{"id":5155,"date":"2026-05-13T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/?post_type=profiles&#038;p=5155"},"modified":"2026-10-09T16:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T20:44:06","slug":"chloe-roque","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/profiles\/chloe-roque\/","title":{"rendered":"Chloe Roque"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Roque-Chloe-e1791578561194.jpg\" alt=\"Roque, Chloe \" class=\"wp-image-5629\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-69bc4bdf wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MIT Department: <\/strong><br>Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences<br><br><strong>Faculty Mentor<\/strong>: <br>Gaia Stucky de Quay<br><br><strong>Undergraduate Institution:<\/strong><br>St. Edward&#8217;s University<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chloe Roque is a senior mathematics major with a physics minor at St. Edward\u2019s University in Austin, Texas. Originally from Houston, she developed a passion for mathematics and space exploration, inspired by NASA and women in STEM. Her research interests span computational mathematics, planetary science, and aerospace applications. Chloe has conducted atmospheric physics research using NASA AERONET and Pandora data, mathematics research on interpretability in text-to-image diffusion models, and participated in the MIT Summer Research Program under Dr. Gaia Stucky de Quay, investigating controls on overflow in ancient Martian lake basins. She also interned at Valkyrie Intelligence, developing data-driven solutions for nonprofit initiatives. Chloe is passionate about science communication and expanding STEM access through mentorship and outreach. She founded and serves as president of Women in STEM at St. Edward\u2019s University and plans to pursue doctoral studies in mathematical and computational methods for aerospace engineering and planetary science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Investigating the Controls on Overflow in Ancient Martian Lake Basins<br>Chloe Roque<sup>1<\/sup> and Gaia Stucky de Quay<sup>2<\/sup><\/strong><br><sup>1<\/sup>Department of Mathematics, St. Edward\u2019s University<br><sup>2<\/sup>Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Ancient Martian lake basins preserve evidence of past surface water and provide insight into the planet\u2019s climate history. While some lake basins overflowed to form open-basin lakes (OBLs) \u2014such as Perseverance Rover\u2019s Jezero crater \u2014 others remained closed-basin lakes (CBLs). However, the processes controlling this transition remain uncertain. One proposed explanation is that OBLs experienced a wetter climate, with more runoff leading to greater water accumulation. To investigate this hypothesis, we used the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) digital elevation models (DEMs), THEMIS infrared imagery, and previously developed erosion datasets and lake maps to compare drainage-network concavity, average eroded depth, spill depth, watershed-to-lake area ratio, and basin geometry between OBLs and CBLs. Basin geometry clearly separated the two populations, with OBLs generally exhibiting larger watershed-to-lake area ratios. In contrast, drainage-network concavity and average eroded depth showed substantial overlap, suggesting limited evidence that enhanced runoff alone explains overflow. An optimized precipitationthres hold analysis further showed that basin geometry distinguished most OBLs and CBLs, supporting the conclusion that basin geometry, rather than climate alone, controlled lake overflow. These results provide new insight into the hydrologic evolution of ancient Martian lakes and may help identify promising targets for future exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5629,"template":"","profile_category":[25],"class_list":["post-5155","profiles","type-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-2026-interns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profiles"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6071,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profiles\/5155\/revisions\/6071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oge.mit.edu\/msrp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=5155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}