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CPS 6th Annual Summer Science Meeting - 21 June 2016
21 June 2016, 11:00 am–5:30 pm
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UCL Front Quad Marquee
The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck is delighted to host our Sixth Annual Summer Meeting on Tuesday 21 June 2016 in UCL's front quad marquee, for CPS members and associates.
We have a detailed programme of science talks which is summarised below.
We look forward to seeing you on 21st June!
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Arrivals / Coffee | Posters | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Prof. Steve Miller UCL Physics and Astronomy |
Welcome |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Dr Ingo Waldmann UCL Physics and Astronomy |
Dreaming of Atmospheres | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Dr Simon Drake Birkbeck Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Was Palaeogene volcanism on the Isle of Skye, NW Scotland, initiated by meteorite impact? | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Matthew Dodd LCN / UCL Earth Sciences |
Geochemical and morphological evidence for microbial activity in 4.3-3.77 Gyr old hydrothermal vent sediments | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 |
Will Dunn Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
Analysis of Jupiter X-ray Observations During the New Horizons Flyby - Preparation for the Juno Approach | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 |
Dr Anne Wellbrock Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
Comet studies at UCL-MSSL | |
| 12:30 - 12:45 |
Giulia Magnarini Birkbeck Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Grain-size analysis at Gale Crater, Mars: Testing the applicability of an automatic grain detection software | |
| 12:45 - 13:00 |
Prof. Hilary Downes Birkbeck Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Delivery of water to asteroidal regolith revealed by meteoritic opal | |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Lunch | Posters | |
| 13:45 - 14:00 |
Prof. Andrew Coates Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
The PanCam instrument for the 2020 ExoMars rover | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 |
Philippe Reekie Birkbeck Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Using structure-from-motion on terrestrial skylights and lava tubes: a proposal for studying and exploring Lunar lava tubes | |
| 14:15 - 14:30 |
Sam Taylor Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
Photoelectron observations by CAPS-ELS at Enceladus | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 |
Marisa Wood UCL Earth Sciences |
Ab initio calculations on Iron: Birch's Law under Core Conditions | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 |
Joel Davis Birkbeck Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Inverted channels in Arabia Terra, Mars: Implications for ancient climate and erosion rates | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Coffee / Tea | Posters | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Dr Licia Ray Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling in the Solar System | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 |
Dr Nachiketa Rai Birkbeck Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Signatures of highly siderophile elements in the lunar mantle: HPHT core-mantle equilibration or late accretion addition of a chondritic component? | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 |
Dr Jo Barstow UCL Physics and Astronomy |
Comparative exoplanetology with consistent retrieval methods | |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Indhu Varatharajan Birkbeck Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Mineralogy of the mare basalts on the feldspathic highland terrain of the Lunar farside: A spectral assessment using M3 datasets of Chandrayaan-1 | |
| 16:15 - 16:30 |
Dr Jennifer Harris Birkbeck Earth & Planetary Sciences |
Needle in a haystack: Source regions for Martian meteorites | |
| 16:30 - 16:45 |
Ravi Desai Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
Cassini observations of complex carbon bearing molecules in Titan's upper atmosphere | |
| 16:45 - 17:00 |
Roger Stabbins Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
Multispectral Imaging with the ExoMars 2020 Panoramic Camera Instrument | |
| 17:00 | Wine reception |