LASP Science Seminars

LASP seminars are generally held every Thursday at 4:00 PM on Zoom and in person.
If you are interested in attending, please contact Heather Mallander to be added to the mailing list.

We are currently seeking speakers for our Spring 2024 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)
David Wilson (Solar/Stellar)
Chihoko Cullens (Earth Atmospheres)

Upcoming Science Seminars

April 25, 2024

Understanding and Modeling the Mysterious Dropout of Radiation Belt Electrons

Weichao Tu

(West Virginia University)

The discovery of Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts in 1958 revealed the hazardous radiative environment for spacecraft operating within. Understanding, modeling, and eventually predicting the dynamics of energetic electrons in the radiation belts have long been...

Past Science Seminars

April 18, 2024

Ultraviolet Mars: The Search for More Science

Justin Deighan

(LASP, CU)

Tremendous new insights into the Martian atmosphere have been achieved in recent years by two ultraviolet spectrographs built at LASP: the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) aboard the Mars Atmospheric and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission, and the...

April 11, 2024

The Habitable Worlds Observatory: Mission Overview and the Path to Discovery

Kevin France

(LASP)

The discovery of thousands of planets orbiting stars beyond the solar system has fundamentally shifted our view of Earth’s place in the Universe, has captivated the public imagination, and has transformed research priorities in astrophysics. Those...

April 4, 2024

Brines and Habitability on Mars

Alejandro Soto

(SwRI)

The search for ancient or current life on Mars begins with the search for surface and subsurface environments that are habitable. Before we begin this search in situ with robotic and human missions, it’s important to...

March 21, 2024

Measuring the stratosphere: what balloons are really doing

Matthew Norgren

(LASP)

The Earth’s stratosphere, which sits above the troposphere, is a difficult place to make measurements. The highest-flying aircraft can only reach the lowermost portion of the stratosphere, while space-based sensors orbiting well above are limited by...

March 12, 2024

Earth Science Applications: Lessons Learned

Lawrence Friedl

(NASA)

NASA Earth Science has put significant attention towards enabling uses of Earth science information to support decision making activities by public and private sector organizations. In addition to supporting technical innovations, NASA also pursued several programmatic...