Research Interests
- Planetary science
- Petrology
- Volatile and redox budgets
- Habitability
Education
- Rutgers University, NJ (2022 - Present)
- Current PhD student in Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Advisor: Ben Black
- City College of New York, NY
- Master of Science Degree in Physics
- Teachers College, Columbia University, NY
- Master of Arts Degree in Physics Education
- Cornell University, NY
- Bachelor of Arts Degree in Astronomy
- Advisor: Martha Haynes
- Mellons Mays Fellowship Thesis:The Influence of Local Environment on the Relation Between Stars,
Gas, and Rotational Velocity in Disk Galaxies.
Fellowships, Awards, (Workshops)
- Guest Investigator, Dragonfly (Titan) Mission (2024 - 2026)
- GEM Fellowship, The National GEM Consortium (2024 - 2027)
- William and Grace Sparks Graduate Student Research Award, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2024)
- PreDoctoral Leadership Development Academy Fellow, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2023 - 2024)
- Scientist-In-Residence, New York Academy Of Sciences, NYC (2022 - 2024)
- (NASA Astrobiology Mission Ideation Factory), NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD (2023)
- Sloan STAR Fellowship, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NY (2023)
- (Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering), AAAS, Washington DC (2023)
- Dean's Fellowship, , Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2022 - 2023)
- Zahn Center Start-Up Fellow and Prize Winner, City College of New York, New York, NY (2020-2021)
- Mellon Mays Fellowship, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2008-2009)
- REU Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI (2007)
Select Publications, Presentations
- Parsons, L., Black, B., Karunatillake, S., (2025). ‘Sulfur in Martian magmas from sulfur content at
sulfide saturation applied to regional chemical maps’, Icarus, 116491, ISSN 0019-1035,
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116491.- Presented at The American Geophysical Union Conference, Washington, DC (2024, Oral Presentation)
- Presented at The Geological Society of America Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (2023, Poster Presentation)
- Parsons, L., Black, B., (2024). The Redox Budget of Mars, Presented at The Astrobiology Graduate
Conference, Ithaca, NY (Oral Presentation) - Parsons, L., Eguchi, J., Hickey, J., Simon, A., Black, B., (2024). Sulfur Emissions from the Central Atlantic
Magmatic Province from glassy Melt Inclusions, Presented at The Geological Society of America
Northeastern Section Meeting Manchester, NH (Poster Presentation)
