Congratulations to UF Medical Physics Graduate Program Faculty Dr Sanjiv Samant (Professor, Radiation Oncology) and his colleague Dr Andrew Schuerger (Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology), on being awarded a NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2019 Grant for their proposal titled “Interactive Effects of Vaccum, Ionizing Radiation, Temperature, and UV Irradiation on Bacterial Survival during Simulated European Orbiter and Lander Missions”.