Planetary Scientist Elizabeth Bailey  

Welcome to my website. My goal is to understand solar system formation and habitability using two complimentary approaches:  ​

 

(1) Developing theoretical approaches to explore the interior, orbital, and geochemical evolution of worlds, and  

 

​(2) X-ray spectroscopic techniques to reveal the redox histories of planetary bodies as recorded in carbonates, a type of minerals that often form where liquid water made its mark. That includes not just Earth's oceans, but also the primitive meteorites left over from planet formation.

 

Currently, I am a Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Santa Cruz.