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Symposium Program

The two-day symposium (March 6-7, 2003) will consist of invited talks and contributed posters, covering a wide array of scientific topics. Our aim is not only to pay tribute to Prof. Walker's past achievements (considerable as they are), but to focus on the foundation he has laid through the establishment of the McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, the unique atmosphere of the "4th floor" and the guidance and direction he has provided for countless students, postdocs and other colleagues.

A small booklet will be published with the symposium program, as well as stories and photos about Prof. Walker and life in his lab. See the program booklet page if you would like to contribute something.

Download the symposium program in pdf format (72 kB).

Here is a list of confirmed invited speakers:

Alexander, Conel

The Kinetics of Chondrule and CAI Formation

Bernatowicz, Tom

The Multifarious Scientific Career of Robert M. Walker

Binns, Bob

The Isotopic Abundances of Galactic Cosmic Rays as Measured on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Spacecraft

Caffee, Marc

Cosmic-ray-produced Nuclides in Terrestrial and Extra-terrestrial Materials: Accelerator-mass-spectrometry Measurement Techniques and Applications

Cowsik, Ramanath

Submillimeter Experimental Probes of Fundamental Aspects of Physics and Cosmology

Flynn, George

The Origin of Organic Matter in the Solar System: Evidence from the Interplanetary Dust Particles

Friedlander, Michael

The Footprints of Ionizing Particles

Haskin, Larry

Looking for Life and Planetary History on Mars

Israel, Martin

The History of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences

Maurette, Michel

Cosmic Waters and Gases on the Early Earth

McKeegan, Kevin

Vestiges of a Beginning

Nittler, Larry

Stardust in Meteorites and Advanced Microanalytical Techniques

Phillips, Roger

The McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences

Podosek, Frank

Solar Chromium?

Sandford, Scott

Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs) and Meteorites as Probes of Interstellar Chemistry

Stadermann, Frank

The NanoSIMS as the Newest Tool for the Microanalysis of Extraterrestrial Materials

Sutton, Steve

Synchrotron Radiation Research in the Earth and Planetary Sciences

Swindle, Tim

Using Noble Gases to Study Mars

Wadhwa, Mini

Mars from the Perspective of Martian Meteorites: Case Studies in the Application of Trace Element Microdistributions

Watkins, George

Bob's Early Years at G.E.

Wefel, John

From Barndoors to ATIC: the Quest for Composition

Woolum, Dotty

Solar Noble Gases in Earth's Interior and Their Implications for Earth's Formation

Zinner, Ernst

Small is Beautiful: The Ion Microprobe


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