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Dr. Alain Plattner awarded NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award

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).