News from EAS

• Huber Honored As Purdue University Faculty Scholar
  Matthew Huber, Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, has been named a 2012 Purdue University Faculty Scholar. This honor was established by the University to recognize outstanding accomplishments by faculty who are on an accelerated path for academic distinction. This prestigious honor goes to select faculty who are nominated by committees from their academic areas and approved by the provost. They receive additional funding to support their research for a period of five years.
  Congratulations on receiving this distinction, Matt!
  
  
• Environmental GeoSciences Cover
  This month’s issue of Environmental Geociences included a cover photo of collaborative researchers on a field trip organized by Brenda Bowen for the group working on CO2 sequestration in the Mount Simon Sandstone in the Illinois Basin. Purdue EAS participants in this photo include Brenda Bowen, former graduate students Raul Ochoa (now with Conoco-Phillips), Ryan Neufelder (now with Chesapeake), and Nick Fischietto (now with Chevron), and former postdoc Nathan Wilkens (now with Shell). More here.
  
  
• Super-Earth unlikely able to transfer life to other planets
  While scientists believe conditions suitable for life might exist on the so-called "super-Earth" in the Gliese 581 system, it's unlikely to be transferred to other planets within that solar system.
  Laci Brock, a student studying interdisciplinary physics and planetary science, and Melosh will present those findings Tuesday (March 20) at the 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas.
  More here.
  
  
• Did You Know?: Purdue in the Arctic
  Four members of the Purdue community are spending a month in Barrow, Alaska, as part of a federal project exploring the environmental effects of the Arctic's melting ice. Paul Shepson, Professor in Chemistry and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Head of Chemistry, and scientists from several universities across the world are examining how the reduction in Arctic sea ice affects bromine, ozone and mercury chemical processes. More here.