Alternative Earths collaborator Jim Kasting (PSU) will receive the 2016 NAS Award in Early and Life Sciences - Stanley Miller Medal for his development of numerical models that have provided fundamental insights into the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere through time and the impact of atmospheric evolution on our planet’s climate and habitability. Read More

Kingsley Odigie has been selected as a UC Riverside Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Tim Lyons on a project addressing life in extreme environments and the complex interplay of nutrients and metals in the Salton Sea.