Profiles in "Planetary Sciences" Expertise Area

  • Paul Horton is a Ph.D. student and NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity fellow in the Exploration Systems Design program. He develops data science analysis systems for planetary science and astronomy.
  • Now a Postdoc at the at SESE/ASU, Hannes Bernhardt did his PhD in Muenster, Germany on the geomorphology of Hellas Planitia, Mars.
  • Dr. Saira Hamid is a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Planetary Sciences. Her research covers planetary-scale processes, including volcanism, atmospheric dynamics, and the role of life in planetary evolution.
  • Astronomer and planetary scientist working on the formation and evolution of planetary systems. SESE Exploration Fellow
  • Kevin is a PhD candidate and NASA FINESST FI. His primary research interest is the formation, evolution, and potential habitability of icy moons.
  • Simon is a planetary scientist and astronomy education researcher whose current research focuses on utilizing citizen science to bring authentic research experiences to undergraduate courses (both in person and online).
  • Megan is an Astrophysics PhD student at the School of Earth and Space Exploration. Her research interests include thermodynamic studies of exoplanet atmospheres, exploring this with experimental work in cosmochemistry.
  • Nuri Park is a geological sciences Ph.D. candidate in the School of Earth and Space Exploration working with Dr. Everett Shock. His research interest is astrobiology.
  • I am a planetary geophysicist who studies the interior and shallow subsurface of the Moon, Mars, and asteroids. My primary goal is to help us understand how planets form.