Visiting Postdoc
- Now Postdoc at University of Oregon, Dept. of Earth Sciences
Research Interests
- Planetary Science, Extrasolar Planets
Education
- Ph.D., Planetary Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018
- B.A., Physics, Cornell University, 2014
Website
Publications (most recent):
- G.D. McDonald, J.S. Méndez Harper, L. Ojha, P. Corlies, J. Dufek, R.C. Ewing, L. Kerber.
Aeolian sediment transport on Io from lava-frost interactions. Nature Communications, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29682-x - J.S. Méndez Harper, J. Dufek, G.D. McDonald. Detection of spark discharges in an agitated
Mars dust simulant isolated from foreign surfaces. Icarus 357, 114268, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114268 - P. Corlies*, G.D. McDonald*, A.G. Hayes, J.J. Wray, M. Adamkovics, M.J. Malaska, M.L.
Cable, J.D. Hofgartner, S. Hörst, L.R. Liuzzo, J.J. Buffo, R.D. Lorenz, E.P. Turtle. Transmission
windows in Titan’s lower troposhere: Implications for infrared spectrometers aboard future aerial
and surface missions. Icarus 357, 114228, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114228
*Authors contributed equally - G.D. McDonald, L. Kreidberg, E. Lopez. The sub-Neptune desert and its dependence on
stellar type: Controlled by lifetime X-ray irradiation, The Astrophysical Journal 876 (1), 22, 2019.
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1095
Working Group
- Ojha Research Group