astrobiology

Jon A. Morse

Thu, 2011-12-22 13:47 — jmorse

Name:	Jon A. Morse
Title:	Professor
Department	Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
School	Science

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NASA

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Education B.S., Astronomy, Harvard University M.S., Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Postdoctoral research fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore MD

Scholarly Works:

Buchhave, L.A., et al., 2012, Nature, 486, 375. “An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities.”
Green, J.C., et al., 2012, Astrophysical Journal, 744, 60. “The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph.”

Laurie Leshin

Thu, 2011-12-22 14:33 — Anonymous

Name:	Laurie Leshin
Title:	Dean
Department	Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
School	Science
Website:	http://www.scer.rpi.edu/science/

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Education B.S. chemistry, Arizona State University; M.S., Ph.D. geochemistry, California Institute of Technology.

Recognitions:

NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal in 2004
Dee and John Whiteman Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences, 2001
The International Astronomical Union has recognized her contributions to planetary science by naming asteroid 4922, Leshin.
Meteoritical Society Nier Prize, awarded for outstanding research by a young scientist.

Wayne Roberge

Sun, 2010-06-13 02:05 — roberw

Name:	Wayne Roberge
Title:	Professor
Department	Physics, Applied Physics & Astronomy
School	Science
Center	New York Center for Astrobiology
Website:	http://www.rpi.edu/~roberw

Bio Current interests: evolution of ices in the interstellar medium and solar nebula;
computer simulations of multifluid, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) shock waves;
analytic and numerical methods for multifluid MHD; physics of interstellar dust.

Funding history: NASA, NSF, NIST, Semiconductor Research Corp. and others.

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Funding Agency

NASA

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Education BA valedictorian, Williams College, in physics and astronomy PhD, Harvard University, in theoretical astrophysics