NOW Seminars
Upcoming Events
Quarterly Lecture Series
December 5th 2pm ET/ 12pm PT
Season 3: Episode 2 "Exploring Ocean Worlds Through Analogs: Lab Studies"
Xinting Yu
“Material Properties of Organic Liquids, Ices, and Hazes on Titan”
Paul V. Johnson
“Frozen Brines: Experimental Insights into Europa’s Surface Chemistry and Microbial Viability”
Meeting number (access code): 2762 777 0948
Meeting password: xEiruE2vJ37
Past Events
Quarterly Lecture Series
September 12th 3pm ET/ 12pm PT
Season 3: Episode 1 "Exploring Ocean Worlds Through Analogs: Field Studies"
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Alexis Templeton (UC Boulder)
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Craig Lee (APL UW)
Quarterly Lecture Series
February 28th 1pm ET/ 10am PT
Season 2: Science Motivations for Ocean Worlds Exploration
Episode 4: Sensing the Environment
Quarterly Lecture Series
October 18th, 1pm ET/ 11am PT
Season 2: Science Motivations for Ocean Worlds Exploration
Episode 3: Geochemistry & Habitability
NOW Proposal Writing Workshop
September 24th, 11-1pm ET/ 8-10am pm PT
Presentations from Program Managers:
Mary Voytek (PSD)
Laura Lorenzoni (ESD-Oceans)
Thorsten Markus (ESD-Cryosphere)
Live From an Ocean World!
July 15 4pm ET/ 1pm PT
Explore the Deep Sea on the E/V Nautilus
Hosted by:
Dr. Peter Girguis, Harvard University
Dr. Christopher German, Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitiution
Quarterly Lecture Series
June 21, 2021
Season 2: Science Motivations for Ocean Worlds Exploration
Episode 2: Geophysics & Habitability
Lectures:
Science Motivations: Dr. James Roberts (JHU-APL)
Technologies/Instruments: Dr. Angela Marusiak (JPL)
MARCH 29, 2020
Season 2: Science Motivations for Ocean Worlds Exploration
Episode 1: "Signs of Life: Detection and Characterization."
Lectures by Marc Neveu (NASA Goddard) and Richard Quinn (NASA Ames
Season 1: Life on Ocean Worlds
JANUARY 4, 2020
Episode 4: "Life on the surface and in atmospheres"
Lectures by Prof. Juan Lora (Yale University) “Understanding Titan's hydrologic cycle and the distribution of methane seas"and Dr. David J. Smith (NASA Ames) “Microbiological Exploration in Earth’s Atmosphere”
SEPTEMBER 2020
Episode 3: "Life in the ice and ice-ocean interface"
Lectures by Dr. Kevin Arrigo, Stanford University and by Dr. Mike Malaska, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JUNE 2020
Episode 2: “Life on the seafloors and in the oceans”
Lectures by Dr. Julie Huber, WHOI and by Dr. Kevin Hand, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
MARCH 2020
Episode 1: Introduction to Cryospheres: The Ocean Worlds and Earth
Lectures by Jill Mikucki, University of Tennessee and Cynthia Phillips, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory