2011 THE PSI SEMINAR SERIES: WEDNESDAYS AT 11:00 AM

NOTE: Seminars are held in PSI's west wing. For maps and directions click here.

Spring 2011

DateSpeakerTitle (link to abstract)
Jan 12
Renu Malhotra (LPL) - PostponedThe early history of the solar system
January 26
Bill Feldman (PSI)

Search for Buried Bulk Water Ice Deposits at Non-Polar Latitudes on Mars

Feb 2
Renu Malhotra (LPL)
The early history of the solar system
Feb 23Nikole Lewis (LPL)The Atmospheric Circulation of Extrasolar Giant Planets
Mar 2
Anton Ivanov (PSI)MARSIS radar: exploration of subsurface on Mars and Phobos
Mar 23
David Vaniman (LANL)The sluggish (or not) lives of sulfate minerals on Mars: What might Mars Science Laboratory find?
Mar 30Sarah M. Hörst (LPL)Unraveling the composition of tholins using very high resolution mass spectrometry
April 6
Priyanka Sharma (LPL)Constraints on Titan's topography through fractal analysis of shorelines and comparison with terrestrial analogs
April 27
Susanne Douglas (Applicant)
Inorganic Footprints of Life  
May 4Shane Byrne (LPL)Climate and geomorphology in a volatile martian landscape
May 5Henry Throop (Applicant) (1PM)Planet Formation in Dense Star Clusters
May 18Tommy Grav (Applicant)The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
Jun 1No SeminarNA
Jun 13
James N. HeadA Scientist at the State Department
Jun 29
Jim McElwaine (Applicant)Granular Flows and Avalanches
Jul 6Joseph Spitale (Applicant) Resonant Phenomena in Saturn's Rings:  Theory and Observation

Jul 29

(Fri) 

Sarah Andre (Applicant)Degraded multi-ring impact basins on Mercury
Aug 3Luke SollittNew Concepts in Laser Instrumentation for Planetary Science and Astrobiology
Aug 17Ming-Chang Liu (Applicant)The Hottest Mineral in the Solar System and Irradiation from the Proto-Sun
Seminar Aug 22-23Rebecca Ghent (Applicant)TDB
Oct 12JP Kirby (Applicant)Enceladus Amino Acid Sampler
Oct 28 (Friday)Patrick MichelNumerical modeling of asteroids and space missions to their primtitive components
Nov 16Sugata TanCryogenic Equation of State for Extra-terrestrial Applications:  Titan's Case

PAST SEMINARS

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| Spring 2004 | Fall 2003 |


For inquiries/suggestions on seminars, contact Eric Palmer, epalmer at psi dot edu