Profiles in "Planetary Sciences" Expertise Area

  • 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.
  • Ben is a 2nd year PhD student working under Jim Bell. He combines geology and astrophysics to study planetary surfaces/subsurfaces and brown dwarf binaries.
  • Stroud is a planetary scientist and materials physicist interested in the formation and evolution of nanomaterials in astrophysical and laboratory environments. She serves as director of the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies.