I am Elizabeth Cogan, a undergraduate in the Astrophysics program at Illinois Institute of Technology. This summer I had the great privilege of carrying out a research project with the REU program at Northwestern University's Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Exploration in Astrophysics. As a part of this program, I built my own model for planetary climate that investigated the habitability of planets with different tectonic environments, research I am interested in pursuing further.

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In the future, I intend to carry out a career in research in planetary science.