phabulous news
[November 2024]
Phabulous graduate student Ashika Capirala was selected as an EAPS Science Leadership Fellow! Ashika will develop "modular teaching resources integrating the history of science in the EAPS curriculum." Congrats and thank you Ashika!!
Phabulous graduate student Ashika Capirala was selected as an EAPS Science Leadership Fellow! Ashika will develop "modular teaching resources integrating the history of science in the EAPS curriculum." Congrats and thank you Ashika!!
[November 2024]
PHaB Lab went to the Kentucky Derby! Graduate students Émilie Laflèche, Ashika Capirala, Haleigh Brown, and Giovanni Bacon all presented posters at the Exoplanets in our Backyard III workshop in Louisville, Kentucky. EAPS Prof Ben Pearce and his group were also there!
PHaB Lab went to the Kentucky Derby! Graduate students Émilie Laflèche, Ashika Capirala, Haleigh Brown, and Giovanni Bacon all presented posters at the Exoplanets in our Backyard III workshop in Louisville, Kentucky. EAPS Prof Ben Pearce and his group were also there!
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[October 2024]
Phabulous graduate students Émilie Laflèche and Haleigh Brown attended Purdue's Space Policy Symposium!
Phabulous graduate students Émilie Laflèche and Haleigh Brown attended Purdue's Space Policy Symposium!
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[October 2024]
Phabulous graduate student Émilie Laflèche attended the Habitable Worlds Observatory Face-to-Face meeting in Rochester, NY! Émilie presented a poster about detecting biogenic seasonality in atmospheric composition, a biosignature, with HWO. |
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[September 2024]
Phabulous graduate students Émilie Laflèche and Haleigh Brown were selected for Purdue's "Leading Women to Space Careers" program 2024 cohort. They traveled to Houston to attend the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Gala and will participate in several events throughout the year.
Phabulous graduate students Émilie Laflèche and Haleigh Brown were selected for Purdue's "Leading Women to Space Careers" program 2024 cohort. They traveled to Houston to attend the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Gala and will participate in several events throughout the year.
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[September 2024]
PI Olson presented her tenure talk at the EAPS Department Colloquium. EAPS profs Sori, Bramson, Bryant, and Delph showed up in style. Boiler up! |
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[August 2024]
PHaB Lab has grown! Tobi Hammond joins us a graduate student, and PHaB friend Giovanni Bacon transitioned to being a full PHaB Lab member!
PHaB Lab has grown! Tobi Hammond joins us a graduate student, and PHaB friend Giovanni Bacon transitioned to being a full PHaB Lab member!
[August 2024]
Phabulous grad student Kyle Batra's paper about the effects of salinity on the climates of M-dwarf planets was published in Astrophysical Journal Letters! Congrats Kyle!!
Phabulous grad student Kyle Batra's paper about the effects of salinity on the climates of M-dwarf planets was published in Astrophysical Journal Letters! Congrats Kyle!!
[July 2024]
Phabulous graduate student Ashika Capirala received a NASA FINESST fellowship! Ashika also joined the Sloan Center for Systemic Change as a graduate student ambassador! Congrats Ashika!!
Phabulous graduate student Ashika Capirala received a NASA FINESST fellowship! Ashika also joined the Sloan Center for Systemic Change as a graduate student ambassador! Congrats Ashika!!
[July 2024]
Phabulous graduate student Angie Burke successfully defended her MS thesis! Congrats Angie!!
Phabulous graduate student Angie Burke successfully defended her MS thesis! Congrats Angie!!
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[July 2024]
Graduate Kyle Batra attended the "Tracer Mixing in Fluids Across Planetary Scales" summer school at the Brin Mathematics Research Center of the University of Maryland. |
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[July 2024]
PHaB Lab went to a castle in Santander, Spain! Phabulous graduate students Ashika Capirala and Émilie Laflèche were selected to attend an astrobiology summer school hosted by NASA and ESA. They also visited the K-T boundary!
PHaB Lab went to a castle in Santander, Spain! Phabulous graduate students Ashika Capirala and Émilie Laflèche were selected to attend an astrobiology summer school hosted by NASA and ESA. They also visited the K-T boundary!
[June 2024]
Phabulous graduate student Giovanni Bacon spent the summer at NASA Goddard as a NASA Pathways Fellow!
Phabulous graduate student Giovanni Bacon spent the summer at NASA Goddard as a NASA Pathways Fellow!
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[May 2024]
PHaB Friend Myles Edwards won 2nd place in the AbSciCon Student Poster Competition! Myles is a graduate student investigating the origin of life in Purdue's chemistry department. Congratulations Myles! |
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[May 2024]
PHaB Lab attended AbSciCon in Providence, RI! Graduate student Kyle Batra gave a talk and Haleigh Brown presented a poster. Ashika Capirala and Émilie Laflèche both gave two presentations--and they additionally chaired an awesome session. We met up with many PHaB friends, including Purdue graduate student Myles Edwards, Penn State graduate student Adam Stone, and future PHaB Lab member Tobi Hammond!
PHaB Lab attended AbSciCon in Providence, RI! Graduate student Kyle Batra gave a talk and Haleigh Brown presented a poster. Ashika Capirala and Émilie Laflèche both gave two presentations--and they additionally chaired an awesome session. We met up with many PHaB friends, including Purdue graduate student Myles Edwards, Penn State graduate student Adam Stone, and future PHaB Lab member Tobi Hammond!
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[April 2024]
PI Olson went on European adventures! Stephanie traveled to the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Swizterland to give a talk about exoplanet life detection and then to Vienna, Austria to speak at the European Geophysical Union General Assembly about the origin of life. While at EGU, she also spoke at a press conference and enjoyed the biergartens with EAPS professor Jon Delph! |
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[April 2024]
Congratulations to the phabulous Émilie Laflèche for winning the EAPS Graduate Student EXPO Outstanding Poster Award! |
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[April 2024]
PHaB Lab was in the path of totality! Graduate students Haleigh Brown, Émilie Laflèche, and Kyle Batra went to the Indiana Motor Speedway to attend an eclipse viewing party hosted by NASA and Purdue University!
PHaB Lab was in the path of totality! Graduate students Haleigh Brown, Émilie Laflèche, and Kyle Batra went to the Indiana Motor Speedway to attend an eclipse viewing party hosted by NASA and Purdue University!
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[April 2024]
Phabulous graduate student Haleigh Brown received an NSF GRFP award! Congrats Haleigh!!
Phabulous graduate student Haleigh Brown received an NSF GRFP award! Congrats Haleigh!!
[March-April 2024]
Congratulations to graduate students Kyle Batra, Émilie Laflèche, and Ashika Capirala for passing their 'preliminary exams' and advancing to candidacy!!
Congratulations to graduate students Kyle Batra, Émilie Laflèche, and Ashika Capirala for passing their 'preliminary exams' and advancing to candidacy!!
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[December 2023]
Graduate student Kyle Batra attended the AGU Fall Meeting! Kyle presented a poster and did a great job being the lone representative of PHaB Lab in San Francisco. |
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[October 2023]
PHaB Lab went to the Olympics! PHaB Lab gathered along with EAPS professor Roger Bryant's group for a day of competition at our annual PHaB Olympiad. We remain undefeated at giant Jenga. |
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[September 2023]
PHaB Lab met Goldy Gopher! PI Olson, graduate students Ashika Capirala, Émilie Laflèche, and Haleigh Brown, and undergraduate Jonathan Jernigan attended the Midwest Geobiology Conference at the University of Minnesota. Rah rah rah for Ski-U-Mah! |
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[September 2023]
Football is back! PI Olson and EAPS profs Jon Delph, Ali Bramson, and Mike Sori attended the season opener in style. Sadly we lost because graduate student Kyle Batra did not wear overalls. |
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[August 2023]
Graduate Student Ashika Capirala attended the Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW) Retreat on Catalina Island! Ashika braved Hurricane Hilary to present a poster and learn about icy moons.
Graduate Student Ashika Capirala attended the Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW) Retreat on Catalina Island! Ashika braved Hurricane Hilary to present a poster and learn about icy moons.
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[July 2023]
PHaB Lab went to the Goldschmidt Conference in Lyon, France! PI Olson gave an invited talk, and graduate students Ashika Capirala, Emilie Lafleche, and Kyle Batra presented posters. We also met up with EAPS prof. Roger Bryant and UW prof. Josh Krissansen-Totton for a phabulous dinner! |
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[July 2023]
PHaB Lab went to the Sagan Summer Workshop in Pasadena, CA! Graduate student Angie Burke presented a poster and caught up with some PHaB friends! Pictured here: Angie and the phabulous Mike Wong twinning. |
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[June 2023]
PHaB Lab went to ExoClimes IV in Exeter, UK! Graduate student Angie Burke presented a poster and also attended the ExoSLAM summer school. Pictured here: PI Olson and Angie pallin' around with a Pony! |
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[May 2023]
PHaB Lab went to AbGradCon in San Diego! Graduate students Angie Burke and Émilie Laflèche presented posters and enjoyed some time outside. Our lab mascot Gaia even made an appearance! |
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[May 2023]
PHaB Lab went to Green Bank Observatory! Graduate students Ashika Capirala and Émilie Laflèche gave great talks at the Oxygen in Planetary Biospheres Workshop, and we got to climb on the Green Bank Telescope with our friends.
PHaB Lab went to Green Bank Observatory! Graduate students Ashika Capirala and Émilie Laflèche gave great talks at the Oxygen in Planetary Biospheres Workshop, and we got to climb on the Green Bank Telescope with our friends.
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[December 2022]
PHaB Lab went to the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Chicago, IL! Graduate students Kyle Batra (left), Angie Burke (middle), and Émilie Laflèche (right) presented posters and Ashika Capirala gave a wonderful talk!
PHaB Lab went to the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in Chicago, IL! Graduate students Kyle Batra (left), Angie Burke (middle), and Émilie Laflèche (right) presented posters and Ashika Capirala gave a wonderful talk!
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[November 2022]
PHaB Lab leveled up! Graduate students Angie Burke, Ashika Capirala, Kyle Batra, and Émilie Laflèche all passed their qualifying exams! Congrats team!
PHaB Lab leveled up! Graduate students Angie Burke, Ashika Capirala, Kyle Batra, and Émilie Laflèche all passed their qualifying exams! Congrats team!
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[October 2022]
PHaB Lab went to the moon! Commander Émilie Laflèche was an analog astronaut stationed on the moon. |
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[October 2022]
PHaB Lab went to the Midwest Geobiology conference! Phabulous undergrad Jonathan Jernigan and graduate student Ashika Capirala presented posters. We even ran into future Purdue EAPS professor Roger Bryant! Roger is also recruiting new graduate students, btw -- see his website for more details. |
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[September 2022]
PHaB Lab has grown! Meet our newest members: Gaia the Tardigrade (left) and our lab pet, Harry Styles the Horseshoe crab (right). |
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[July 2022]
PHaB Lab went to the Goldschmidt Conference in Honolulu, HI! Graduate students Kyle Batra, Angie Burke, Ashika Capirala, and Émilie Laflèche presented posters and flash talks-- but we also made sure to find time for fun and adventure, including a waterfront dinner (left) and hiking Diamond Head (right).
PHaB Lab went to the Goldschmidt Conference in Honolulu, HI! Graduate students Kyle Batra, Angie Burke, Ashika Capirala, and Émilie Laflèche presented posters and flash talks-- but we also made sure to find time for fun and adventure, including a waterfront dinner (left) and hiking Diamond Head (right).
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[May 2022]
PHaB Lab attended AbSciCon in Atlanta, GA! Graduate students Ashika Capirala (left), Émilie Laflèche (middle), and Kyle Batra (not pictured) presented posters. Our phabulous undergraduate Jonathan Jernigan (right) presented a poster as well.
PHaB Lab attended AbSciCon in Atlanta, GA! Graduate students Ashika Capirala (left), Émilie Laflèche (middle), and Kyle Batra (not pictured) presented posters. Our phabulous undergraduate Jonathan Jernigan (right) presented a poster as well.
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