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  • Edwin Kite and Sasha Warren to join Mars Rover mission

    February 06, 2022

    Associate Professor Edwin Kite and graduate student Sasha Warren will join the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover Science Team in April. Kite's work as a Participating Scientist will focus on linking rover observations with models of timing and flow of surface and subsurface waters. Both Kite and Warren will also contribute to daily operational work on the mission.

  • UChicago Department Alumni Francois Tissot named Packard Fellow

    January 11, 2022

    The Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering are among the nation’s largest nongovernmental fellowships, designed to allow maximum flexibility in how the funding is used. Since 1988, this program has supported the blue-sky thinking of scientists and engineers whose research over time has led to new discoveries that improve people’s lives and enhance our understanding of the universe. Congrats to Francois Tissot, a UChicago alum. And while we're at it, Mark Levin also recieved the honor as part of UChicago Department of Chemistry.

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  • Congratulations Dr. Anne Davis!

    December 22, 2021

    Anne Davis successfully defended her Ph.D thesis on December 8th titled “The chemical and physical properties of carbon bearing phases in the deep Earth”. Anne’s committee was Andrew Campbell, Fred Ciesla, Andrew Davis, Dion Heinz, and Razvan Caracas.

    What’s next for Dr. Davis? She’ll be moving to Oslo to be a postdoc at the University of Oslo, working with Dr. Razvan Caracas on noble gas partitioning between metal and silicate using initio molecular dynamics methods. Congrats again!

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