Dr. Stephen J. Edberg is a retired JPL scientist, professional astronomer, and an amateur astronomer. At NASA/JPL he worked on several planetary missions: Galileo to Jupiter, Cassini to Saturn, the Comet Rendezvous & Asteroid Flyby, the Space Interferometry Mission, and other NASA projects. Tonight May 15th, he gives a fascinating talk about the discovery and interpretation of Gravitational Waves. Steve's live talk is intended for the layperson and we will allow time for questions and answers. |
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Dr. Rosaly Lopes has a passion for volcanology . She discovered 71 active volcanoes on the moon Io as a member of the JPL/NASA Galileo Mission to Jupiter, for which Dr. Lopes was honored in the 2006 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records as the discoverer of the most active volcanoes anywhere. A planetary scientist and explorer, Rosaly is the author of several books, and has taken many leadership roles in the scientific community. She chairs the Outer Planets Task Group of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, and is therefore responsible for overseeing the naming of features on the outer planets and satellites. In this live talk intended for the layperson, Dr. Rosaly Lopes will talk about her life as a scientist and the exciting challenges that await. At the end of her talk there will be time for questions and answers. |
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 | | Dr. Stephen J. Edberg is a retired JPL scientist living in California. Family pictures show that astronomy was planted in him as a baby, with the young astronomer really discovering his interest in 9th grade. During his high school years, he began his continuing interest in meteors and other transitory events in the sky, developed his skill in astrophotography, and led the astronomy club at Covina High School. During his undergraduate years he worked at Mt. Wilson Observatory and Kitt Peak National Observatory. |
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 | | A Senior Research Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Editor-in-Chief for the planetary science journal Icarus. Dr. Lopes was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she grew up by the famous Ipanema Beach. She moved to London, England, to study Astronomy at the University of London (University College), from where she graduated in 1978. For her doctoral studies, she specialized in planetary geology and volcanology and completed her Ph. D. in Planetary Science in 1986. Her major research interests are in planetary and terrestrial geology and volcanology. |
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