Adrian Broz, PhD
2025 LPSC SciAct Affiliate
Affiliate Bio
By sharing the wonder of astrobiology and planetary science, I hope to empower individuals to envision their role in addressing fundamental planetary science questions, ultimately creating a more inclusive and scientifically literate society.
Adrian Broz, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
Purdue University
Adrian is a postdoctoral researcher as part of Briony Horgan's Planetary Surface Processes Lab at Purdue University and a postdoctoral researcher on the Mastcam-Z team. He is interested in the alteration history and biosignature preservation potential of rocks at Jezero Crater. Some of his past work includes stable isotope paleoclimatology, mineralogy and diagenesis of Mars-analog paleosols from Oregon; Ediacaran paleontology and alteration history of rocks at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary; weathering on land leading up to Neoproterozoic snowball Earth, and organic preservation in Archean (3.0-3.7 Ga) nonmarine rocks from Australia and Greenland. Adrian's work with Mastcam-Z seeks to understand the composition, geological history and biosignature preservation potential of rocks at Jezero Crater, and to link observations from Mastcam-Z with observations from orbital satellites.