Biography

Megan is a high-pressure, high-temperature experimentalist who focuses on planetary evolution from core to crust through the combined approach of experiments, analytical techniques, and modeling. Her diverse experimental background lends well to a variety of experimental-based work including silicate liquid behavior, high-pressure synchrotron techniques, material evolution during impacting, and element partitioning in mafic minerals. Megan's current research interests involve Mercury's petrologic evolution, small body formation including differentiation and impacting events, and geochemistry of high-pressure mineral phases with applications to planetary mantles.