The study of the Solar System offers a unique perspective within the broader field of planetary evolution. Unlike Astronomy (where I leaned in undergraduate), many aspects remain abstract or distant, Solar System research benefits from detailed observations, geological samples, space missions, and direct studies of Earth itself. This makes the field both challenging and deeply relevant to our understanding of the very world we inhabit. My interest in Earth and Planetary Science stems from its interdisciplinary nature and its critical importance in addressing fundamental questions about our home and its place in the cosmos. I am eager to learn and contribute to this field, where tangible evidence and cutting-edge research intersect.
I want to know if those processes actually happened? And what they tell us about the evolution of the Earth and the planets?
Volatile elements such as water (hydrogen; H), carbon (C), nitrogen (N) are crucial ingredients for formation and evolution of habitable planet like Earth and life, but how planets acquire those volatile elements remain highly debated (Broadley et al., 2022). And the volatile components play an important role in bulk water and H-C-N abundance on terrestrial worlds, shaping the early Earth's elemental cycle and the surface environment, ingredients to build the ocean and atmosphere (Marty, 2012; Peslier, 2020), and the reducing components and organics for abiogenesis and origin of life (Maruyama et al., 2018).
In my past reserach (see the Publication part and Master project part), I have focused on spectroscopy of aqueous alteration process on CCs and C-complex asteroids (CCs parent bodies), and I have realized through multiple evidence about volatile-rock interactions in the early Solar System, the volatile distribution of small bodies in the Solar System is different from what has been recognized in the past (e.g. more volatile). Consequently, it has become evident that a targeted exploration of different volatile distribution of small bodies in early stage is indispensable for comprehensively addressing our inquiries regarding the evolution of the Solar System.
Howevery, some question still remain and it require for theoretical research. My current study will use a PPD model to explore how different disk evolution scenarios can lead to different volatile contents of small bodies.
In the future, I hope to be involved in more research on Earth and Earth-like planets, and also, I hope I can invove some experiment and field work.