Postdoctoral Researcher

David R. Rice

I research the formation and evolution of planets from their interiors to their dynamics through computational techniques. My goal is to investigate planet formation and exoplanet demographics through a lens which integrates astrophysics and geoscience. I am currently researching how new measurements of planet building materials are applicable to extrasolar planets. Expanding our understanding of extrasolar systems provides context to the Earth’s formation and evolution. I maintain the MAGRATHEA (Link: https://github.com/Huang-CL/Magrathea) planet structure code.