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Friday, November 07, 2025
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New and exciting activities in the
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
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Recent News From McDonnell Center Fellows
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2025 Robert M. Walker Distinguished Lecture Series
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Obituary: Kenneth F. Kelton
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Kenneth F. Kelton, the Arthur Holly Compton Professor Emeritus of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis and fellow of MCSS, died Oct. 28, 2025. For nearly four decades, Kelton helped foster the remarkable growth in the Department of Physics which he chaired from 2007 to 2012. He retired from WashU in 2024.
A celebration of his life will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 13, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 6800 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO.
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In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made in his name to the Winger Food Pantry in care of Trinity Presbyterian Church where Ken has been a member since 1993.
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Dean's Award for Graduate Research Excellence
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Gabrielle Adams, a McDonnell Center Graduate Fellow in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences is a finalist for the 2025 Dean's Award for Graduate Research Excellence. She graduated from The Ohio State University in May 2023 with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a minor in planetary science. With advisor Katharina Lodders, she models gas and condensation chemistry in evolved stars using chemical thermodynamics to understand stardust formation from such dying stars.
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Recent Publications by McDonnell Center Fellows
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MCSS Postdoctoral Fellowship Opening
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MCSS is hiring a postdoctoral fellow in the broad field of space sciences. We welcome applicants with interests in Astromaterials, Cosmochemistry, or Meteoritics; Experimental, Theoretical, or Observational Astrophysics; Planetary Science; Particle and Nuclear Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation; and Earth as a Planet. In their application materials, the candidate should describe their research interests and list potential collaborators from among the faculty fellows of the MCSS.
Please share this opportunity with your research contacts and encourage qualified candidates to apply by December 20, 2025.
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Pulsar Wind Nebulae: a Treasure Trove of High-Energy Astrophysics
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Astrophysics & Space Sciences Colloquium
Niccolo' Bucciantini
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
TODAY, Friday, November 7
9:00am, Compton 241
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| Investigating Mantle Sources of a Lunar Sample / Explorations of ~40 kyr biomarker records from Loktak Lake India
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EEPS Brown Bag
Stephanie Zhang/Abby Santis
Washington University
TODAY, Friday, November 7
12:00pm, Rudolph 301
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| The Physics of Mysterious Cellular Droplets
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Saturday Science Lecture
Trevor GrandPre
Washington University
Saturday, November 8
10:00am, Crow 201
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The Incubator Unbound: Scales of Life
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Special Event
Tansu Daylan/Bronwen Konecky
Washington University
Tuesday, November 11
4:00-6:00pm, Kemper Art Museum
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| Isotopic Insights into Moon Formation and Surface Evolution
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EEPS Colloquium
Nicole Nie
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, November 13
11:30am, Rudolph 301
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Critical Slowing Down and Bulk Viscosity in Binary Neutron Star Mergers
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Theory Seminar
Rachel Steinhorst
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, November 13
3:00pm, Compton 241
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| Astrophysics Open House
Department of Physics
Washington University
Friday, November 14
12:00pm, Compton Hall Library
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Compiled and edited by Alison Verbeck. Please send any contributions to alison@wustl.edu.
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