Mallory Kinczyk

Dr. Mallory Kinczyk is a planetary geologist and postdoctoral research fellow whose research focuses on the geological evolution of heavily cratered surfaces across the solar system. She uses techniques such as image analysis, spatial statistics, and structural numerical modeling to tie surface morphology to underlying processes such as tectonic- and impact-driven modification of planetary bodies. Dr. Kinczyk has been involved in several past and present NASA missions, including as a team affiliate of MESSENGER and New Horizons, and is currently an affiliate of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) and a co-investigator on ShadowCam, a NASA-contributed instrument to the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter.