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Updated: Jun 12, 2023

Today, Maddy graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Geology with a minor in Planetary Science. She graduates with honors in geology, and spent 3 of her undergraduate years with the M-Class lab. She plans to return to University of Maryland in the fall to begin her Ph. D in Geology with the M-Class lab. Congratulations Maddy!

Join us in congratulating Grace for successfully defending her Ph D dissertation! Grace's dissertation is titled "Characterizing Chemical Signatures of Life via Mass Spectrometry". After graduation, she will be working as a post-doc in Dr. Chris Carr's lab at Georgia Tech. We are so proud of Grace, and look forward to following her future research. Congrats Grace!


This week primary author Dr. Arevalo along with co-authors from MClass lab and associates published an article in Nature Astronomy. The article is titled "Laser desorption mass spectrometry with an Orbitrap analyser for in situ astrobiology" and can be found at this link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01866-x


See a related interview about the article with Dr. Arevalo here: Small laser device can help detect signs of life on other planets (phys.org)


And a briefing written by Soumya and Grace!


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