Dr. David O'Brien
Senior Scientist
Currently resides in AZ
Targets of Interest: Asteroids, Ceres, Comets, Dwarf planets, Exoplanets, Icy satellites, Small satellites, Vesta
Disciplines/Techniques: Astrobiology, Numerical modeling, Remote sensing
Missions: Dawn
Dr. David O'Brien works on planet formation and the evolution of the early Solar System, collisional and dynamical evolution of asteroids and small bodies, thermal modeling of geophysical phenomena, and icy satellite geophysics.
ACTIVE PROJECTS
Principal Investigator
Project Team
Debra Buczkowski
JHU/APL
Jennifer Scully
JPL
Alicia Neesemann
FU Berlin
