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I am a planetary scientist working as a postdoctoral researcher for the Planetary Imaging Group (PIG) at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
My work is primarily linked to planetary exploration missions by space agencies. I am involved with several NASA and ESA missions at a variety of stages, from scientific conception, through instrument calibration and delivery, to science operations and data analysis. My research is centred on the acquisition and analysis of spacecraft observations of planetary surfaces. I combine these observations with models of geomorphic processes and laboratory studies of simulants of planetary material, in order to learn about the climatic and geologic history of a planet. In particular, I study processes related to ices and volatile elements, and how their physical properties and distribution are connected to a planet's climatic and geologic history. |
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Space Research and Planetary Sciences
Physikalisches Institut
Universität Bern
Gesellschaftsstrasse 6
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland
Office: +41 31 631 48 17
email: patricio.becerra@space.unibe.ch
Physikalisches Institut
Universität Bern
Gesellschaftsstrasse 6
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland
Office: +41 31 631 48 17
email: patricio.becerra@space.unibe.ch
Background image: HiRISE image of the margin of Mars' North Polar Layered Deposits and the Tleilax dune field