Dr. Claire Mondro

My research aims to bridge the gap between small-scale surface observations and regional or global interpretations informed by orbital data. On Mars I am applying the principles of sedimentary basin analysis to the interpretation of crater fill history by integrating depositional, burial, diagenetic, and exhumation processes. I am particularly interested in the brittle deformation of planetary surfaces and the interplay of sedimentation history and fracture formation and what they can tell us about landscape evolution processes. In my work on icy moons my goal is to use established research on scaling relationships in structural regimes on Earth to predict and model structural heterogeneities in the ice shell, beyond what we can directly observe, which are critical to the ongoing work investigating the potential habitability and accessibility of sub-ice oceans.