
Sophia Zipparo she/they
Graduate Student
Contact
Office: CHM 1227
Chemistry Building
8051 Regents Drive
College Park, MD 20742
Mailing Address
8000 Regents Drive
College Park, MD 20742
szipparo [at] umd [dot] edu
Laboratory
Advisor
Research Interests
I am interested in icy satellite tectonics and geomorphology. My current research focuses on using geometries of linear features on Jupiter's moon Europa to determine their tectonic origins.
Publications
Olsen, K.G., Hurford, T.A., Schmerr, N.C., Huang, M., Brunt, K.M., Zipparo, S., Cole, H.M., Aster, R.C. (2021) Projected Seismic Activity at the Tiger Stripe Fractures on Enceladus, Saturn, From an Analog Study of Tidally Modulated Icequakes Within the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 126(6) e2021JE006862. DOI: 10.1029/2021JE006862