Dr. Alain Plattner was named to the inaugural class of NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award recipients as one out of six researchers nation-wide. This highly competitive award will fund the development of a planetary magnetic-fields research group that will serve as a pathway for talented students in the Alabama / Mississippi region towards careers in planetary science. NASA profiles the recipients here (https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-selects-six-early-career-planetary-scientists-to-continue-exceptional-research).