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Attack of the Space Volcanoes!

Wed, September 11, 2024
Dinner Program
Ryan Ogliore '00

Laboratory studies of meteorites, Apollo moon rocks, and other samples returned from planetary bodies by robotic space missions have revolutionized our understanding of the Solar System. The next giant leap in exploring the origins of the planets and life in our cosmic neighborhood will require audacious missions that were once only the realm of science fiction. Ryan Ogliore (CMC ‘00), associate professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis, will discuss space exploration using microscopes (instead of telescopes), and a proposed robotic mission to fly through an active volcanic plume on Jupiter’s moon Io and return pieces of Io’s lava to Earth.
 

Ryan Ogliore '00 is an associate professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis. He received his bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from Claremont McKenna College and received his Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology. His graduate research was in cosmic ray astrophysics and he currently uses various micro-analytical techniques to study extraterrestrial samples from all over the Solar System. He has worked on several past, current, and future NASA missions in planetary science, heliophysics, and astrophysics. He is a member of the Planetary Science Advisory Committee that advises NASA on its scope, priorities, and implementation of its planetary science programs.

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