OBJECTIVES: I AM A PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGIST WHOSE RESEARCH IS FOUNDED IN FIELD- LAB- AND REMOTE SENSING-BASED OBSERVATIONS TO BROADLY UNDERSTAND: 1) HOW IS EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON MARS RECORDED IN THE LANDSCAPE 2) HOW DOES TERRESTRIAL CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT RATES AND MECHANISMS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND 3) HOW CAN WE APPLY WHAT WE LEARN ON EARTH TO EARLY MARS. THESE MAJOR LINES OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY ARE IMPORTANT FOR DETERMINING IF MARS EVER SUPPORTED LIFE AND HOW LIFE ON OUR OWN PLANET IS AFFECTED BY CLIMATE.CHANGE. THEY ARE ALSO TIGHTLY COUPLED AS UNDERSTANDING ANCIENT MARTIAN LANDSCAPES REQUIRES DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF HOW OUR OWN PLANET'S SURFACE HAS EVOLVED UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMACTIC REGIMES. SINCE COMING TO DARTMOUTH I HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES RESEARCH PROGRAM AND PROVIDED MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS INTERESTED IN PLANETARY SCIENCE AND FUTURE NASA CAREERS. WHILE START-UP FUNDING HAS ALLOWED ME TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL PLANETARY GIS LAB (WHERE WE HAVE TRAINED MULTIPLE GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM DARTMOUTH AND OTHER LOCAL UNIVERSITIES) WITH THE PLANETARY SCIENCE EARLY.CAREER AWARD I PLAN TO ESTABLISH A ROBUST PLANETARY SEDIMENT TRANSPORT LAB ALSO INTENDED FOR THE LARGER PLANETARY COMMUNITY.