Research Interests:
Planet formation, water delivery, and the evolution of the early Solar System
Collisional and dynamical evolution of asteroids and trans-Neptunian bodies
Thermal modeling of geophysical phenomena
Icy satellite geophysics

Mission Involvement:
Dawn Mission

Honors and Awards:
Asteroid (21774) O'Brien
NASA Fellowship for Early Career Researchers (2006)
Poincare Fellowship, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Nice, France (2005)
NASA Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP) Fellowship (2000-2003)
Graduate Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, University of Arizona Planetary Sciences Department (Fall 2002)

Education:
Ph.D. in Planetary Science at the University of Arizona, 2004
B.S. in Applied Physics at Cornell University, 1998

Curriculum Vitae:
My CV

Publications and Abstracts on ADS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Abstracts

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