UA Space Grant Success Stories

University of Arizona Space Grant mentor, Dr. Jess Barnes, featured in the UA News for recently published paper in Nature Astronomy titled The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu's parent asteroid.

Meet Kevin Hardegree‑Ullman, an Assistant Scientist at IPAC who supports the NASA Exoplanet Archive and plays a key role in curating and enhancing planet data—from exoplanet demographics using Kepler, K2, and TESS to prepping for the upcoming flood of discoveries from missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

1995 UA Space Grant Intern, Todd Murphey (right), will help ensure the University is well-positioned to engage in high-impact research across disciplines.

Penny is a University of Arizona Junior in Physics, and is completing her second year as a science writing intern, mentored by Daniel Stolte, at the UA News.

Isabella Olin, a U of A Space Grant Intern, received 1 of 8 Chambliss undergraduate honorable mentions out of 450 poster presentations at the American Astronomical Society meeting on January 16, 2025.

Zarah Brown was a University of Arizona Space Grant Fellow during academic year 2020-2022 and is now a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Lunar and Planetary Lab.

Shae Henley, UofA Space Grant Fellow, inspires elementary students through a series of outreach projects at Math and Science Night.

“Dora Elalaoui-Pinedo has been studying the enigmatic pits in the northern polar regions of Mars using images taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, a high-resolution camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter”.

Trent is the founding director of the U of A’s Center for Human Space Exploration (CHaSE) and “shared insights into the center's projects, which range from testing spacesuit mobility with dance students to pioneering the use of advanced technology such as Apple Vision Pro in space.”