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08/16/2017
Paul Kintner successfully passes his general exam
On August 15, Paul Kintner (ESS/AB) had his MS defense at 10 am in Johnson Hall 011. His presentation was titled "New Estimates of Ice and Oxygen Fluxes Across the Entire Lid of Lake Vostok from Observations of Englacial Radiowave." He graduates with a M.S. in Earth and Space Sciences and the Certificate in Astrobiology. Congrats, Paul!08/12/2017
Rodrigo Luger earns his PhD!
On August 11, Rodrigo Luger successfully defended his dissertation to earn his Astronomy and Astrobiology Dual-Title PhD. He discussed his work on understanding the evolution of potentially habitable planets around low mass stars and methods to detect and characterize these planets around nearby stars with current and future instrumentation. Many congratulations!08/05/2017
Congratulations to Diana Windemuth for passing her general exam!
Astronomy/AB Dual-Title PhD student Diana Windemuth successfully passed her general exam titled "Detection and Characterization of Circumbinary Planets" on August 4, 2017. Congratulations!07/10/2017
Lupita Tovar featured in UW A&S newsletter!
Guadalupe (Lupita) Tovar was featured in the latest University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences' newsletter. Congrats! MORE>07/07/2017
Please welcome our newest AB program students!
Please join us in congratulating Guadalupe Tovar, Dominic Sivitilli, and Zachary Cohen for being admitted to the University of Washington's Astrobiology program. Guadalupe will pursue a Dual-Title PhD in Astronomy and Astrobiology, and Dominic (Psychology) and Zachary (Chemistry) will be pursuing the Certificate.07/01/2017
Sholes publishes paper on anoxic atmospheres
AB graduate student Steven Sholes is the lead author of a paper that uses a one-dimensional photochemical model to consider whether plausible volcanic gas fluxes could have switched the redox-state of the past martian atmosphere to reducing conditions. Other authors include UWAB alumni Meg Smith and Mark Claire and AB Faculty Professor Catling. MORE>06/05/2017
Congratulations to Brett Morris for passing his general exam!
Brett Morris presented his work "Physics of the Solar Dynamo and the Solar Cycle" on June 5, 2017, and successfully became a PhD Candidate. Congrats!05/26/2017
Re-watch Dr. Guillem Anglada-Escude's public lecture
If you missed our annual AB public lecture, do not fret! MORE>05/10/2017
Ty Robinson accepts Assistant Professorship at NAU!
Dr. Tyler Robinson has been offered the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northern Arizona University. He will be building a research group in exoplanets, planetary atmospheres, and astrobiology and will be working with both undergraduate and graduate students at NAU. Additionally, Dr. Robinson will be teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in atmospheric physics, exoplanets, and astrobiology.04/22/2017
Congrats to Osa Igbinosun for passing her general!
Osa has officially moved Doctoral Candidate after successfully passing her general exam on April 20. She gave a presentation on her work, "ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization) Strategies: Characterization of Mars analog soils with high frequency microwave radiation to invetigate subsurface water extraction applications."04/03/2017
The 2017 Spring Colloquium Lineup Announced
Hello everyone! We have a super exiciting lineup of speakers this quarter for all your Astrobiology needs. Check out the full schedule! MORE>03/01/2017