Dr. Kendall studies lunar impact cratering and the formation of planetary bodies using the latest cutting-edge numerical modeling techniques. Using hypervelocity impact modeling, Dr. Kendall is able to reconstruction the lunar surface through ejecta layering and help determine the provenance of the lunar surface. Additionally, Dr. Kendall studies the ejecta near Apollo and Luna landing sites, cratering near future Artemis and CLPS missions, and ejecta and dust created by lunar landers/modules and crashes on the lunar surface.
Modeling lunar ejecta from large and small impacts on the lunar surface, basin formation, mantle and crust formation, regolith layering and forensic modeling. Supporting the Lunar Reconnaissance Mission and helping determine possible landing locations for future Moon missions.
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 lunar impact cratering and the formation of planetary bodies using the latest cutting-edge numerical modeling techniques. Using hypervelocity impact modeling, Dr. Kendall is able to reconstruction the lunar surface through ejecta layering and help determine the provenance of the lunar surface. Additionally, Dr. Kendall studies the ejecta near Apollo and Luna landing sites, cratering near future Artemis and CLPS missions, and ejecta and dust created by lunar landers/modules and crashes on the lunar surface.
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