Yuan Lian (LPL) is investigating the stability, vertical structure,
and pumping mechanisms of jets on the giant planets.
Michael Bland (LPL)
conducted numerical investigations of grooved-terrain
formation and "tectonic resurfacing" on Ganymede and Enceladus; he
is currently investigating Ganymede's evolution
using coupled orbital-thermal models.
David Choi (LPL) is
investigating the dynamics of Jupiter's Great
Red Spot through data analysis and numerical modeling.
William Valine (atmospheric sciences) is currently studying the dynamics
of waves in Neptune's atmosphere.
Previous students/postdocs and where they are now:
Kunio Sayanagi (Ph.D. student 2001-2007):
The influence of giant convective outbursts (e.g., the quasiperiodic
Great White Storms) on Saturn's equatorial jet
and thermal structure; basic dynamics of jet formation,
inverse cascades, and turbulence in 3D. Now a postdoctoral
scholar working with Prof. Timothy Dowling at the University
of Louisville.
Curtis Cooper
(Ph.D. student 2000-2006), atmospheric
dynamics, clouds, and chemistry on extrasolar giant planets
and brown dwarfs. Now a NASA Postdoctoral Associate working
with Prof. Alex Pavlov at the NASA Astrobiology Institute at
the University of Arizona.
Giuseppe Mitri (postdoctoral scholar 2004-2006), tectonics and
resurfacing of icy moons. Now a NASA Postdoctoral Associate
working with Rosaly Lopes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
 | From left to right: Mike Bland, Curtis
Cooper, Bill Valine, Adam Showman, Yuan Lian, Kunio Sayanagi, and
Giuseppe Mitri.
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| Curtis during our trip to Ithaca, New York,
June 2004. | Yuan and Curtis fiddling with the camera. |
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| Giuseppe practicing his DPS talk, Nov 2004.
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