Mikhail Zolotov

Research Professor at the

School of Earth and Space Exploration Arizona State University

Research interests: behavior of volatiles (water, S, C, H, N, and halogens) and oxidation-reduction processes in atmospheres and lithospheres of Mars and Venus, on Mercury, dwarf planet Ceres, Galilean satellites of Jupiter, icy moons of Saturn, aqueously altered parent bodies of chondritic meteorites (asteroids) and in the solar accretion disc.

Methods: Theoretical physical-chemical analysis, computer modeling, interpretation of spacecraft and telescopic data

Solar system objects

Solar system processes

· Ceres

· Mercury

· Solar nebula and parent bodies of chondrites

· Mars and Martian meteorites

· Jupiter's icy moon Europa

· Icy moons of Saturn

· Venus

· Jupiter's satellite Io

· Water-rock interactions