EPEC-EPSC #PlanetaryScience4All EPSC 2020 competition entry:

Doro Bischoff is a PhD student at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Geophysics and extra-terrestrial Physics in Germany. The title of her PhD is Constraining planetesimal-formation models by comet observations. Her research focuses on small bodies and planet formation.

About Doro Bischoff: "I am 24 years old and currently working on my PhD at the Technische Universität Braunschweig at the Institute for Geophysics and extra-terrestrial Physics in Germany. My research is focusing on comets and planetesimal formation. In our working group, we are interested in understanding the early stages of the formation of the solar system and how we can have new insight from comets. Earlier, I performed experiments to simulate cometary activity with interesting results. In this video I present my work on the measurement of the tensile strength of micro-granular, organic material, which could be used as analogue materials for comet simulation experiments. For my PhD I will also have a look at comets on a more general view and their hints for the formation of early planetesimals.