赖斯的一个主要研究主题是使用地震，岩石学，地球化学，流体动力学和结构地质学等多种工具，了解从内部到地壳的内部构造，结构，动力学和演化。关键研究领域包括地震物理学，地幔对流，岩石圈形成和演化，地幔和地壳的地球化学分异，火山作用，板块运动学，山地建筑，盆地形成，大陆形成/演化，深部挥发性循环和矿产资源。 >地震成像是现代地球科学的基石，它提供了地下图像，这些图像用于约束地球起源和演化的地质，地球化学和地球动力学理论。赖斯地震学小组致力于对各种规模的地球内部异质性进行成像和解释。我们专注于对地表附近的精细地震结
Our aim is to constrain processes of planetary accretion and early differentiation, how those processes might have influenced the starting condition and potential habitability of our solar system's rocky planets, proto-planets and various meteorite parent bodies. Our high pressure experimental research provides insights into the structure and chemistry of metallic cores in various differentiated planetary bodies, and the process of core formation in terrestrial planets.<br><br>We are also working with orbiter and rover data on the compositions of the crust for Mars, Venus and Mercury. We try to reconcile these observations with the estimated compositions of the planetary mantles through laboratory experiments.