September 09, 2018
David Plotkin passed his thesis defense this past Friday, titled “Rare events in weather and climate.” His committee members were Dorian Abbot, Jon Weare (formerly of the statistics department, now at NYU), Malte Jansen, Noboru Nakamura and Fred Ciesla. Congratulations Dr. Plotkin!
September 05, 2018
Prof. Edwin Kite was featured in UChicago News for his recent publication in the Astrophysical Journal! It was previously thought very deep oceans would supress the geochemical buffers that stabilize Eath's climate, but modeling shows some water worlds stay stable for billions of years, increasing their habitability.
Congratulations Prof. Kite!
August 26, 2018
TC Chamberlin Fellow Stephanie Olson described a new way to detect life on exoplanets: by looking at seasonality in atmospheric composition. She also was part of an effort to study combinations of gasses that couldn't exist together in the absence of life. Click on the link to learn more. Go Stephanie!