Dr. Susanne Schwenzer
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lunar and Planetary Institute
When a meteorite hits the surface of another planet, it arrives with incredible force and energy. At impact, this energy creates a thermal disruption to the planet’s surface, and if it strikes an area that has contained water, a new hydrothermal system is formed. Dr. Susanne Schwenzer is a postdoctoral researcher studying impact craters on Mars, with a focus on identifying new mineral deposits resulting from the generation of hydrothermal systems with the goal of identifying locations on Mars most likely to have contained water.
About LPI
The USRA Lunar and Planetary Institute (
LPI) is a center for lunar and planetary science, conducting research studies on the formation, evolution, and current state of the Moon, planets (including Earth), comets, asteroids, satellites, cosmic dust, and our solar system as a whole through analysis of data and samples obtained through NASA's long history of missions and exploration.
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