The exoplanet system science workshop “Materials of the Universe,” will be held April 24-26, 2019, at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Arizona, USA.

The workshop is supported by the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) of the Sloan foundation and by ASU. The organizers are Everett Shock (ASU), Alex Navrotsky (UC Davis), Hilairy Hartnett (ASU), and Dan Shim (ASU).

For more information, visit: https://materials.asu.edu/materials-universe

From the organizers:
For the last two decades, we have witnessed groundbreaking discoveries of planets outside of the solar system (exoplanets) and of the dazzling complexity of planets and moons in our solar system. We have learned that planetary conditions and compositions are extremely diverse, from super-Earth to carbon world and water world, and planets form under an unexpectedly wide range of conditions. The interpretation of the astrophysical data and modeling of the exoplanetary environments require us to understand a range of materials properties and processes under extremely large ranges of pressure, temperature, and redox conditions. At the same time space exploration and remote sensing depend on the properties of materials and the creation of new materials. Thus the diversity of extreme planetary conditions could inform and inspire new materials for technological use. We believe Materials of the Universe as a unifying and transcending theme will provide exciting opportunities and challenges in materials research and planetary science in coming decades. Therefore, we would like to take this workshop as an opportunity to formulate ideas on how to tackle these challenging problems through synergetic collaborations among physicists, chemists, biologists, engineers, planetary scientists, earth scientists, and astrophysicists.