[cid:image001.jpg@01D7279F.E14BBF00]April 7 Webinar Every Wednesday this series interviews live a special guest who answers questions in their field of expertise. Mineral collectors, curators, dealers, researchers and reporters are welcomed to this talk show to share experiences and tips on mineral collecting, research and curation. The series takes you to mineral heavens around the world and delivers the vibrant mineral community directly to your home. You are invited to the Zoom webinar: When: April 7, 2021 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: Mineral Talks LIVE Register in advance for this webinar: http://go.mineraltalkslive.com/register<https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7qCOP2duTXSPdMSvjJC2Mg> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Webinar Speaker - 7 April 2021 [A person smiling for the camera Description automatically generated with medium confidence] Liz Rampe received her B.A. in geology from Colgate University in 2005 and her Ph.D. in geology from Arizona State University in 2011. She was a NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellow at NASA Johnson Space Center<https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/index.html> (JSC) in Houston, TX from 2011-2014, a contract scientist at JSC from 2014-2017, and has been a civil servant at JSC since 2017 as a “mission exploration scientist.” She is interested in the minerals on the Martian surface, especially the minerals that formed in the presence of liquid water. Mars was once much more Earth-like in its distant past, and the minerals present on the surface provide clues about the characteristics of the past environments (e.g., salinity, pH, and temperature). Liz studies these minerals using in-situ data collected by Mars missions and by studying environments on Earth that are analogous to Mars. She is the deputy principal investigator on the CheMin instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, which is an X-ray diffractometer and quantifies minerals in Martian rocks and sediments. She was inspired to study geology by her parents who frequently took her camping and hiking in the Rocky Mountains. Besides studying Mars, Liz enjoys running, the outdoors, topography (it’s very flat in Houston), and spending time with her husband and their 3-month-old daughter (and getting some sleep when she can!). ***** MSA member Rampe also presented at the Mineralogical Society of America’s Centennial Symposium<http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Centennial/MSA_Centennial_Symposium.html>: Mineralogy Beyond the Boundaries of Earth: Advances in the Mineralogy of Mars, which is recorded<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAHyP3r42dU> as were all the presentations. ****** [A picture containing outdoor, mountain Description automatically generated] Curiosity selfie<https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/curiositys-selfie-at-rock-hall> at his current location, Mount Mercou. Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. *************** If you have missed a previous episode, they are posted 30 days after the event. 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