Solar System Exploration Division
PLANETARY SCIENCE and ASTROBIOLOGY SEMINAR SERIES
WINTER/SPRING 2009 Schedule
All seminars are held at 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the Building 2 Conference Room, unless otherwise indicated below. Refreshments will be served at 3:15 p.m. Any changes in the schedule will be indicated on this page with the minimum possible delay.
Information for visitors: Visitors (citizens) need to call in advance to arrange an escort. Visitors (noncitizens) need to call 1 month in advance.
Information for Speakers: Topics include planetary chemistry, physics, geology, and biology; spectroscopy of atmospheres, Solar System objects, and interstellar materials; chemical evolution and dynamical modeling; and relevant laboratory studies to astrochemistry and astrobiology.
Interested speakers and visitors should contact either Marla Moore (301) 286-9031 or Mike Smith (301) 286-7495.
Map and Directions| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| February 26 | "Spinel Enrichment on Asteroid Surfaces as Evidence for Early Formation" | Jessica Sunshine,
University of Maryland, Department of Astronomy |
| March 12 | "Ice Clouds and Aerosols in Titan's Stratosphere from Cassini/CIRS" | Carrie Anderson,
GSFC, Planetary Systems Laboratory |
| April 2 | "Studies of Interstellar Ice Analogs Containing H2O+CO2+CH3OH Mixtures: 15-micron Spectral Profile and Sublimation Behavior" | Perry Gerakines,
Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Physics |
| April 9 | "Methane on Mars" | Mike Mumma,
GSFC,Solar System Exploration Division |
| April 23 | "Search for Life on Mars: Specific Signatures of Biominerals and Evolution of Organic Matter Under Martian Conditions" | Fabien Stalport,
GSFC, Atmospheric Experiments Laboratory |
| May 7 | "Molecular Evolution and Change in Goddard's Cosmic Ice Laboratory" | Reggie Hudson,
GSFC, Astrochemistry Laboratory |
| May 21 | "From Small to Complex Organic Molecules in Titan's Atmosphere: A Laboratory "CRESU" Technique - Chemistry at Extremely Low Temperatures, and Reaction Kinetics at a New Frontier" | Ashraf Ali,
Catholic University of America |
