Udry Research Group

Rachel Rahib

M.S. student
Email: rahibr@unlv.nevada.edu

Rachel Rahib’s CV
LinkedIn page link

Education:
B.S. in geology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2015)

Research interests:
My primary research interests include igneous petrology, planetary science, and meteorites. However, I have also found interest in medical geology and teaching geoscience courses. My current master’s thesis research project focuses on understanding martian magmatic processes, specifically constraining the formation and emplacement processes responsible for poikilitic shergottites (a relatively rare and understudied subgroup of martian meteorites). I am also currently interning with Jacobs/NASA Johnson Space Center. For my remote-internship, I am working on a research project comparing enstatite chondrite impact melt meteorites, aubrite meteorites, and Mercury due to their similar geochemical properties, with an of aim of determining if these meteorites can be used as mercurian analogues and be used to better understand the formation and differentiation of Mercury. I utilize various classic petrological tools, such as optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and electron probe analysis to conduct my research, as well as various computer softwares to process and present my work.

Courses taught:
Geology 101 lab

Journal articles in review:

Udry A., Wilbur Z. E., Rahib R. R., McCubbin F. M., Vander Kaaden K. E., McCoy T. J., Ziegler K., Gross J., DeFelice C., Combs L., Turrin D. B. (In review) Reclassification of four aubrites as enstatite chondrite impact melts: New analogues for Mercury. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, In Review.

Combs L. M., Udry A., Howarth G. H., Righter M., Lapen T. J., Gross J., Ross K. D., Rahib R. R., Day J. M. D. (In review) Petrology of the enriched poikilitic shergottite Northwest Africa 10169: Insight into the martian interior. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Review.

Published abstracts :

Wilbur Z. E., Udry A., McCubbin F. M., Vander Kaaden K. E., Rahib R. R., and McCoy T. J. (2018) Aubrite and enstatite chondrite impact melt meteorites: Analogs to Mercury?, Mercury: Current and Future Science Workshop, Abstract #6034.

Rahib R. R., Udry A., Combs L. C., Howarth G. H. (2018) Formation and emplacement processes of martian poikilitic shergottite meteorites, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLIX Houston, Abstract #1303.

Combs L. M., Udry A., Howarth G. H., Lapen T. J., Righter M., Gross J., Day J. M. D., and Rahib R. R. (2018) Petrology of the enriched poikilitic shergottite Northwest Africa 10169: Insight into the martian interior, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLIX Houston, Abstract #1727.

Wilbur Z. E., Udry A., McCubbin F. M., Combs L. M., Rahib R. R., McCoy T. J., and McCoy C. (2018) Aubrite and enstatite chondrite impact melt meteorites as potential analogs to mercury, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLIX Houston, Abstract #1355.

Rahib R. R., Udry A., Combs L. M. (2017) Emplacement of martian poikilitic shergottite meteorites using quantitative textural analyses, 2017 NASA Space Grant and Nevada NASA EPSCoR Statewide Meeting.

Combs L. M., Udry A., Rahib R. R. (2017) Petrology of the new enriched poikilitic shergottite Northwest Africa (NWA) 10169: Insight into the martian interior, 2017 NASA Space Grant and Nevada NASA EPSCoR Statewide Meeting.

Rahib R. R., Udry A., Howarth G. H. (2017) Constraining formation and emplacement processes of poikilitic shergottites using quantitative textural analyses 80^thAnnual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Abstract #6027.

Rahib R., Laczniak D. L., Combs L. M., Udry A. (2017) Insight into the martian interior using quantitative textural analyses of poikilitic shergottites. UNLV Geoscience Geosymposium, Las Vegas, NV.

Laczniak D., Combs L., Rahib R., and Udry A. (2016) Textural Analysis of Enriched Poikilitic Shergottite, Geological Society of America Conference (Denver, September 2016).

Rahib R., Buck B. J., Metcalf R. V., Mclaurin B. (2014) Naturally occurring asbestos found in Miocene plutonic rocks in Searchlight, NV, UNLV Geoscience Geosymposium, Las Vegas, NV.