LASP Science Seminars

LASP seminars are generally held every Thursday at 1:00 PM on Zoom and in person.

If you are interested in attending, please contact one of our Science Seminar Committee members (see below) to be added to the mailing list.

We are currently seeking speakers for our Fall 2025 seminar series. If you or a colleague would like to give a seminar, please contact one of our Science Seminar Committee members:

Sonal Jain (Planetary)
Yi Qi (Space Physics)
Andrei Afanasev (Solar/Stellar)
Matthew Norgren (Earth Atmospheres)

Upcoming Science Seminars

Check back soon for a list of upcoming Science Seminars.

Past Science Seminars

May 14, 2026

Satellite Perspectives on Marine Clouds: Microphysics, Regimes, and Feedbacks

Ivy Tan

(CU Boulder)

Marine clouds represent the largest uncertainty in climate projections. Their complex microphysical properties and dynamical coupling with turbulence and the large-scale circulation make them particularly difficult to model. In this talk, I show how the accumulating record of...

May 7, 2026

Linking Formation and Composition of the Galilean Moons in the JUICE–Europa Clipper Era

Olivier Mousis

(SwRI, Boulder)

The exploration of the Jovian system is entering a transformative era. Since 2016, NASA’s Juno mission has revolutionized our view of Jupiter’s atmosphere, magnetosphere, and deep interior, and is now extending its reach through close flybys...

April 30, 2026

Transforming atmospheric and interior characterization of exoplanets in the JWST era and beyond

Matthew Nixon

(Arizona State University)

The study of exoplanetary systems holds the promise of helping humanity better understand its place in the universe. Measuring the chemical composition of exoplanets allows us to test formation and evolutionary hypotheses and to search for...

April 23, 2026

Mapping atmospheric chemistry using space-based and in-situ data

Dylan Millet

(University of Minnesota)

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted into Earth’s atmosphere from ecosystems, wildfires, and human activity drive secondary pollutant formation, affect global biogeochemical cycling, and alter the atmosphere’s oxidizing capacity. Quantifying these effects lies at the heart of...

April 16, 2026

From Stratospheric Ozone to the Ocean: Signals Behind the Patterns

Peidong Wang

(Stanford University)

The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole in the 1980s marked a major environmental concern and prompted global regulation of man-made ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) under the Montreal Protocol. Although Antarctic ozone has shown signs of recovery...