Solar System Exploration Division
PLANETARY SCIENCE and ASTROBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
FALL 2009 Schedule
All seminars are held at 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the Building 2 Conference Room, unless otherwise indicated below. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m. Any changes in the schedule will be indicated on this page with the minimum possible delay.
Information for visitors: Visitors (citizens) need to call in advance to arrange an escort. Visitors (noncitizens) need to call 1 month in advance.
Information for Speakers: Topics include planetary chemistry, physics, geology, and biology; spectroscopy of atmospheres, Solar System objects, and interstellar materials; chemical evolution and dynamical modeling; and relevant laboratory studies to astrochemistry and astrobiology.
Interested speakers and visitors should contact either Marla Moore (301) 286-9031 or Mike Smith (301) 286-7495.
Map and Directions| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| September 3 | "Probing Planetary Ionospheres Using Observations of H3+ Infrared Aurorae" | Makenzie Lystrup,
LASP, University of Colorado |
| September 17 | "Infrared Space-Borne Spectroscopy of Mars and Venus: Atmospheric Composition From Mars Express and Venus Express Data" | Valeria Cottini,
Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland |
| October 1 | "Planetary Systems Blowing in the Wind: The ISM Sculpting of the HD 32297 Debris" | John Debes,
Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, GSFC |
| October 8 | ***"Resolving Inner Holes in Disks ** Around Young Stars"*** | Meredith Hughes,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| October 15
Special Time 1:30 p.m. |
"Mars: What We Could Know in 20 Years (and How)" | Luann Becker,
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University |
| October 22 | "Old Faithful Model for Radiolytic Cryovolcanism at Enceladus" | John Cooper,
Heliospheric Physics Laboratory, GSFC |
| November 5 | "First Observations from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission" | John Keller,
Astrochemistry Laboratory, GSFC |
| November 19 | "Laboratory Studies of Nucleobase Formation in Photo-Irradiated Interstellar Ice Analogs" | Stefanie Milam,
SETI/Ames Research Center-SSA |
| December 3 | "Extraterrestrial Amino Acids in Stardust Materials" | Jamie Elsila Cook,
Astrochemistry Laboratory, GSFC |
| December 17 | "Down South on Enceladus - an Update" | John Pearl,
Planetary Systems Laboratory, GSFC |
