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My research uses spectroscopy and low-temperature geochemistry to unpack the water-rock record of planetary surfaces, especially on asteroids, Mars, Earth, and the Galilean satellites.

In particular, I am interested in spatial and temporal variations in surface conditions, the link between planetary surfaces and subsurfaces, and the ability of diagenesis and spectral masking to obscure our view of the rock record. My work has implications for the distribution of water in the inner and outer early Solar System, touching on the fields of astrobiology and habitability.

I am a Research Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and a Marie Curie Fellow at the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale and Université Paris-Saclay.

©2018 Rachel Sheppard

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