PTYS/LPL Faculty
Renu Malhotra
Regents' Professor, Louise Foucar Marshall Science Research Professor
Orbital dynamics, Theoretical astrophysics
Ph.D., 1988, Cornell University
Years with LPL: 2000 to present
Prof. Malhotra's research spans orbital dynamics in the solar system and in exo-solar planetary systems. Current topics of research are: the orbital migration history of the giant planets, chaos and stability in the Kuiper belt, dynamics of near-Earth and main belt asteroids, the meteoritic bombardment history of the terrestrial planets, and architectures of exosolar planetary systems.
Current Grants
- Dynamical structure and evolution of the young solar system: NSF
- Planetary migration and Kuiper belt dynamics: NASA
Current PTYS Graduate Students
Student Collaborations/Advising
Former Students
- Youngmin JeongAhn, 2015 (Ph.D. PTYS)
- Kathryn Volk, 2013 (Ph.D. PTYS)
- David Minton, 2009 (Ph.D. PTYS)
- Amaya Moro-Martin, 2004 (Ph.D. Astronomy)
- Matthew Tiscareno, 2004 (Ph.D. PTYS)
- Sarah Morrison (PTYS)
- Xianyu Wang
Current Postdocs
- Kathryn Volk
Former Postdocs
- Joseph Hahn
- Stephen Kortenkamp
Complete publications list available from: NASA ADS Author search: Renu Malhotra
Refereed publications (NASA ADS): Calendar Years 2016 through 2017
Su, K. Y. L., MacGregor, M. A., Booth, M., Wilner, D. J., Flaherty, K., Hughes, A. M., Phillips, N. M., Malhotra, R., Hales, A. S., Morrison, S., Ertel, S., Matthews, B. C., Dent, W. R. F., Casassus, S. V ALMA 1.3 mm Map of the HD 95086 System 2017AJ....154..225S
Volk, K., Malhotra, R. V Erratum: “The Curiously Warped Mean Plane of the Kuiper Belt” (2017, AJ, 154, 62) 2017AJ....154..212V
Volk, K., Malhotra, R. V The Curiously Warped Mean Plane of the Kuiper Belt 2017AJ....154...62V
Wang, X., Malhotra, R. V Mean Motion Resonances at High Eccentricities: The 2:1 and the 3:2 Interior Resonances 2017AJ....154...20W
JeongAhn, Y., Malhotra, R. V Simplified Derivation of the Collision Probability of Two Objects in Independent Keplerian Orbits 2017AJ....153..235J
Malhotra, R., Wang, X. V Eccentricity distribution in the main asteroid belt 2017MNRAS.465.4381M
Malhotra, R., Volk, K., Wang, X. V Corralling a Distant Planet with Extreme Resonant Kuiper Belt Objects 2016ApJ...824L..22M
Yoshida, F., Ito, T., Dermawan, B., Nakamura, T., Takahashi, S., Ibrahimov, M. A., Malhotra, R., Ip, W.-H., Chen, W.-P., Sawabe, Y., Haji, M., Saito, R., Hirai, M. V Lightcurves of the Karin family asteroids 2016Icar..269...15Y
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 Malhotra_CV_082017.pdf | 172.9 KB | August 11, 2017 |
| Semester | Course | Day/Time | Location | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2018 | PTYS 553-001 | TTH 9:30 - 10:45a.m. | Kuiper 312 |
Syllabus Course Page |
| Fall 2018 | PTYS 416-001 | TTH 9:30-10:45a.m. | Kuiper 312 | |
| Fall 2018 | PTYS 516-001 | TTH 9:30-10:45a.m. | Kuiper 312 | |
| Spring 2019 | PTYS 170B2-001 | |||
| Spring 2020 | PTYS 553-001 | |||
| Fall 2020 | PTYS 416-001 | |||
| Fall 2020 | PTYS 516-001 |