{"id":14663,"date":"2016-01-07T11:14:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=14663"},"modified":"2016-12-01T12:33:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T17:33:49","slug":"ucf-grad-student-picked-to-study-at-vatican-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-grad-student-picked-to-study-at-vatican-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"COS Grad Student to Study at Vatican Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14665\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Leos-Pohl-200x301.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14665\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14665\" class=\"wp-image-14665 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Leos-Pohl-200x301-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Leos-Pohl-200x301\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Leos-Pohl-200x301-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Leos-Pohl-200x301-299x199.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Leos-Pohl-200x301.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leos Pohl, a doctoral student in UCF&#8217;s Planetary Sciences Group, will study at the Vatican Observatory this summer.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A University of Central Florida graduate student is one of only 25 people worldwide selected to attend a prestigious summer school in astrophysics at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vaticanobservatory.va\/content\/specolavaticana\/en.html\">Vatican Observatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" style=\"font: 16px\/24px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;color: #333333;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;margin-top: 20px;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<p>Leos Pohl, a second-year doctoral student in UCF\u2019s Planetary Sciences Group, will join two dozen other students at the observatory\u2019s headquarters in Castel Gandolfo, a resort community just southeast of Rome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the best opportunities in the world to get an introduction to planetary science,\u201d said UCF physics professor <a href=\"http:\/\/physics.cos.ucf.edu\/people\/britt-daniel\/\">Dan Britt, Ph.D., <\/a>Pohl\u2019s graduate advisor. \u201cThey get the very best experts in the world to teach it, and they select no more than two people from any one country. Just getting selected is quite an honor because it is hugely selective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the month-long summer school that starts in late May, students from more than 20 nations will focus on the role of water in our solar system and cosmochemistry. Leading experts in astrophysics will direct lectures, presentations and hands-on projects, and students will present their own research.<\/p>\n<p>It meshes well with Pohl\u2019s research focus: asteroids, which experts theorize carried water to Earth. Even so, Pohl wasn\u2019t sure he would be picked for the selective summer camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had no idea,\u201d Pohl said. \u201cWith the specialization of water, I thought there might be many more students who were better-suited. It\u2019s like fishing. You throw your bait in the water and you wait, and you don\u2019t know if you\u2019ll catch a fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14664\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Leos-Pohl-2-200x300.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14664\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14664\" class=\"wp-image-14664 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Leos-Pohl-2-200x300-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Leos-Pohl-2 200x300\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leos Pohl in front of UCF&#8217;s Robinson Observatory<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pohl, who grew up in the village of Krinice in Czech Republic, earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in physics and a master\u2019s degree in theoretical physics from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuni.cz\/UKENG-1.html\">Charles University <\/a>in Prague. He came to UCF last year, the culmination of a search for universities in the United States that have quality planetary science programs.<\/p>\n<p>The Vatican Observatory is headquartered at the papal villa, within the papal gardens in Castel Gandolfo. It traces its origins to an observational tower erected inside the Vatican by Pope Gregory XIII in 1578. It was formally established inside the walls of Vatican City by Pope Leo XIII in 1891, but moved to Castel Gandolfo in 1935 to escape Rome\u2019s nighttime light pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Macke, a Jesuit brother who earned his doctorate in physics from UCF in 2010, is curator of meteorites at the Vatican Observatory and dean of the summer school.<\/p>\n<p>To read original story on UCF Today, <a href=\"http:\/\/today.ucf.edu\/ucf-grad-student-picked-to-study-at-vatican-observatory\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A University of Central Florida graduate student is one of only 25 people worldwide selected to attend a prestigious summer school in astrophysics at the Vatican Observatory. 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