I'm a post-doc who has been working with
Chloe
for the past two years now. I moved to Lyon after
finishing my PhD on asteroid thermal evolution in December
2022 at the University of Cambridge.
My research is focused on the thermal and structural evolution of rocky planetary bodies. I am particularly interested in their early evolution during accretion and differentiation as these time periods set the initial conditions for their subsequent evolution as well as influencing the possible geological phenomena that can occur. This work has included determining the possible structures of meteorite parent bodies as well as investigating crustal formation mechanisms on the Moon.
I am also interested in the mechanisms by which planetary bodies of all sizes can generate dynamo fields within their liquid iron cores. The ability for a planet’s core to sustain a magnetic field provides a key constraint on heat flow within the planet and the presence of such a field is likely to promote habitable conditions on the planet’s surface by shielding the planet from harmful radiation as well as helping to retain its atmosphere. This work has involved combining novel analogue experiments in a fluid dynamics laboratory with thermal modelling to explore pre-existing and new mechanisms of dynamo generation.
My research is focused on the thermal and structural evolution of rocky planetary bodies. I am particularly interested in their early evolution during accretion and differentiation as these time periods set the initial conditions for their subsequent evolution as well as influencing the possible geological phenomena that can occur. This work has included determining the possible structures of meteorite parent bodies as well as investigating crustal formation mechanisms on the Moon.
I am also interested in the mechanisms by which planetary bodies of all sizes can generate dynamo fields within their liquid iron cores. The ability for a planet’s core to sustain a magnetic field provides a key constraint on heat flow within the planet and the presence of such a field is likely to promote habitable conditions on the planet’s surface by shielding the planet from harmful radiation as well as helping to retain its atmosphere. This work has involved combining novel analogue experiments in a fluid dynamics laboratory with thermal modelling to explore pre-existing and new mechanisms of dynamo generation.