I'm a graduate student in the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona. I'm currently studying solar system dynamics.
Malhotra, R. and Minton, D.A. (2008) Prospects for the Habitability of OGLE-2006-BLG-109L. ApJ, 683:L67-L70 Paper; Preprint
Minton, D.A. (2008) The topographic limits of gravitationally bound, rotating sand piles. Icarus, 195:698--704. Paper
Minton, D.A. and Malhotra, R. (2007) Assessing the massive young Sun hypothesis to solve the warm young Earth puzzle, ApJ, 660:1700-1706. Paper; Preprint.
2008-2009 - NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
2008 - Gerard P. Kuiper Award
2007 - Galileo Circle Scholarship
2006 - Edward and Jill Bessey Scholarship in Astrobiology
2003-2005 - Aerospace Research Scholarship
2002-2003 - National Science Foundation Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship
2002-2003 - John Estes Conway Endowed Scholarship
2002-2003 - North Carolina State University Academic Enhancement Scholarship
Life and Planets Astrobiology Center (LAPLACE)
Payload Interoperability Testbed (PIT) for the
Phoenix Mars Lander
Control of Shock-Induced Incipient Separation in a Mach 4 Flow Using Magnetohydrodynamics
NASA Langley/NCSU Mars Tumbleweed
NASA Langley Research Summer Scholars