Planetary Sciences Exoplanets & Astrobiology Planetary Atmospheres Planetary Surfaces Planetary Formation & Astrochemistry Planetary Interiors & Dynamics Planetary Astronomy Planetary Exploration & Future Missions Earth Sciences Fault mechanics, experimental and theoretical rock/fracture mechanics, high performance computation in earth sciences, fault zone hydrology, seismology, geo-statistics and inversion of geophysical data, Bayesian inference in correlated spaces. Atmospheric-Ocean Sciences Vegetation-atmosphere-climate coupling in the Amazon rain forest and the Himalayas, regional climatic impacts of land use change, numerical modeling of regional land-atmosphere coupling, heat waves and regional scale effects