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Member Since 2012
Brandon C. Johnson
Associate Professor, Purdue University
Professional Experience
Purdue University
Associate Professor
2019 - Present
Education
Purdue University
Doctorate
2013
Honors & Awards
Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Sciences
Received 2018
The Greeley Early Career Award is named for pioneering planetary scientist Ronald Greeley. Ron was involved in nearly every major planetary mission from the 1970s until his death and was extraordinarily active in service to the planetary science comm...
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Publications
Evolution of Impact Melt Pools on Titan

Titan is an ocean world with a dense atmosphere, where photochemistry produces complex organic molecules that fall to the surface. An important ast...

February 26, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Demagnetized lunar craters suggest shallow magnetic source bodies
PLANETARY MAGNETISM AND PROTOPLANETARY DISK MAGNETISM II POSTER
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 13 december 2023
Hyeonhu Park, Ian Garrick-Bethell, Brandon C. John...
The origin and age of magnetic anomalies in the Moons crust can provide significant information about the Moons ancient dynamo. In this study, we focu...
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Simulating Impact-Generated Crustal Permeability on the Hadean Earth
EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF EARLY EARTH ENVIRONMENTS, PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY, AND LIFE’S EMERGENCE II POSTER
planetary sciences | 11 december 2023
Amanda Alexander, Simone Marchi, Brandon C. Johnso...
In this work we explore the formation of crustal permeability by hypervelocity impacts on the Hadean Earth (>4 Ga). Using an updated version of the...
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Impact-Induced Porosity, Fragmentation and Permeability Within the Peak Ring Material of the Chicxulub Impact Structure
EARTH AND PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS IV POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 16 december 2022
Amanda Alexander, Simone Marchi, Brandon C. Johnso...
Chicxulub is one of most studied terrestrial impact craters. Access to a wealth of geophysical data (e.g., seismic data, drill cores) and high fidelit...
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