Department Highlights
Ph.D. Student Pranvera Hyseni awarded Dwornik Award
Pranvera Hyseni was awarded the Dwornik Award for best oral presentation by a graduate student at the 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Pranvera's presentation was titled Investigating the Distribution of Soluble Organic Matter Among Hydrated Asteroid Families.
EPS Lecturer Peter Weiss Pioneers Fog Harvesting as a Sustainable Water Solution for California
This article by SF Chronicle highlights how Peter Weiss and his team are developing innovative fog harvesting technology to address California's water crisis by capturing moisture from coastal fog to augment the region’s water supply.
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Department Events
Whole Earth Seminar Series - Wednesdays @12pm, EMS B210
April 30, 2025 Speaker: Eyal Rahav, Isreal Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute
Title: TBA
IGPP Seminar Series - Fridays @12pm, EMS B210
April 25, 2025 Speaker: Jeff Moore, NASA Ames & Paul Schenk, Lunar & Planetary Institute
Title: What forms the Plains on Middle-Sized Icy Satellites?