The UCSC Planetary Science group studies the origin and evolution of solar system objects, from gas giant planets to icy moons to asteroids. We use spacecraft and ground-based observations, laboratory measurements, and numerical models to investigate the processes affecting planetary interiors, surfaces and atmospheres. Much of our work is also relevant to the Early Earth and to exoplanets, and we form part of the Other Worlds Laboratory. We are always looking for new graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

Group picture from the 2023 Bay Area Planetary Science Conference at UCSC! We thank the Heising-Simons Foundation and the Meteoritical Society for their generous support. (photo credit: C. Jilly-Rehak)