Planetary Structures and Tectonics Group at UA
Current member
Jupiter Hansen (Cheng)
Kai Bowen
M.S. student, Graduate Teaching Assistant
B.S. in Astronomy, NAU, 2026
Research topic: The distribution and kinematics of strike-slip structures on Europa
Cailin Stauffer
Ph.D. student, Graduate Council Fellow
M.S. in Geophysics, Binghamton University, 2026
Research topic: TBD
Tyler McWilliams
Undergraduate student
Research topic: Landslide mapping and cataloging in Aeolis Mensae, Mars
Graduate committee member
Orion Buckley | UGA, M.S. 2026 – Present | The distribution of extensional landforms on Mars | CPT at UGA
Jack Ruse | UGA, M.S. 2026 – Present | The distribution of shortening landforms on Mars | CPT at UGA
Rezvan Soltananabadi | UA, Ph.D. 2025 – Present | Regional Constraints on Magnetic Sources on Mars | Plattner Geophysics Group
Students mentored before UA
Chit Yan Leung
HKU, B.S. 2019 and current Ph.D.
Testing Corona formation models on Venus via structural mapping
Davis Hardin
Jay Mrazek
UGA, B.S. 2024
Mixed-mode fracturing along Koa’e fault system in Hawaii
UGA, B.S. 2023
Crater Saturation Equilibrium on Asteroid 4 Vesta