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, as in our paper h
       
     
Science / Searching for Ocean Worlds
The formation of Pluto and its moon Charon remains poorly understood. Charon may have been captured following a giant impact, similar to the Earth’s Moon, a process which likely fundamentally altered both Pluto and Charon’s subsequent geologic evolu
       
     
Science / Origins of Icy 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. We utilized a combination of hydrocode and finite element modeling to simulate the formation and e
       
     
Science / Basin Formation on Pluto
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