Research Areas
- Planetary atmospheres and ionospheres
- Electromagnetic theory
- Remote sensing
- B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S., Stanford University
- Ph.D., Stanford University
- Spacecraft exploration of the solar system
- Radio occultation experiments
- Propagation and scattering of electromagnetic waves
- Atmospheric and ionospheric structure, composition, and dynamics
- Research Associate, 1983-1986
- Senior Research Scientist, 1986 - present
- Associate Member for Uranus and Neptune encounters of Voyager Radio Science Team. Member of Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Teams. Member of Galileo Radio Science Team.
- Participant in radio occultation studies of the atmospheres and/or ionospheres of Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Io, Europa, Saturn, Titan, Uranus, Neptune, and Triton.
List
of publications
Author or co-author of 30 journal articles and 2 book chapters.
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