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Welcome

Rainier

Welcome to my personal research page. I am a Planetary Scientist/Mineral physicist with a background in Planetary Sciences/Geology/Glaciology. I am currently an assistant research professor at the Department of Earth and Space Science at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. 

I am the main developer of the SeaFreeze package that provides accurate representation of the thermodynamics of liquid water and HP ices up to 2300 MPa and 400K.

My primary research goal is to identify and characterize the chemical and physical limiting factors for habitability of deep extraterrestrial oceans in icy moons and water-rich exoplanets.

I am studying on high-pressure aqueous systems, salts-organics-water crystalline solids properties at conditions relevant for deep planetary oceans of icy moons and exoplanets.

I am a member of the NASA Dragonfly mission science team, as well as the Astrobiology faculty at the University of Washington, as well as the NASA Astrobiology Institute,

Find me on :
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News feed

  • CNN coverage of the New hydrate study :
  • New York Times article on the NaCl hydrates discovery
  • March 2023: LPSC, woodland Texas
  • July 2023: Plenary seminar at Cryobiology 2023, Mineapolis.

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