Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships (NESSF)

YearStudentProposal TitleAdvisor
2024Aguilar, RobertoSearching for the oldest mid-latitude ice on MarsHolt
2024Ong, IunnUnravelling the Hydrothermal History of Primitive Asteroids through Coordinated Microanalysis of Carbonates in Meteorites and Returned SamplesBarnes
2023Cook, ClaireThe Glacial History of Mars Recorded in Ice-filled CratersByrne
2023Matheson, Ian (AME)Characterizing Resonant Kuiper Belt Populations with Directional StatisticsMalhotra
2023Melikyan, RobertCollisional Dynamics of the Late Veneer and How the Moon SurvivedAsphaug
2022Moruzzi, SamanthaFaulting in Pluto's Ice Shell: An Investigation of Local Strain and Stress Concentrations from Refreezing of the Ice Shell Beneath Sputnik BasinAndrews-Hanna
2022Mills, MackenzieEffects of Subsurface Fluid Reservoirs on Martian Geomorphology in Utopia PlanitiaMcEwen
2020Voigt, JoanaDeciphering Effusive Eruption Styles throughout Elysium Planitia, Mars: Linking Lava Emplacement Dynamics with Magmatic Storage ConditionHamilton
2020Wilbur, ZoeInvestigating Degassing Histories of Apollo 15 and 17 Lunar Basalts with 3D Visualization and Coordinated MicroanalysisBarnes
2020Springmann, AlessondraInner Coma Grain Environments of Jupiter Family CometsHarris
2019Ganesh, IndujaaPlumes and Pyroclasts: Understanding the Dynamics of Explosive Volcanism on VenusCarter
2019McGraw, AllisonObservational Campaign for the Gefion Asteroid FamilyReddy