Biography of James Arnold

An endowed lectureship has been established to honor Professor James R. Arnold, one of UCSD's first faculty members and the founding chair of the Chemistry Department. If you would like to contribute to future lectures please click on the the donation form below.

Donation form for James R. Arnold Lectureship

Magnetic Planets and How Mars Lost Its Atmosphere
Bob Lin
• University of California, Berkeley

Origin of the Moon
David J. Stevenson
• California Institute of Technology

The Formation of Stars and Planetary Systems
Frank Shu
• National Tsing Hua University
• Hsinchu, Taiwan

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Exploring Mars with Spaceship and Paintbrush (What We've Learned about the Red Planet and Why)
William K. Hartmann
• Senior Scientist
• Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona

The Dinosaur Extinctions - What is Known and What is Unknown
Richard Muller
• University of California, Berkeley
• Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory