Solar system montage with eight planets

Benjamin Weiss

Associate Professor of Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Benjamin Weiss is an Associate Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is interested in the formation and evolution of the terrestrial planets and small bodies. He studies meteorites and samples from extraterrestrial bodies and Earth to understand the history of planetary geophysical and geochemical processes including geomagnetism, planetary differentiation, paleoclimate, and habitability.