Patrick Peplowski, a staff scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will give a talk titled "Early crustal formation in the inner solar system: Identifying remnants of the primary crusts of the Moon, Mercury, and asteroid 4 Vesta with orbiting spacecraft" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2016, in the Greenwalt Lecture Hall as part of DTM's Weekly Seminar Series.
Peplowski received his Ph.D. in physics at the Florida State University in 2009. His research interests include the formation and composition of planetary crusts, development of gamma-ray and neutron instrumentation, and experimental nuclear astrophysics. Recently, he has been using gamma-ray and neutron data from the MESSENGER Mercury orbiter, Dawn at Vesta encounter, and Lunar Prospector spacecraft to understand terrestrial planet formation and early evolution.
Coffee, tea, and a continental breakfast will be served before the lecture at 10:30 a.m.