Biography:Michael Mendillo
Michael Mendillo | |
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| Born | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Alma mater | Providence College, Boston University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Boston University |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael D. Papagiannis |
| Website | http://sirius.bu.edu/people/mendillomain.html |
Michael Mendillo is a professor of astronomy at Boston University. His primary research interests include space physics, planetary atmospheres, observations and models.[1] He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[2] and a longtime member of the American Astronomical Society.[3]
Biography
In 1966, Mendillo received his B.S. in physics from Providence College. In 1971, Mendillo received his Ph.D. from Boston University in physics and astronomy.[1]
Mendillo became a professor of astronomy at Boston University in 1985, where he presently works.
Research
Mendillo leads a research group that has developed new imaging techniques for observations of emissions from the atmospheres of the Earth, other planets and moons.[1] With the help of his research group, Mendillo led the discoveries of extraordinary large, tenuous atmospheres of sodium gas on Jupiter, on the Moon and in comet Hale–Bopp. He is also known for his work on Active Experiments, the research technique of introducing known gaseous perturbations into space plasmas, observing the effects, and deriving the basic physical processes that govern the system.[4][5][6]
Selected publications
- Mendillo, M (2006). "Storms in the Ionosphere: Patterns and Processes for Total Electron Content". Reviews of Geophysics 47 (4). doi:10.1029/2005RG000193. Bibcode: 2006RvGeo..44.4001M. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2005RG000193. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- Martinis, Carlos; Mendillo, Michael; Aarons, J (2005). "Toward a synthesis of equatorial spread-F (ESF) onset and suppression during geomagnetic storms". Journal of Geophysical Research 110. doi:10.1029/2003JA010362. http://sirius.bu.edu/aeronomy/2003JA010362.pdf. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- Mendillo, Michael; Laurent, Sophie; Wilson, Jody; Baumgardner, Jeffrey; Konrad, Janusz; Karl, W (2007). "The sources of sodium escaping from Io revealed by spectral high definition imaging". Nature 448 (7151): 330–332. doi:10.1038/nature06000. PMID 17637664. Bibcode: 2007Natur.448..330M. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature06000. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- Mendillo, Michael; Withers, Paul; Hinson, David; Rishbeth, Henry; Reinisch, Bobo (2006). "Effects of solar flares on the ionosphere of Mars". Science 311 (5764): 1135–1138. doi:10.1126/science.1122099. PMID 16497929. Bibcode: 2006Sci...311.1135M. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16497929/. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- Mendillo, Michael; Baumgardner, Jeffrey (1995). "Contraints on the origin of the Moon's atmosphere from observations during a solar eclipse". Nature 377 (6548): 404–406. doi:10.1038/377404a0. PMID 7566115. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7566115/. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- Mendillo, M (2005). "Effects of ring shadowing on the detection of electrostatic discharges at Saturn". Geophysical Research Letters 32 (5). doi:10.1029/2004GL021934. Bibcode: 2005GeoRL..32.5107M. http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~dag/publications/2005_EffectsOfRingShadowingOnTheDetectionOfElectrostaticDischargesAtSaturn_GRL.pdf. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- Schmidt, Carl; Wilson, Jody; Baumgardne, Jeffrey; Mendillo, Michael (2010). "Orbital effects on Mercury's escaping sodium exosphere". Icarus 207 (1): 9–16. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.017. Bibcode: 2010Icar..207....9S. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010Icar..207....9S/abstract. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Michael Mendillo". https://www.bu.edu/csp/profiles/michael-mendillo/.
- ↑ "Fellows Alphabetical List: M". American Geophysical Union. https://honors.agu.org/fellows/fellows-alpha-list/#M.
- ↑ Tinch, Crystal. "AAS Member Anniversaries in 2017". https://aas.org/posts/news/2017/02/aas-member-anniversaries-2017.
- ↑ "Michael Mendillo". https://www.bu.edu/prsocial/profile/michael-mendillo/.
- ↑ Sahai, Y; Bettencourt, JB; Takahashi, T; Mendillo, M (1990). "Comparison of Low-Latitude Ionospheric Model with Observations of OI 6300 Emission and Ionospheric Parameters". Planet. Space Sci. 38 (10): 1243. doi:10.1016/0032-0633(90)90129-E. Bibcode: 1990P&SS...38.1243S. http://sirius.bu.edu/aeronomy/mendillo_pss_V38.pdf. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ↑ Mendillo, Michael; Semeter, Joshua (September 1997). "A Nonlinear Optimization Technique for Ground-Based Atmospheric Emission Tomography". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 35 (5): 1105. doi:10.1109/36.628779. Bibcode: 1997ITGRS..35.1105S. http://sirius.bu.edu/aeronomy/mendillo_ieee_V35.pdf. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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