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Ali Bramson is 2024 AGU Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Science Recipient

WEST LAFAYETTE— Ali Bramson has been named AGU's 2024 Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Science recipient. The Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences is presented annually and recognizes significant early-career contributions to planetary science from honorees within six years of receiving their Ph.D. Established in 2012, this award is named in honor of AGU Fellow Ronald Greeley for his influential contributions in both training and mentoring planetary scientists.

Debjani Singh: Channeling a river of data for clean energy, sustainability

ALUMNI NEWS — Like the hundreds of rivers and streams she and her team have rendered in exquisite detail, Debjani Singh’s career has taken some twists and turns. Singh is a senior scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory with expertise in water resources, data science and earth science, a combination that makes her uniquely suited to lead the HydroSource project, where she applies data science to solve complex water resource management issues. Singh’s goal is to bridge the gap between the world of research and practical application by giving the data life beyond the traditional confines of scientific inquiry. Singh is an alumna of Purdue EAPS.

1 million shots for ChemCam on Mars

CNES — On Wednesday August 21, the millionth ChemCam shot was fired at Mars. This was Sol 4281, the 4281st Martian day of the mission. The data were received on Thursday August 22nd for analysis by the American team. ChemCam was developed at Los Alamos and in France with Prof. Roger Wiens of Purdue EAPS as its leader 2004-2021. He and student Mia Rudin are still using it to study Mars.

ChemCam fires its laser for the millionth time on Mars

LOS ALAMOS — The Curiosity rover has been roaming the red planet for 12 years and has fired its one millionth laser shot on Mars. It began zapping away over 12 years ago and is still going strong. ChemCam was developed at Los Alamos and in France with Prof. Roger Wiens of Purdue EAPS as its leader 2004-2021. He and student Mia Rudin are still using it to study Mars.

Storm Chasing: The Science of Tornadoes

NEWSTALK — Robin Tanamachi, Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University, joined host Jonathan McCrea on the FutureProof Podcast to discuss storm chasing and the science of tornadoes.

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