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2019 Bownocker: Dr. John Grotzinger

Dr. John Grotzinger, 2019 Bownocker Lecture
September 27, 2019
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Ohio Union, U.S. Bank Conference Theater

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Add to Calendar 2019-09-27 13:30:00 2019-09-27 14:30:00 2019 Bownocker: Dr. John Grotzinger 2019 Bownocker Lectures – John Grotzinger, Caltech Professor of Geology "Fabrics and Interpretation of 'Microbialites' Can Both be Full of Holes" Free technical lecture September 27 at 1:30pm in the U.S. Bank Conference Theater. SES is pleased to welcome Mars expert and Curiosity rover Chief Scientist John Grotzinger who is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology at Caltech and Member of the National Academy of Sciences. The Curiosity rover has been exploring the Red Planet since 2012, gaining insights into how water was involved in the early history of Mars and what its potential role might have been in supporting microbial habitability, had life ever originated there. Ohio Union, U.S. Bank Conference Theater School of Earth Sciences earthsciences@osu.edu America/New_York public

2019 Bownocker Lectures – John Grotzinger, Caltech Professor of Geology

"Fabrics and Interpretation of 'Microbialites' Can Both be Full of Holes"

Free technical lecture September 27 at 1:30pm in the U.S. Bank Conference Theater.

SES is pleased to welcome Mars expert and Curiosity rover Chief Scientist John Grotzinger who is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology at Caltech and Member of the National Academy of Sciences. The Curiosity rover has been exploring the Red Planet since 2012, gaining insights into how water was involved in the early history of Mars and what its potential role might have been in supporting microbial habitability, had life ever originated there.