Dr. Kendall studies impact cratering and the formation of planetary bodies, such as the Moon, using the latest cutting-edge numerical modeling techniques.
Modeling ejecta from large and small impacts on the lunar surface, basin formation, mantle and crust formation, regolith layering and forensic modeling.
Using modeling techniques and the latest LRO images to determine the source and timing of primary and secondary craters within the Taurus-Littrow Valley and near where Apollo 17 retrieved lunar samples.
PhD - December 2016 - Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
BSc - 2009 - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Physics and Mathematics
Moriarty, D. P., R. N. Watkins, S. N. Valencia, et al. J. D. Kendall, A. J. Evans, and N. E. Petro. 2020. "Evidence for a Stratified Upper Mantle Preserved within the South Pole – Aitken Basin." Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, (In Press) [10.1029/2020JE006589]
James, P. B., D. E. Smith, P. K. Byrne, et al. J. D. Kendall, H. J. Melosh, and M. T. Zuber. 2019. "Deep Structure of the Lunar South Pole‐Aitken Basin." Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (10): 5100-5106 [10.1029/2019gl082252]
Melosh, H., J. Kendall, B. Horgan, et al. B. Johnson, T. Bowling, P. Lucey, and G. Taylor. 2017. "South Pole–Aitken basin ejecta reveal the Moon’s upper mantle." Geology, 45 (12): 1063-1066 [10.1130/g39375.1]
Kendall, J. D., and H. Melosh. 2016. "Differentiated planetesimal impacts into a terrestrial magma ocean: Fate of the iron core." Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 448: 24-33 [10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.012]
Henning, W., J. Renaud, P. Saxena, et al. P. Whelley, A. Mandell, S. Matsumura, L. Glaze, T. Hurford, T. Livengood, C. Hamilton, M. Efroimsky, V. Makarov, C. Berghea, S. Guzewich, K. Tsigaridis, G. Arney, D. Cremons, S. Kane, J. Bleacher, R. Kopparapu, E. Kohler, Y. Lee, A. Rushby, W. Kuang, R. Barnes, J. A. Richardson, P. Driscoll, N. Schmerr, A. Del Genio, A. Davies, L. Kaltenegger, L. Elkins-Tanton, Y. Fujii, L. Schaefer, S. Ranjan, E. Quintana, T. Barclay, K. Hamano, N. Petro, J. Kendall, E. Lopez, and D. Sasselov. 2018. "Highly Volcanic Exoplanets, Lava Worlds, and Magma Ocean Worlds: An Emerging Class of Dynamic Exoplanets of Significant Scientific Priority." ArXiv e-prints
Dr. Kendall studies impact cratering and the formation of planetary bodies, such as the Moon, using the latest cutting-edge numerical modeling techniques.
Moriarty, D. P., R. N. Watkins, S. N. Valencia, et al. J. D. Kendall, A. J. Evans, and N. E. Petro. 2020. "Evidence for a Stratified Upper Mantle Preserved within the South Pole – Aitken Basin." Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets (In Press) [10.1029/2020JE006589]
James, P. B., D. E. Smith, P. K. Byrne, et al. J. D. Kendall, H. J. Melosh, and M. T. Zuber. 2019. "Deep Structure of the Lunar South Pole‐Aitken Basin." Geophysical Research Letters 46 (10): 5100-5106 [10.1029/2019gl082252]
Melosh, H., J. Kendall, B. Horgan, et al. B. Johnson, T. Bowling, P. Lucey, and G. Taylor. 2017. "South Pole–Aitken basin ejecta reveal the Moon’s upper mantle." Geology 45 (12): 1063-1066 [10.1130/g39375.1]
Kendall, J. D., and H. Melosh. 2016. "Differentiated planetesimal impacts into a terrestrial magma ocean: Fate of the iron core." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 448 24-33 [10.1016/j.epsl.2016.05.012]
Henning, W., J. Renaud, P. Saxena, et al. P. Whelley, A. Mandell, S. Matsumura, L. Glaze, T. Hurford, T. Livengood, C. Hamilton, M. Efroimsky, V. Makarov, C. Berghea, S. Guzewich, K. Tsigaridis, G. Arney, D. Cremons, S. Kane, J. Bleacher, R. Kopparapu, E. Kohler, Y. Lee, A. Rushby, W. Kuang, R. Barnes, J. A. Richardson, P. Driscoll, N. Schmerr, A. Del Genio, A. Davies, L. Kaltenegger, L. Elkins-Tanton, Y. Fujii, L. Schaefer, S. Ranjan, E. Quintana, T. Barclay, K. Hamano, N. Petro, J. Kendall, E. Lopez, and D. Sasselov. 2018. "Highly Volcanic Exoplanets, Lava Worlds, and Magma Ocean Worlds: An Emerging Class of Dynamic Exoplanets of Significant Scientific Priority." ArXiv e-prints