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GSA2015 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION

LUNCHTIME ENLIGHTENMENT

Bring your lunch!

Baltimore Convention Center, Room 327/328/329
Mon.–Wed., 2–4 Nov., 12:15–1:15 p.m.

Grab your lunch at a nearby convention center vendor and enjoy a little
lunchtime enlightenment during GSA’s Feed Your Brain series.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

James Balog, Founder & President, Earth Marcia McNutt, Editor-in-Chief of Science Ellen Stofan, NASA Chief Scientist:
Vision Institute & Extreme Ice Survey: and former USGS director: 2015 Michel T. “Science at NASA: Exploring Planets in This
“The Art & Science of Chasing Ice.” Halbouty Lecturer & GSA Geology & Solar System and Beyond” (see highlights
See the August issue of GSA Today for Society Division Distinguished Lecturer: below).
talk highlights. “Deepwater Horizons: Lessons Learned
for Better Disaster Preparedness.” See the
September issue of GSA Today for talk
highlights.

Science at NASA: Exploring Planets in This Solar System and Beyond

Ellen Stofan, NASA Chief Scientist

GSA TODAY | OCTOBER 2015 Wednesday, 4 Nov., 12:15–1:15 p.m. Talk highlights: From the most recent results from Mars and
Pluto to the latest detection of exoplanets, NASA spacecraft results
Ellen Stofan was appointed NASA chief are changing the way we think about how planets evolve and their
scientist in 2013, serving as principal potential for habitability. The 22 spacecraft in orbit around Earth
advisor to the NASA Administrator on are monitoring the planet to document and quantify how it is
the agency’s science programs and changing. Efforts to expand citizen science at NASA will bring the
science-related strategic planning and scientific process and the excitement of discovery to an ever
investments. Her research has focused broader, more diverse, and global audience.
on the geology of Venus, Mars, Titan,
and Earth. Stofan is an associate member
of the Cassini Radar Team, a co-investigator on the Mars Express
Mission’s MARSIS sounder, and was honorary professor in the
Department of Earth Sciences at University College London. She
was principal investigator on the Titan Mare Explorer, a proposed
mission to send a floating lander to a sea on Titan.

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