Student Information
Graduate Student
Geological Sciences
The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
I am a graduate student working with Dr. Phil Christensen at the Mars Space Flight Facility at the School of Earth and Space Exploration. I am in the 5th year of my PhD program in Geological Sciences. I am interested in ice in the solar system, and my primary research focuses on mid-latitude ice on Mars.
I am also interested in thermal infrared spectroscopy. I am working on far-IR spectroscopy projects to understand the ways in which emission spectra in the far-IR add to our knowledge of planetary mineralogy/ surface composition.
My other research interests include radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres, atmospheric dynamics, planetary surface thermophysics, and terrestrial glaciology. I love fieldwork and have been to Sudbury, Canada and Argentine Patagonia for field schools.
Education
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University 2015
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Hyderabad, India 2013
Research Interests
- Emplacement, evolution and rheology of mid-latitude ice on Mars
- Mars surface thermophysical properties
- Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy
Research Group
Mars Space Flight Facility
Publications
Poster Presentation:
Serla, J.K., Christensen, P.R., and Grau Galofre, A. (2020), Ice in the Mid-latitudes of Mars: An Initial Study of Ice Dynamics, Abstract No. 6073 presented at the Seventh International Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, 13-17 Jan.
Serla, J.K., and Christensen, P.R. (2019), Modeling Diurnal Temperature Variation on Mars Using Themis Infrared Data and KRC Numerical Model: A Study of Three Sites, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 50
Serla, J.K., and Christensen, P.R. (2018), Modeling Diurnal Temperature Variation on Mars Using THEMIS Thermal Data and KRC Numerical Thermal Model, Abstract [EP23F-2392] presented at 2018 Fall Meeting, AGU, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec.