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Welcome to the Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology.
HIGP is a multi-disciplinary institute engaging in advanced research, teaching, and service in cutting-edge oceanographic, atmospheric, geophysical, geological, and planetary sciences. We are a part of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the Manoa (Honolulu) campus of the University of Hawai‘i. Our Institute is home to over 130 faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students with access to state-of-the-art laboratories and instrumentation. HIGP expertise spans the globe from pole to pole, from the depths of the seas to the tops of volcanoes and extends to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Upcoming Seminar:
Speaker: Sasha Krot, HIGP Researcher in Cosmochemistry
Title: Formation of the Solar System from 16O-enriched Gaseous and 16O-depleted Solid Reservoirs
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Location: POST 544 (HIGP Planetary Seminar Series)
January, 2010
NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury has garnered praise for its discoveries about our Solar System's inner-most planet. Discover Magazine chose the MESSENGER spacecraft flyby of Mercury in September, 2009 as the 28th top science story of the year in their list of the top 100. Time Magazine named MESSENGER number 11 on its list of the 50 best inventions of 2009. HIGP Assistant Researcher Jeffrey Gillis-Davis is a participating scientist on the mission and is studying the origin and geologic evolution of Mercury's smooth plains, intercrater plains, and the extent of volcanism.
Meeting Announcement and Call for Abstracts: End-of-Term Hawai‘i Open Meeting on Exoplanets (ET-HOME), May 27-28, 2010 at U.H. Manoa. This will be an informal, relaxed scientific gathering on the detection, characterization, and theory of planets around other stars. Co-organizers are Clint Conrad, Eric Gaidos (both in Dept. of Geology and Geophysics), and Miriam Riner, HIGP Assistant Researcher and SOEST Young Investigator. Phone home for more information.
Find out what else is happening through the SOEST News and Press Releases.
HIGP Mission Statement
HIGP solves fundamental problems in Earth and Planetary Science by the development and application of state-of-the-art exploration, measurement, and data analysis technologies. HIGP serves society and the State of Hawai‘i by acquiring and disseminating new knowledge about the Earth and other planetary bodies, and developing and introducing leading edge technologies and a highly trained workforce to the State economy.
Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawai‘i
1680 East-West Road, POST 602
Honolulu, HI 96822
Office Phone: 808.956.8760
Fax: 808.956.3188 Dr. Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, Director
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Updated 8 Feb 2010.
