January 12, 2026
SES a part of newly selected NASA ICAR to study Ocean Worlds
The Ohio State University’s School of Earth Sciences is proud to announce that Dr. Melisa Diaz, SES faculty member and polar geochemistry expert, will serve as co-lead of the Cryosphere Domain for NASA’s newly funded Investigating Ocean Worlds (InvOW) project, a a ~$5M project led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and NASA AMES. The five-year, multidisciplinary program (to begin in 2026).