InSight Team Meeting #14

Great day at the SSA meeting yesterday. I got to catch up with old friends (Renate Hartog, Chad Trabant, and Meghan Miller) and former postdoc advisor Matt Fouch, and see former undergrads Grave Parker (now at ISGS) and Trey Knudson who have a talk on his phd research at Stanford!

Views of #ssa26

It was fun to show our results about the Martian crust this morning at the @seismosocietyam meeting!

I arrived so early at the convention center that nobody is there! But I had to beat traffic to be on time to upload my slides and give my 8:15am talk at the @seismosocietyam meeting!

Waiting for the @nasaartemis launch with @uclaepss

Snowy peaks near LA

Spending Veteran’s day grading a midterm at my local coffee shop.

Trying to balance the students stress due to the midterm with some sweets #ucla @uclaepss

New paper alert! Our latest research on the Martian crust was accepted for publication in PEPI (doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2025.107453). It will be free for everyone to read online within the next few hours. Research done at @uclaepss #mars #marsinsight #martiancrust #seismology #seismicanisotropy #nasa #spaceexploration #ucla

Happy to have attended the @uclaepss commencement yesterday and to have seen Dr Erik Weidner graduate! #ucla #uclagraduation #phd #academia

On my way to the #UCLA @uclaepss graduation ceremony! My only regret is to have forgotten to iron the hem of my dress before going to the airport…

On 16 May, my graduate student Erik Weidner successfully defended his PhD thesis. It was a remote defense so we are extra excited to celebrate in person during the graduation ceremony on campus in a little over a week from now! Congratulations Erik! 🎓