions From Juno and Ground-based Observations.”
March 2018
- UCSC Earth and Planetary Science graduate programs rank in the top 20 by US News and World Report! Click here for the UCSC news release.
March 2018
- Congratulations to graduate student Megan Kelley for being awarded a LPI Career Development Award! The funds from the award help cover expenses to the attend the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
November 2017
- UCSC ranks in the top 5 space science programs by US News and World Report! Click here for the UCSC news release.
May 2017
- Congratulations to graduate student Nick Zube for being awarded a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship! Nick’s work is titled “Testing different accretion scenarios with the Hf/W isotopic system.”
November 2016
- Professor Francis Nimmo’s research on Pluto’s subsurface structure is featured in a UCSC news center article! Click here to read the article and the paper that it references.
August 2016
- Graduate student Michael Nayak’s research on Mars’ moon Phobos is featured in a UCSC news center article! Click here to read the article and here to read the paper it references.
May 2016
- Congratulations to graduate student Carver Bierson for being awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
April 2016
- Graduate Student Michael Nayak is featured in a UCSC news center article! Click here to read the article.
March 2016
- Professor Francis Nimmo’s research on Pluto’s geology is featured in a UCSC news center article! Click here to read the article and here/here to read the two papers that it references.
December 2015
- Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ian Garrick-Bethell for being awarded the 2015 Ronald Greeley Early Career Award from AGU’s Planetary Sciences section! Click here for the AGU news release.
July 2014
- Assistant professor Ian Garrick-Bethell’s research on the Moon’s shape is featured in a UCSC news center article! Click here to read the article and here to read the paper it references.
July 2014
- Professor Francis Nimmo’s research on the geysers of Enceladus is featured in a UCSC news center article! Click here to read the article and here/here to read the two papers it references.
February 2014
- Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ian Garrick-Bethell for being awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship! Click here to read the UCSC news release.