Date	Speaker(s)	Affiliation(s)	Title(s)*
01/10/2017	Dr. Christophe Sotin	JPL	Hydration of icy moons' silicate core: implications for their interior structure and dynamics
01/17/2017	Ms. Linhan Shen	Caltech	Atmospheric Methane Source and Sink Attributions using Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopy
01/24/2017	Dr. Vivienne H. Payne	JPL	Spectroscopy for atmospheric remote sensing: Recent advances and outstanding issues
01/31/2017	Dr. Andreas A. Kappler	Caltech	Fe-carbonate mineral diagenesis: implications for Earth and beyond & How did Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria survive high UV radiation on early Earth?
02/07/2017	Dr. Roya Bahreini	University of California Riverside	Sources, Characteristics, and Impacts of Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosols in the Colorado Front Range
02/14/2017	Dr. Stuart Bartlett	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Life and Thermodynamics: A Turbulent Relationship
02/21/2017	Dr. Anton Ermakov	JPL	Ceres’ interiors from the Dawn mission
02/28/2017	Dr. Ronald W. Klusman	Colorado School of Mines	Mars Brine Geochemical Modeling and Potential for Gas Migration
03/07/2017	Dr. Bethany L. Ehlmann	Caltech	Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Sand Grain Properties in the Bagnold Dune Field, Gale Crater, Mars: A Synthesis of Curiosity Rover Observations and Implications for Mars Soils and Dust
03/14/2017	Dr. William N. Rapin	Caltech	Hydration of the martian surface using MSL/Curiosity data
03/21/2017	--	--	Canceled
03/28/2017	--	--	Canceled
04/04/2017	Dr. Yi Yin	JPL	Decadal variability of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere and the role of biomass burning emissions
04/11/2017	Dr. Zhimeng Zhang	JPL	MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS PROVIDE CLUES TO THE ORIGIN OF SATURN’S MAIN RINGS
04/18/2017	Dr. Xianglei Huang	University of Michigan	Spectrum: An Underutilized Dimension in the Climate Diagnostics and Climate Change Studies
04/25/2017	--	--	Canceled(AbSciCon)
05/02/2017	Dr. Anezina Solomonidou	Caltech	Titan’s geology with Cassini VIMS and RADAR data
05/09/2017	Dr. Stuart Bartlett	Caltech	Dissipative Structures in Thermal Chemical Systems: An Emerging Ecology
05/16/2017	Dr. Bin Guan	JPL	Observed Impacts and Model Representation of Atmospheric Rivers: A Global Perspective
05/23/2017	Dr. Elena S. Amador	Caltech	Searching for spectral evidence of serpentine on Mars: Implications for regional and potential global serpentinization processes
05/30/2017	Dr. Zhaocheng Zeng	Caltech	Aerosol scattering properties over the LA basin inferred from CLARS-FTS (California Lab for Atmospheric Remote Sensing - Fourier Transform Spectrometer)
06/06/2017	Dr. Kevin P. Hand	JPL	Europa Lander Science Definition Team Study
06/13/2017	Dr. Peter Gao	NASA Ames	Clouds and Hazes in Exoplanet Atmospheres: A Microphysical Perspective
06/20/2017	Dr. Daniel Feldman	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Measuring and Modeling the Radiative Forcing from Carbon Dioxide and Methane
06/27/2017	Dr. Sushil Atreya	University of Michigan	Radiolysis: A Potential Pathway to Martian Oxidants
07/04/2017	--	--	Canceled
07/11/2017	Dr. Robert T. Zellem	JPL	Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy
07/18/2017	Dr. Carl J. Percival	JPL	The role of Criegee intermediates in tropospheric chemistry
07/25/2017	Dr. Chuanfeng Zhao	Beijing Normal University	Strengthening of Arctic Warming by Aerosol Pollution from Mid-latitudes
08/01/2017	Dr. Shuxiao Wang	Tsinghua University	Source Contributions, Control Options and Health Effects of Fine Particle Pollution in China
08/08/2017	Dr. Michael J. Malaska	JPL	Scientific Expedition to a sulfide cave: Cueva de Villa Luz, Mexico
08/15/2017	Mr. Jiazheng Li, Mr. Linfeng Wan	Caltech, Nanjing University	1. Energy conversion of the magnetotail dipolarization fronts and the characteristics of precursor flows ahead of dipolarization fronts 2. Coronal mass ejection (CME) earth arrival time prediction, what, why, and how
08/22/2017	--	--	Canceled
08/29/2017	Dr. James T. Keane	Caltech	Pluto followed its heart: reorientation and faulting of Pluto due to volatile loading in Sputnik Planitia
09/05/2017	Dr. Yuk L. Yung	Caltech	Trip to Xijiang: 9 Aug – 19 Aug
09/12/2017	Dr. Andrew P. Ingersoll	Caltech	Highlights of the Cassini mission--a list of personal favorites
09/20/2017	Dr. Luis C. Ho	Peking University	Supermassive Black Holes: Impact on Galaxy Formation and Evolution
09/27/2017	Dr. Michael J. Russell	JPL	The Possible Emergence of Life and Differetiation of a Shallow Biosphere on Europa
10/04/2017	Mr. Qiang Wei, Mr. Shreyas Vissapragada	Peking University, Caltech	1.Young surface of Pluto’s Sputnik Planitia potentially caused by viscous relaxation 2. Predicting Complex Organic Molecule Emission from the TW Hya Protoplanetary Disk
10/11/2017	Dr. Konstantinos P. Giapis	Caltech	Exotic Reactions in Extreme Environments: Why Comet 67P Spews Molecular Oxygen but Enceladus Leaks Molecular Hydrogen
10/18/2017	--	--	Canceled (DPS)
10/25/2017	Dr. Mike Chaffin	University of Colorado Boulder	Highlights from two years of remote sensing at Mars with MAVEN's Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph
11/01/2017	Ms. Raluca Rufu	Weizmann Institute of Science	A multiple impact origin for the Moon
11/08/2017	Dr. Dan McCleese	JPL	The Dynamic Polar Atmosphere of Mars
11/15/2017	Dr. Bonnie Buratti	JPL	The Rosetta Mission to a Comet: Major Scientific Results
11/22/2017	Ms. Liyin He	Caltech	A New Way to Measure Photosynthesis from Space
11/29/2017	Dr. Chunhua Qi	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	Imaging disk snow lines and near-nucleus cometary coma
12/06/2017	--	--	Canceled
12/13/2017	--	--	Canceled (AGU)
12/20/2017	--	--	Canceled
12/27/2017	--	--	Canceled (Christmas)