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baker, samantha
  • Samantha Baker selected as 2024 Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Affiliates

Samantha Baker

Congratulations to Samantha Baker for being selected as 2024 Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Affiliates. Nominated by the Caltech faculty, KISS Affiliates are an ongoing cohort of Campus graduate students and postdocs who are seen as the next generation of space exploration leaders.

Zac Milby
  • Zachariah Milby selected as 2024 Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Affiliates

Zachariah Milby

Congratulations to Zachariah Milby for being selected as 2024 Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Affiliates. Nominated by the Caltech faculty, KISS Affiliates are an ongoing cohort of Campus graduate students and postdocs who are seen as the next generation of space exploration leaders.

Valeriya Kachmar
  • Valeria Kachmar selected as 2024 Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Affiliates

Valeria Kachmar

Congratulations to Valeria Kachmar for being selected as 2024 Keck Institute for Space Studies (KISS) Affiliates. Nominated by the Caltech faculty, KISS Affiliates are an ongoing cohort of Campus graduate students and postdocs who are seen as the next generation of space exploration leaders.

Katherine de Kleer
  • Katherine de Kleer named a Cottrell Scholar by the RCSA!

Katherine de Kleer

Katherine de Kleer, assistant professor of planetary science and astronomy and Hufstedler Family Scholar, has been named a 2024 Cottrell Scholar by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA). The Cottrell Scholar Awards recognize early-career individuals for innovative research and teaching excellence.

George Rossman
  • George Rossman Awarded Roebling Medal!

George Rossman

George Rossman (PhD '71), professor of mineralogy, has been awarded the 2021 Roebling Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA). The Roebling Medal is the MSA's highest award, recognizing "scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy."

Francois Tissot
  • Cosmochemist François Tissot Named a Packard Fellow!

François Tissot

François Tissot, assistant professor of geochemistry and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator, has been selected as one of the 2021 Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering. The fellowship is awarded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and provides early-career scientists and engineers with $875,000 over five years to pursue their research.