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Michael Sori

I'm a planetary scientist who is currently at the University of Arizona, and will be an assistant professor at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University in Fall 2020.  My research involves using NASA robotic spacecraft missions to study planetary geophysics and surface processes throughout the solid planets and moons of the solar system.  If these topics interest you and you are a prospective student looking to start a PhD program in fall 2020 or later, please feel free to e-mail me to talk about grad school at Purdue!

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Below are links to my published papers, organized by planet.  Entries in bold italics are first-authored publications.  More traditionally organized descriptions of my work can be found on the Research and CV/Publication tabs.

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• Conditions for liquid water at the poles of Mars

• Icy outliers on Mars and Pluto

• Flow rates of icy craters and cliffs

• Signal analysis of ice stratigraphy

• Special issue introduction, Mars polar science

• Outflow channel formation

• Climate analysis of the north polar deposits

• Climate analysis of the south polar deposits

• Layer protrusion of ice stratigraphy

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• Isostatic compensation on the Moon

• Hidden volcanism

• Impact-induced porosity

• Gravity signature of impact basins

• LOLA instrument summary

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• Crustal thickness on Mercury

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• Carbon dioxide ice on the moons of Uranus

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• Icy outliers on Mars and Pluto

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• Cryovolcanic rates of Ceres

• Deformation of cryovolcanoes

• Ice tectonics

• Brine fountains

• Icy geomorphology

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• Ferrovolcanism on metallic asteroids