Dr. Brian Jackson Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow

Contact: Planetary Scientist, Planetary Systems Lab., 693 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 8800 Greenbelt Rd Greenbelt, MD 20771 Office: Bldg 34, Room S115 Phone: (301) 286-1542 E-mail: brian.k.jackson@domain where domain is "nasa.gov"

• Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona, 2009
• B.S. with Honors in Physics from Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004

• Orbital evolution of close-in extra-solar planets
• Using orbital properties to constrain physical properties of extra-solar planets
• "Comparative tidovolcanoplanetology" - Comparing rates of tidal heating for different planets to determine its effects
• Geophysical/astrobiological effects of dynamical evolution of extra-solar planets
• Origin and evolution of Martian methane
• Geology of Death Valley National Park, CA

• NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow (2009 - present)
• NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship (2008 - 2009)
• Geological Society of America Research Grant (2008 - 2009)

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

May 2009 - Present		Mass loss and tidal evolution as a possible origin for close-in rocky extra-solar planets - Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
August 2006 - May 2009		Tidal evolution of extrasolar planetary systems with Rick Greenberg and Rory Barnes
August 2004 - August 2006		Studying Titanian haze under Dr. Caitlin Griffith, member of the VIMS instrument team on Cassini mission - LPL, Univ. of AZ, Tucson AZ
June 2004 - August 2004		Synthetic spectroscopy for CIRS instrument on Cassini under Dr. Glenn Orton as SURF fellow - Jet Propulsion Labs, Pasadena CA
June 2003 - August 2003		IR data reduction of Titan and Saturn under Dr. Glenn Orton as SURF fellow - JPL, Pasadena CA
May 2002 - June 2004		Creation of online catalog of AGN light curves with Jay Dunn and Dr. Michael Crenshaw - Ga State Univ., Atlanta GA

CURRICULUM VITAE

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

PRESS RELEASES AND NEWS ARTICLES

• Press release from University of Washington about tidal destruction of planets
• Missing Planets Attest To Destructive Power Of Stars' Tides - Science Daily
• Death stars are out there, UA study shows - AZ Daily Star
• Tides Have Major Impact on Planet Habitability - U of AZ press release
• Talking About Tides - podcast interview with Simon Mitton about tides and planetary habitability

PHOTOS

Last Modified: 2009 October 31