Saturn’s moon Mimas, famous for its Death Star-like appearance, might host an ocean beneath its ice shell. Simulating Herschel, its largest impact basin, can allow us to place constraints on the timing and evolution of that ocean. (Image via NASA JP
       
     
Science / Searching for Ocean Worlds
Pluto’s famous “heart,” Sputnik Planitia, may be a massive impact basin. However, its history and influence on the evolution of Pluto remains unknown. I utilize a combination of hydrocode and finite element modeling to simulate the formation and evo
       
     
Science / Basin Formation on Pluto
Multiring basins are an unusual class of impact feature whose formation appears to be heavily influenced by the thermal and mechanical structure of the target, as the rings themselves are presumed to be large normal faults that cut through the crust
       
     
Science / Probing Multiring Basins
Worked with Dr. Jim Head to explore the relationship between the tectonic and climatic history of Mars. Research culminated in MS thesis: “Subsurface collapse and denudation of the fretted terrain and the Arabia Terra plateau: Origins and implicatio
       
     
Science / Past Projects