In the News
Featured News
Research Interview + Coverage
Martian volcanoes may have transported ice to the planet’s equator
New Scientist, 2025
Interviews with New Scientist and ASU News about work investigating how explosive volcanic eruptions could induce precipitation and contribute to unusual equatorial ice deposits on Mars. Additional coverage appeared in Space.com, Scimex, Phys.org, Universe Today, and Earth.com.
Mission Science Interview
ASU postdoc joins team planning first Moon sample return since Apollo era
ASU News, 2026
Saira discusses joining NASA’s SPARX Science Definition Team and helping define priorities for a future South Pole-Aitken Basin sample return.
Field Activity
ASU students learn about science, sailing and self-discovery
ASU News, 2026
This ASU News story highlights AEROSE research from the 2026 expedition, connecting Saharan dust, atmospheric aerosols, microbial transport, and ocean-atmosphere exchange.
Press Coverage
2026
Mission Science Interview
ASU postdoc joins team planning first Moon sample return since Apollo era
Interview with ASU News on SPARX, lunar sample return planning, and mission science.
Mission Science
NASA overview of the SPARX Science Definition Team and South Pole-Aitken Basin sample return planning.
Field Activity Interview
ASU students learn about science, sailing and self-discovery
Interview with ASU News about the 2026 AEROSE expedition, shipboard science, and atmospheric research at sea.
2025
Research Interview + Coverage
Martian volcanoes may have transported ice to the planet’s equator
Interviews with New Scientist and ASU News for the Nature Communications 2025 study on explosive volcanism, precipitation, and equatorial ice on Mars. Additional media coverage appeared in Space.com, Scimex, Phys.org, Universe Today, and Earth.com.
Research Interview
Quiet volcanoes, violent eruptions and tropical ice: New studies reshape how we see Mars
ASU News interview and story connecting three Mars studies on volcanism, ice, and climate evolution.
Media & Public Engagement
Research Conversations
Long-form Interview
Explosive volcanic eruptions and ice deposition on early Mars
Geo-log conversation with Sebastian Muller about explosive volcanism on Mars, published October 14, 2025.
Invited Talks
Invited Talk
Real stories, Real Impact
Science Opportunities and Profession Exploration, Scottsdale Community College, February 13, 2026.
Invited Talk
Circumstances
Story Collider, ASU Kerr, May 5, 2025.
Invited Talk
What a Trip
Gather Storytelling, ASU Kerr, April 12, 2024.
Additional Coverage
Media Coverage
Graduate College Fellowship
Featured by ASU News.
Media Coverage
Mars on the National Mall service
Featured by ASU News.

