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Post-doc opportunity

June 7, 2019August 11, 2022Uncategorized

Postdoc position on modeling the fate of volatile elements during accretion and early differentiation of rocky planets The CLEVER Planets (Cycles of Life-Essential Volatile Elements in Rocky Planets) team and Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Rice University are seeking applicants for a postdoctoral scholar position who would explore dynamical and geochemical fingerprints of accretion and magma ocean processes, searching for conditions of producing thermo-chemically habitable rocky planets. The focus will be tracking the fate of life-essential volatile elements, C, N, H, and S in our Solar System and other exoplanetary systems from the protoplanetary disk to...

End-of-School-Year Congratulations

May 14, 2019August 11, 2022Uncategorized

CLEVER Planets wishes very hearty congratulations to everyone featured during the awards ceremony on Friday. Damanveer Grewal, a CLEVER Planets graduate student, received a department award. He also received a university-wide award that is only given to five graduate students in total every year. Those white roses were well-earned!...

So where did the moon come from? Sarah Stewart puts her “outrageous” ideas to work.

May 8, 2019August 11, 2022Uncategorized

Dr. Sarah Stewart says she likes to “smash planets together”. She works in the realm of the planetary unknown, where sometimes a certain theory of the moon’s formation is accepted … even though lots of scientists reject the theory … purely because there aren’t any better ideas. So how did that slender silver crescent, shining through the dark veil of night, get its start? Check out Dr. Stewart’s new TED talk, where along with her students, she dives into outrageous ideas which just might teach us something new. >> Where did the moon come from? A new theory. This...

Lenardic reflects in Rice Magazine: Are we alone?

December 20, 2018August 11, 2022Uncategorized

Adrian Lenardic offers his reflections about whether or not there might be life in the great beyond. Check out his thoughts here....

Distant planets and life: Podcast features CLEVER Planets investigator Lenardic

July 20, 2018August 11, 2022Uncategorized

Adrian Lenardic was featured on a podcast of the Texas Standard, talking about the possibilities of life existing on some of the “3700 planets orbiting distant stars.” Lenardic is one of the CLEVER Planets co-investigators based at Rice University. Check it out here....