Donald G Korycansky
Associate Research Planetary Scientist
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Donald Korycansky's current main research project (in collaboration with Kevin Zahnle of NASA Ames Research Center and David Catling of the University of Washington) is the hydrodynamic simulation of erosion of planetary atmospheres by massive impacts. The goal of the project is to assess the efficiency of impacts as a potential mechanism for planetary atmospheric mass loss, both in the Solar System and for extrasolar planets. Other interests of Korycansky include geophysical and astrophysical fluid dynamics, especially rotational and diffusive instabilities and their effects on planetary and stellar interiors.
dkorycan at ucsc dot edu
Mikhail Kreslavsky
Assistant Research Planetary Scientist
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
Research interests:
Mars surface evolution and planetary data analysis.
mkreslav at ucsc dot edu