Area of research
Astronomy and Astrophysics · Atmospheric Science
Research interest
Research interests include Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and High-pressure geophysics and materials.
Evidence for multi-fragmentation and mass shedding of boulders on rubble-pile binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos
Fast boulder fracturing by thermal fatigue detected on stony asteroids
Numerical simulations suggest asteroids (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu are likely second or later generation rubble piles
A New Database of Giant Impacts over a Wide Range of Masses and with Material Strength: A First Analysis of Outcomes
Dimorphos’s Orbit Period Change and Attitude Perturbation due to Its Reshaping after the DART Impact
Author Correction: Evidence for multi-fragmentation and mass shedding of boulders on rubble-pile binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos
Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence
Ejecta from the DART-produced active asteroid Dimorphos
Pebbles and sand on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: In situ observation and particles returned to Earth
Near-zero cohesion and loose packing of Bennu’s near subsurface revealed by spacecraft contact
Effects of Impact and Target Parameters on the Results of a Kinetic Impactor: Predictions for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission
Predictions for the Dynamical States of the Didymos System before and after the Planned DART Impact
Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface
Pre-encounter Predictions of DART Impact Ejecta Behavior and Observability
Alignment of fractures on Bennu’s boulders indicative of rapid asteroid surface evolution
After DART: Using the First Full-scale Test of a Kinetic Impactor to Inform a Future Planetary Defense Mission
Anticipated Geological Assessment of the (65803) Didymos–Dimorphos System, Target of the DART–LICIACube Mission
Ejecta from the DART-produced active asteroid Dimorphos
Modified granular impact force laws for the OSIRIS-REx touchdown on the surface of asteroid (101955) Bennu
Collision Chains among the Terrestrial Planets. III. Formation of the Moon
The Effect of Inefficient Accretion on Planetary Differentiation
Numerical modeling of lander interaction with a low-gravity asteroid regolith surface
Collision Chains among the Terrestrial Planets. II. An Asymmetry between Earth and Venus
Collisional formation of top-shaped asteroids and implications for the origins of Ryugu and Bennu
In situ evidence of thermally induced rock breakdown widespread on Bennu’s surface
Bennu’s near-Earth lifetime of 1.75 million years inferred from craters on its boulders
Thermal Fatigue as a Driving Mechanism for Activity on Asteroid Bennu
Meteoroid Impacts as a Source of Bennu's Particle Ejection Events
Validating N-body code chrono for granular DEM simulations in reduced-gravity environments
Ricochets on asteroids: Experimental study of low velocity grazing impacts into granular media
Collaborative Research: How to get SMAL: Studying island dwarfism to find Shared Molecular mechanisms Across Life history traits
Collaborative Research: Disentangling biological and environmental drivers of diversification in the Andean flora
CAREER: Facilitating the use of genomic data in evolutionary biology
NSF Student Travel Grant for 2020 Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2020)
The 18th International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2014)
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology for FY 2009
Generalizing Haplotype Models for Phylogenetics
CAREER: Simulating Self-Assembly at Cellular Scales
SGER: Discrete Event Simulation of Self-Assembly Kinetics
Ribosomal Binding Sites For Initiation and Elongation Factors