Positions Held
Mount Holyoke College
Dept. of Astronomy
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2024–present
Research Scientist, 2024–present
Associate Research Scientist, 2023–2024
Brown University
Dept. of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2022–2024
Education
Ph.D. Brown University
2022
Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
Advisor: James W. Head
Dissertation title: “Early Mars Landform Evolution: Understanding Geologic Change and Climate History through Observation and Modeling of Surface Processes”
M.S. Brown University
2019
Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
Advisor: James W. Head
Thesis title: “Simulating Early Mars Hydrology with the MARSSIM Landform Evolution Model: New Insights from an Integrated System of Precipitation, Infiltration, and Groundwater Flow”
M.A. Harvard University
2017
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Origins of Life Graduate Consortium
Advisor: Stein B. Jacobsen
B.A. Amherst College
2014
Geology magna cum laude with distinction
Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi
Advisors: Caleb Fassett, Anna Martini
Thesis title: “Exploring the Morphometry of Martian Valley Networks and Drainage Basins Using the MARSSIM Landform Evolution Model”
funded research
Principal Investigator, “Simple Crater Morphometry and Degradation Processes on Mercury from MESSENGER Stereo Topography.” NASA Discovery Data Analysis Program, 2024–2027.
Co-Investigator, “Geologic Evolution of the Arabia Terra/Deuteronilus Mensae Region, Mars: Styles, Magnitudes, and History of Collapse Processes in the Highland Plateau.” NASA Mars Data Analysis Program, 2025–2028.
Honors, Awards & Memberships
Brown University Library Innovation Prize for Rigor, Transparency & Reproducibility, 2022
Doctorate Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University Dept. of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences, 2021–2022
Walter F. Pond Prize for most distinguished geology thesis, Amherst College Dept. of Geology, 2014
Professional organizations: Disabled for Accessibility in Space, Next-Generation Lunar Scientists and Engineers, Ocean Worlds Working Group, OpenPlanetary, AGU, GSA, AAS
Teaching & Mentoring
Mount Holyoke College
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Astronomy
ASTR-104 Planet Earth: Fall/Spring, 2024–present
ASTR-223 Planetary Science: Spring, 2025–present
ASTR-330 Topics in Planetary Science: Fall, 2024 (The Moon), 2025 (Ocean Worlds)
Brown University
Sheridan Center Course Design Seminar, 2023
Sheridan Center Teaching Seminar (Certificate I), 2022
Student mentor, Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRA) fellows, 2022–2024
First-year graduate student mentor, Dept. of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences, 2021–2023
Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences
EEPS 50 Mars, Moon, and the Earth: Fall 2020
EEPS 810 Planetary Geology: Spring 2020–2021
Harvard University
Head Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Applied Mathematics
AM 105 Ordinary & Partial Differential Equations: Fall 2016
Mission Design & Consultation
Artemis III candidate landing region characterization (Malapert Massif), 2023
Science consultant for “Hadley Max” extended Apollo 15 design reference mission, 2022–2024
Science instrument advisor for Brown Space Engineering Venus flying wing concept, 2020–2021
JPL Planetary Science Summer School: Mission design for variable-altitude Venus balloon concept (VALENTInE), 2020
SpaceIL Beresheet lunar mission landing site mapping, 2019
OrbitBeyond, Inc. lunar design reference mission traverse team, 2018
Professional Service & Outreach
Review panel service: NASA ROSES review panelist, 2023, 2024; external reviewer, 2021, 2024
Peer review service: The Planetary Science Journal, Icarus, JGR: Planets, Nature Geoscience, Nature Scientific Reports, Nature Communications Earth and Environment, Advances in Space Research
Academic service: MHC Physics & Astronomy Seminar faculty subcommittee, Spring 2025
Media
“Mining lunar water: Insights from guest speaker Dr. Hibbitts in ASTR-330’s lecture series.” Mount Holyoke News, November 25, 2024.
“PSI retreat 2024: Welcome new hires!” PSI Cover Story, September 29, 2024.
“Brown researchers develop new method for mapping the Moon’s surface.” Brown Daily Herald, September 17, 2024.
“AI-powered Moon mapping can help astronauts navigate lunar hazards.” Interesting Engineering, June 10, 2024.
“New technique from Brown University researchers offers more precise maps of the Moon’s surface.” News from Brown, May 29, 2024.
“Eclipse a busy time for PSI scientists and educators.” PSI Cover Story, April 21, 2024.
“The Upside-Down in Terra Sabaea.” HiRISE Picture of the Day, December 7, 2022.
“Very strange crater lake on Mars.” The Daily Galaxy, April 1, 2021.
“Researchers discover new type of ancient crater lake on Mars.” News from Brown, March 30, 2021.
“Brown students team with space exploration company on Moon mission planning.” News from Brown, February 25, 2019.