May 03, 2023
PhD alumna Susana Aurora Magallón Puebla (PhD 1999) has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. Susana is a world leader in determining the age and diversification of flowering plants, and hence the origin of modern plant diversity and ecosystems. Her dissertation topic was "A neontological and paleontological approach to the evolution of floral form among basal eudicots (angiosperms)." She is currently the Director of the Institute of Biology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Election to the National Academy is done on the basis of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, and is one of the highest honors in science. Congratulations, Susana!
April 24, 2023
Roger Bryant, former postdoctoral scholar in Professor Blattler's group, is joining Purdue University's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Congratulations, Roger!
April 18, 2023
Louis Block Professor Nicholas Dauphas has been selected by NASA to join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission as a NASA-supported participating scientist.
JAXA’s MMX mission, planned to launch in 2024, will visit the two Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos, land on the surface of Phobos, and collect a surface sample. Plans are for the sample to be delivered to Earth in 2029.
Congratulations, Nicolas!