地球与行星室内哲学博士-行星科学

赖斯的一个主要研究主题是使用地震，岩石学，地球化学，流体动力学和结构地质学等多种工具，了解从内部到地壳的内部构造，结构，动力学和演化。主要研究领域包括地震物理学，地幔对流，岩石圈形成和演化，地幔和地壳的地球化学分异，火山作用，板块运动学，山区建筑，盆地形成，大陆形成/演化，深部挥发性循环和矿产资源。赖斯的行星科学研究涉及地球动力学，火山作用，岩石学和地球化学领域。数值模拟用于表征其他行星上的地幔对流和地壳演化。火星火山的生长和变形通过图像分析，机械建模和弯曲研究来解释。月球和火星陨石的地球化学为这些行星体
The surfaces of planetary bodies in our solar system record the stories of the geological processes and events that shape landscapes today and those that have shaped them in the past. A large density of impact craters reveals an ancient surface with minimal local geologic activity, dunes indicate a dense enough atmosphere to sustain wind, cracks in the surface reveal stress directions and tectonic activity, and flowing rivers carve canyons that may be preserved billions of years after the water has dried up. Understanding the variety of surface processes in our solar system and their expressions and histories on different planetary bodies enables us to investigate the history of life and worlds in our solar system and improve our understanding of the physics of geological processes under alien conditions. At Rice, we investigate these questions from both surface spacecraft, including rovers and landers on Mars, and orbiting satellites around Mars, the Moon, and other planets.