About Me

I am the Deputy Chief of the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA. I joined NASA in 2021 as the Branch Chief of Astromaterials Research.
Before joining NASA, I was a tenured associate professor of planetary geology at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale. Subsequently, I managed the geology and petrology group at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA.

I am a co-investigator on the DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) mission to Venus, scheduled to launch in 2031.

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My book is now available at amazon and elsevier. 

RECENT NEWS

Analogs for VENus’ GEologically Recent Surfaces (AVENGERS) Initiative

Metamorphism on Venus Controls Crustal Thickness and Possibly Drives Volcanism

ETNA AND VENUS | The Sicilian volcano as a natural laboratory to study the volcanism of Venus

"NASA's Davinci mission to take the plunge through massive atmosphere of Venus"

Venus Before the New Era of Discovery: Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin by Filiberto et al.

The Case for an Active Volcano on Venus a summary highlight of D'Incecco et al.'s recent paper about Idunn Mons volcano on Venus.