Planetary Sample Science Seminar

Hosted by CASA Moon (UNM), SSERVI Central, UNM Grand Challenge, Institute of Meteoritics, Lunar & Planetary Institute, RASSLE (JHUAPL), and CLEVER (Georgia Tech)

Spring 2026

Held in-person at Northrop Hall, room 340 on Wednesdays at 11AM or virtually by SSERVI here

Carl Agee (The University of New Mexico): Some New Unique Meteorites from the Moon, Mars and Beyond
February 4, 2026

Kara Brugman (The University of New Mexico): Using Experimental Petrology to Find Geochemically Habitable Exoplanets
February 11, 2026

Cole Nypaver (Smithsonian Institute): Undersatnding Recent Tectonism in the Context of Modern Lunar Exploration
February 25, 2026

Charles Shearer (The University of New Mexico): Fulfilling Apollo Science Goals and Preparing for Artemis
March 4, 2026

Kerri Donaldson Hanna (University of Central Florida): Lunar-Vise Mission to the Gruithuisen Domes
March 11, 2026

Adrian Brearley (The University of New Mexico): Fun and Games with Diverse Planetary Materials at the Nanometer Scale: Some Applications of Advanced TEM Techniques to Understand Planetary Processes
March 25, 2026

Mike Huh (NASA Johnson Space Center): Adavcnes in Artemis Cold Curation
April 1, 2026 >>> Postponed to April 29, 2026 

Kris Izquierdo (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory): Searching for SPA Ejecta: Implications for Candidate Sample Locations
April 8, 2026

Ibrahim Muddasser (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Eldar Dobrea (Planetary Science Institute): Hunting for Water on the Moon: Vapor-Deposited Ice on Lunar Soil and Simulants Using Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy
April 15, 2026

Kelsey Young (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center): Humans Return to the Moon. Update on the Artemis II Mission.
April 22, 2026 CANCELLED

 Mike Huh (NASA Johnson Space Center): Adavcnes in Artemis Cold Curation
April 29, 2026