I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Planetary Geophysics group at Georgia Institute of Technology.
I recieved a PhD in Geological Sciences from Arizona State University in 2024, and a BA in Physics from Wheaton College Massachusetts in 2018.
I am interested in surface processes, primarily volcanism, impact cratering, and lithospheric flexure. I have worked on terrestrial and rocky bodies across the solar system, including Venus, Mars, Charon, and Ariel.
Upcoming
Borrelli, M. E., C. J. Bierson, J. G. O’Rourke, “Simple-to-complex Crater Transition for the Uranian Satellites Ariel and Miranda”
Borrelli, M. E., C. Michaut., J. G. O’Rourke, “Formation of Pancake Domes on Venus as Viscous Flows Over an Elastic Lithosphere”. Preprint DOI: 10.22541/essoar.172108546.66381561/v1
2024
Ghail, R., S. E. Smrekar, M. E. Borrelli, P. Byrne, A. Gülcher, R. F. Garcia, R. Herrick, T. Gerya, J. G. O’Rourke, A. Davaille, E. Mulyukova, T. Rolf, I. Plesa, G. Shellnutt, M. Ivanov, Volcanic and Tectonic Constraints on the Evolution of Venus. Space Sci Rev 220, 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-024-01065-2
2023
Blaske, C. H., J. G. O’Rourke, S. J. Desch, M. E. Borrelli, “Meteors may masquerade as lightning in the atmosphere of Venus,” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, 9. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007914.
O’Rourke, J. G., C. F. Wilson, M. E. Borrelli, P. K. Byrne, C. Dumoulin, R. Ghail, A. J. P. Gülcher, S. A. Jacobson, O. Korablev, T. Spohn, M. J. Way, M. Weller, F. Westall, “Venus, the Planet: Introduction to the Evolution of Earth’s Sister Planet,” Space Science Reviews, 219, 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214- 023-00956-0
2021
Borrelli, M. E., O'Rourke, J. G., Smrekar, S. E., & Ostberg, C. M. “A global survey of lithospheric flexure at steep-sided domical volcanoes on Venus reveals intermediate elastic thicknesses”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 126, 7. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006756
2020
Borrelli, M. E., and Collins, G. C., “Testing the Cryovolcanism and Plate Bending Hypotheses for Charon’s Smooth Plains,” Icarus, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113717