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Goddard Center for Astrobiology (GCA) – NASA Astrobiology Institute

Undergraduate Research Associates in Astrobiology: End-of Term Research Presentations

The GCA sponsors a summer program (URAA) in which talented undergraduate students conduct cutting-edge research under the direction of GCA scientist-mentors. The students present summaries of their research objectives and findings during an end-of-term session delivered both locally and over the internet to the NAI as a whole.

The Class of 2018 will present on Thursday, August 2nd at 1-2 PM EDT in Building 34, Room W130. The Agenda is given below. You are invited to attend, either locally or remotely.

Presentations:

Ocean Worlds Around M Stars: What to ExPECTRA Gabrielle Suissa* (Columbia University) Mentor: Dr. Avi Mandell

Looking for Life in Salty Environments with Nanopore Sequencing Margaret Weng (Washington University – St. Louis) Mentor: Dr. William Brinckerhoff

Designing a Python Module for the Calculation of Molecular Parameters and Production Rates in Comets Giannina Guzman (Villanova University) Mentor: Dr. Miguel de Val-Borro

Aliphatic Ring Compounds in the Interstellar Medium Ella Mullikin* (Wellesley College) Mentor: Dr. Reggie Hudson

*MATHER NOBEL SCHOLAR 2018



How to Participate in this Virtual Seminar

To join using a web browser:

The slides and audio/video for this meeting will be presented using Adobe Connect. To join the meeting, connect to: https://connect.arc.nasa.gov/gsfc/

If you are having problems connecting, you can try joining https://connect.arc.nasa.gov/gsfc/?launcher=false, rebooting your computer, or try joining from another network.

To join using a videoconferencing system:

Please RSVP to Greg Harbert (gregory.j.harbert@nasa.gov) ONLY if you will be joining by videoconference.

To view the slides, connect to https://connect.arc.nasa.gov/gsfc/