{"id":149389,"date":"2025-10-29T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=149389"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:18:59","slug":"research-in-60-seconds-exploring-lunar-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/research-in-60-seconds-exploring-lunar-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Research in 60 Seconds: Exploring Lunar Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Born from the challenge of the Space Race, UCF was created to transform imagination into innovation and prepare people to launch humanity beyond its limits. Today, we are still are a place where our people\u2019s curiosity drives discovery, bold questions shape the future and exploration advances life on Earth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Founded to reach the moon, we\u2019re already on our way to the next frontier. Built for liftoff, America\u2019s Space University celebrates UCF Space Week Nov. 3-7.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t<section class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-space-week \" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bg-inverse text-inverse\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row no-gutters\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-md-5 col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media-background-container h-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2025\/10\/telescope-575x296-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two UCF researchers working on a telescope \" class=\"w-100\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Two UCF researchers working on a telescope \" class=\"w-100 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2025\/10\/telescope-575x296-1.jpg\"><br>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-md-7 col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"w-75 mx-auto pt-3\">\n<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2025\/10\/UCF-SpaceWeek-2025-WCB-WEB-72dpi.png\" alt=\"UCF Space Week | Nov 3-7, 2025\" class=\"w-100\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"UCF Space Week | Nov 3-7, 2025\" class=\"w-100 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2025\/10\/UCF-SpaceWeek-2025-WCB-WEB-72dpi.png\">\n<p class=\"text-center pt-4 line-height-1 font-size-sm\">Where Global Leaders Unite to Boldly Forge the Future of Space\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n<hr \/>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s solving the world\u2019s biggest problems or investigating the potential of novel discoveries, researchers at UCF are on the edge of scientific breakthroughs that aim to make an impact. Through the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UT1z98sdyqg&amp;list=PL9Q6NT5Ukv8Qf0zCd2MaYeq9CnFUhcAwP\"> Research in 60 Seconds series<\/a>, student and faculty researchers condense their complex studies into bite-sized summaries so you can know how and why Knights plan to improve our world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Kerri Donaldson Hanna<br \/>\n<strong>Position(s): <\/strong> Associate professor of physics and member of UCF\u2019s Planetary Sciences Group<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are you interested in this research?<br \/>\n<\/strong>How cool is it to be able to study planetary bodies using<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/space\/\"> spacecraft<\/a> and telescopic observations and with studies in the lab!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who inspires you to conduct your research?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My research group that includes undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers as well as my colleagues and teammates located at research institutions from the U.S. and U.K. Working with such great people really motivates me and makes we want to keep pushing forward even when things are tough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does UCF empower you to do your research?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Being surrounded by such fantastic colleagues to work with on a daily basis has really empowered me and my research. 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