Credits: NASA JPL
Contribution to NASA's Europa Clipper mission through Prof. Genova, serving as a Co-Investigator for the Gravity and Radio Science (G/RS) investigation. Their work involves interior model inversion and the joint analysis of radio science data with other measurements, including radar sounder and optical images. These efforts aim to investigate Europa's internal structure, such as its subsurface ocean and ice shell, advancing the mission's goals of characterizing the moon's habitability and expanding our understanding of icy worlds.
Involvement in ESA's EnVision mission through Prof. Genova, serving as a Co-Investigator for the radio science investigation. This research focuses on determining Venus's internal structure by combining gravity data, topography, and other geophysical constraints. These analyses aim to provide insights into Venus's internal dynamics and evolution, contributing to the mission's objectives of understanding the planet's geological activity and its divergence from Earth-like conditions.
Credits: ESA
Credits: ESA
Contribution to ESA's BepiColombo mission, with activities focused on analyzing Mercury's first flybys to gather data on geological units of interest, including impact basins, to investigate the planet's evolutionary history. Prof. Genova serves as Co-chair of the Geodesy and Geophysics Working Group (GGWG), facilitating collaboration among instrument teams to characterize Mercury's internal structure and enhance understanding of its geological and geophysical properties.
Engagement in the study of the Galilean moons' interiors, with a focus on Callisto and Ganymede. These investigations aim to characterize the moons' hydrospheres and core properties. The group also facilitates potential joint analysis of data from NASA's Europa Clipper and ESA's JUICE missions, advancing our understanding of the internal structures and evolution of these icy worlds and their potential habitability.
Credits: ESA
Credits: NASA
Contribution to advancing knowledge of Mercury's interior through the reanalysis of data from NASA's MESSENGER mission. Main activities focus on enabling interior model inversion to derive new insights into the planet's crust and mantle properties. This work enhances our understanding of Mercury's internal structure, geological evolution, and its unique place in the Solar System.
Reanalysis of MRO data and measurements from Mars orbiters focuses on investigating the polar caps, which hold critical information about Mars' climate history and evolution. By integrating gravity, topographic, and sounding data, detailed mapping of the polar deposits has been conducted to constrain their properties. A key emphasis is placed on time-varying signals to study the lithosphere's response and the seasonal variations of the polar deposits, providing insights into their formation processes.
Credits: NASA
 Mission Concepts
Orbital Radio science and Altimetry for CLimate Experiment
International - Mars Ice Mapper