Eric is synthesizing orbital radar sounding data from the SHARAD instrument with Digital Terrain Models produced from HiRISE stereo imaging data to characterize the surface debris layer of Martian glaciers. This will help us to understand the preservation of glaciers in Mars’ mid-latitudes as well as constrain the feasibility of water ice recovery by future astronauts. In this capacity he is also a radar scientist on the Mars Subsurface Water Ice Mapping (SWIM) Project, a collaborative effort to comprehensively map evidence for shallow water ice in the mid latitudes of Mars as a data product for future mapped missions to Mars.