Scott Rudolph Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Bradley Jolliff, Director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences at Washington University, was elected to be on NASA’s Artemis III geology team.

Professor William McKinnon was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in May 2023 and awarded the 2023 Kuiper Prize for outstanding contributions to planetary science from the American Astronomical Society.

Assistant Professor Roger Michaelides has received a $75,000 exploratory seed grant from the Taylor Geospatial Institute to study the complex interplay of permafrost, vegetation, and wildfire risk.