REU Class of 2008

Elena Amador
Elena Amador
University of California, Santa Cruz
Mentor: Janice Bishop
Project: Mineralogical Research in Mawrth Vallis, Mars, using CRISM images and making laboratory mixtures
Yvette Cendes
Yvette Cendes
Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Jill Tarter
Project: Determining whether stray signals from the control room computers and processors at the Allen Telescope Array are detected by the telescopes themselves in the field
Matthew Finch
Matthew Finch
College of San Mateo
Mentors: Richard Quinn and Cindy Taylor
Project: Using Electrochemical Methods to Characterize and Identify Signals Pertinent to the Phoenix Mars Lander MECA-WCL data
Robert Jacobsen
Robert Jacobsen
Colorado College
Mentor: Devon Burr
Project: Mapping Features on Saturn's Moon Titan Created by the Flow of Liquid Methane
Matthew Levit
Matthew Levit
La Salle University
Mentors: Scott Sandford and Stephanie Milam
Project: Synthesis of Nucleobases, The Building Blocks of DNA/RNA, from the Ultraviolet Photolysis of Astrophysically Relevant Ice Mixtures at NASA Ames's Astrochemistry Laboratory
Rosie Malsberger
Rosie Malsberger
Grinnell College
Mentor: Jean Chiar
Project: Using Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope to Study a 6.2 Micron Hydrocarbon Absorption Feature from Potential Intergalactic Stellar Sources
Alicia Muirhead
Alicia Muirhead
University of California, Santa Cruz
Mentor: Janice Bishop
Project: Using MRO CRISM data and Lab Work to Better Understand the Presence of Iron Oxides on Mars
Zachary Nadler
Zachary Nadler
Emory University
Mentor: Gerry Harp
Project: Using Holography to Characterize the Dishes of the Allen Telescope Array
Manuel Olmedo
Manuel Olmedo
University of California, Santa Barbara
Mentor: Alessandra Ricca
Project: Study of Photo-irradiated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Mixed Molecular Ice
Efrosini Proios
Efrosini Proios
College of San Mateo
Mentor: Rocco Mancinelli
Project: Studying the Effect of Potassium Chloride on the Resistance of Halophilic DNA to UV Light
Danica Roth
Danica Roth
University of California, Berkeley
Mentor: Cynthia Phillips
Project: Mapping and Morphology of Titan's Channels
Aaron Slodov
Aaron Slodov
Kent State University
Mentor: Peter Backus
Project: Developing a New Habitable Star Catalog for Expanded SETI Searches
Heather Stewart
Heather Stewart
Villanova University
Mentors: Josh Emery and Franck Marchis
Project: Analyzing IR data from Spitzer Space Telescope on Trojan Asteroids in Conjunction with Observing and Reducing Light Curves for Trojan, Main belt, Binary, and Near-Earth Asteroids
William Swearson
William Swearson
University of North Dakota
Mentors: Hector D’Antoni and Jay Skiles
Project: Using South America as an Analog to Hindcast Climate Change
Claire Webb
Claire Webb
Vassar College
Mentor: Peter Jenniskens
Project: Working on a Novel Application of Tungsten Halogen Light Sources for the Calibration of STARDUST Sample Return Capsule Entry Observations
Kimberly Wendell
Kimberly Wendell
Montana State University
Mentor: Devon Burr
Project: Studying Sinuous Ridges on Mars (Possible Inverted Fluvial Channels), and Calculating the Paleodischarge, in Order to Better Understand Past Climate Conditions on Mars
Shicong Xie
Shicong Xie
University of California, Berkeley
Mentor: Friedemann Freund
Project: Investigating the Effect of the Physical Chemistry of Rocks on the Oxidation of Water