Jack Finch

Thesis Title: An investigation into icy and permafrost crater relaxation

Completed my undergraduate degree in Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics MPhys (Hons) at the University of Kent in 2020 during which I completed a 4th year research project investigating difference is dry and frozen sediment targets. Currently a PhD student at the university under the supervision of Professor Mark Burchell investigating post impact crater relaxation for permafrost and icy targets.  

Research focuses on investigating how craters formed from hypervelocity impacts into permafrost and icy targets change after the impact has occurred. The possibility of this process differing for the relaxation process of dry sediment and rocky craters has not been heavily explored, as such investigations into this area could influence the crater counting methods currently used to provide relative ages for the surfaces of Solar System bodies.  

Supervised by Dr Penny Wozniakiewicz.