Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Analysing data from spacecraft missions, rovers, telescopes and probes to study surface features, atmospheres and interiors.
Designing and running experiments or computer simulations, such as impact cratering or planetary atmosphere models, to test ideas.
Using remote sensing images and maps to identify minerals, craters, ice or volcanic features.
Writing code in Python or similar tools to process large datasets and build models.
Reading recent papers and keeping up with new results from missions and observatories.
Writing research papers, grant proposals and reports for peer review.
Presenting findings at seminars and conferences, and discussing them with mission teams.
