NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships (NESSF)

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships (NESSF)

Year Student Proposal Title Advisor
2018 Lejoly, Cassandra Coupled Dust and Gas Evolution in the Inner Coma of Comets of Differing Activity Levels Harris
2018 Sharkey, Ben Investigating Composition and Origin of Primitive Bodies Captured by Giant Planets Reddy
2018 Steinrück, Maria Implications of Atmospheric Circulation for Cloud and Haze Formation on Neptune and sub-Neptune-sized Exoplanets Showman
2016 Bramson, Ali Investigations of Excess Ground Ice on Mars Byrne
2016 Vriesema, Jess Anisotropic Magnetohydrodynamics and Resistive Heating in Saturn's Ionosphere Yelle
2015 Hay, Hamish Tidal Dissipation in the Subsurface Oceans of the Icy Satellites Matsuyama
2015 Peacock, Sarah Understanding the Early Evolution of M dwarf Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation Barman
2014 Bolser, Diana Microstructural and Synthetic Studies of Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions: Instights into Early Nebular Chemistry Zega
2014 Komacek, Thaddeus Magnetism in Hot Jupiter Atmospheres Showman
2014 Leung, Cecilia Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling of the Martian Hydrological Cycle McEwen
2014 Miller, Kelly Tracing Sulfur in the Early Solar System with the Rumuruti Chondrites Lauretta
2014 Tan, Xianyu Atmospheric Circulation of Brown Dwarfs  Showman
2014 Thompson, Michelle Understanding Space Weathering of Asteroids and the Lunar Surface: Analysis of Experimental Analogs and Samples from the Hayabusa and Apollo Missions Zega
2012 Molaro, Jamie Thermal Stress Weathering in the Inner Solar System Byrne
2012 Ong, Lissa Nonlinear Shock Wave Interactions: Implications for Impact Ejecta and Secondary Crater Production Rates Melosh
2013 Becerra, Patricio Wavelet Analysis of Martian Polar Stratigraphy from HiRISE Topography Byrne
2013 Keane, James Subsurface Oceans in Icy Satellites Matsuyama
2013 Morrison, Sarah Multiple Planet-Debris Disk Interactions: Probing Planetary System Evolution Malhotra
2012 Van Laerhoven, Christa Secular Dynamics of Multi-Planet Systems: Implications for the History, Physical Characteristics, and Habitability of Planets Greenberg
2011 Lora, Juan Modeling Titan's Atmospheric Dynamics and their Interaction with Methane Russell
2010 Elder, Catherine The Coupled Orbital and Thermal Evolution of Io Showman
2009 Gardner-Vandy, Kathryn Melting of Oxidized Asteroids Lauretta
2008 Choi, David New Measurements of the Evolving Flow in Jupiter's Little Red Spot Showman
2008 Berger, Eve Hydrothermal Alteration of Asteroids and Comets Lauretta
2008 Weirich, John Improvements on Dating of Extraterrestrial Materials Swindle
2008 Minton, David The Late Heavy Bombardment: Constraining the Duration Malhotra
2008 Lewis, Nikole Modeling the Atmospheric Circulation of Close-in Extrasolar Giant Planets Showman
2008 Hörst, Sarah Post-Cassini Investigations of Titan Atmospheric Chemistry Yelle
2008 Jackson, Brian Tidal, Secular and Resonant Interactions in Extra-Solar Systems Greenberg
2007 Bland, Michael Coupled Orbital and Thermal Evolution of Ganymede: Implications for Resurfacing and Magnetic-Field Generation Showman