Research Interests：
My research interests focus on early Solar System processes. I aim to understand the evolution of the first solid bodies that formed around our Sun. These bodies, called planetesimals, were the building blocks of planets; those that remain in the Solar System today are known as asteroids. In my research, I use numerical models to quantify the collateral effects of hypervelocity collisions between planetesimals on their thermal and compaction histories. Projects that I am interested in include:
Simulations of collisions between self-gravitating porous planetesimals and the subsequent evolution of the thermal signatures left by impacts
Monte Carlo modelling to estimate the early impact histories of meteorite parent bodies
Mesoscale numerical modelling of compaction in primitive Solar System materials
Investigation of the effects of impact angle and target curvature upon cratering processes, including impact heating and crater morphology
Validation of the iSALE and iSALE3D hydrocodes against laboratory experiments
Numerical modelling of impacts into the oceans to determine the effect of the water depth on crater size and morphology