Veronica Bray, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
I've always loved learning something today that I didnt know yesterday, especially when it comes to the physical sciences. I was particularly interested in geology when I was little and frequently asked my big sister to identify the random rocks I had brought in from the garden or made Mum carry home from days out. As the spectacular images from the Voyager Mission were released, I realized that crystals weren't the only pretty things out there to study there were entire planets! By the time the Galileo spacecraft launched in 1989, my eight-year-old career plan of doing rocks had become doing something spacey with rocks.
I studied Planetary Science at University College London and Imperial College, specializing in the comparison of different solar system bodies through numerical modelling and analysis of their surface features, particularly sinuous channel systems and impact craters. I am currently investigating differences in the upper crustal structure and composition (specifically water-ice content) of the Moon, Mars and the icy Galilean satellites through analysis of impact crater morphology.
Publications:
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Meander geometry of Vensian canali: Constraints on flow regime and formation time ; Journal of geophysical research, V. J. Bray, D. B. J. Bussey, R. C. Ghail, A. P. Jones and K. T. Pickering
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Particulate gravity currents on Venus; Journal of geophysics research, Dave Waltham, Kevin T. Pickering, and Veronica J. Bray
