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Theodor Kostiuk Planetary Systems Laboratory NASA/GSFC, Code 693.0 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 286-8431 Email: Theodor Kostiuk

Current Position

Astrophysicist, Planetary Systems Laboratory

Education

1966 - B.S., Physics - City College of New York
1973 - Ph.D., Physics - Syracuse University

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences

American Physical Society, American Institute of Physics American Geophysical Union

Optical Society of America

American Association for the Advancement of Science

AWARDS

Received numerous GSFC Performance, Incentive, and Special Act awards 1966.

CCNY Simon Sonkin Award for Excellence in Experimental Physics

Professional Experience

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:Planetary atmospheres (composition, thermal structure, dynamics); Spectroscopic Studies of Solar System Objects, the Sun, Stars, and Interstellar Medium; Infrared Astronomy; Stratospheric Research; Molecular Spectroscopy, Infrared Heterodyne Spectroscopy, Diode Laser Spectroscopy; Infrared Upconversion Techniques, Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy, Infrared and Submillimeter Lasers, Experimental Solid State Physics, Electron Spin Resonance and Electronic Spin Echo investigations, Relaxation Phenomena in Solids, RF, mm, submm-wave technology; Remote Sensing Techniques.

APPOINTMENTS:(2002-present) - NASA Management Operations Working Group (MOWG) for Keck and Infrared Telescope Facility Telescopes. (1991-2000) - Chief Scientist for Exploration Programs, Space Sciences Directorate NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. (1994-1996) - Manager Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program (PIDDP) NASA Headquarters, Solar System Exploration Division (Research Management Division, 1996). (1992-1994) - NASA Solar System Exploration Subcommittee (SSES), Member. (1989-1993) - Chair, Auroral Discipline, International Jupiter Watch- International Jupiter Watch Steering Committee. (10/84-12/84) - Acting Head, Infrared and Radio Astronomy Branch, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics. (8/21/83-7/24/84) - Head, Molecular Astrophysics Section (Detail), Infrared and Radio Astronomy Branch. (1974-1983) - Space Scientist, Infrared and Radio Astronomy Branch, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. (1973-1974) - National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Resident Research Associate, Goddard Space Flight Center.

Selected Publications

2005  "Titan's Wind and Unanticipated Temperature Asymmetry", T. Kostiuk, T. A. Livengood, T. Hewagama, G. Sonnabend, K. E. Fast, K. Murakawa, A. T. Tokunaga, J. Annen, D. Buhl, F. Schmuelling, Astro-Ph:http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412664,.

2005  "Titan's Stratospheric Zonal Wind, Temperature and Ethane Abundance a Year Prior to Huygens Insertion". T. Kostiuk, T. A. Livengood, T. Hewagama, G. Sonnabend, K. E. Fast, K. Murakawa, A. T. Tokunaga, J. Annen, D. Buhl, F. Schmülling, Geophys. Res. Lett. In Press.

2005  "Ozone Abundance on Mars from Infrared Heterodyne Spectra I: Acquisition, Retrieval, and Anticorrelation with Water Vapor", K. Fast, T. Kostiuk, F. Espenak, J. Annen, D. Buhl, T. Hewagama, M. F. A'Hearn, D. Zipoy, T.A. Livengood, G.Sonnabend, Frank Schmülling, Icarus Submitted.

2005  "Remote Measurement of Infrared Emission by Ethane in Titan's Stratosphere at the Huygens Entry Epoch", T. A. Livengood, Th. Kostiuk, K. E. Fast, J. N. Annen, G. Sonnabend, A. Tokunaga (U. of Hawaii), K. Murakawa (ASTRON, The Netherlands), T. Hewagama, R. Schieder, F. Schmülling, J. Geophys. Research, In Preparation.

2005  "Global Winds on Titan During Huygens Descent", T. Kostiuk, T. Livengood, G. Sonnabend, J. Annen, K. Fast, A. Tokunaga, K. Murakawa, T. Hewagama, F. Schmülling, D. Buhl, D. Luz, O. Witasse, J. Geophys. Research, In Preparation.

2004  "Heterodyne Spectroscopy in the Thermal Infrared Region" T. Kostiuk, Proceedings of the International Thermal Detector Workshop, TDW'03, NASA, GSFC, 2003, NASA/CP-2004-212748, pp. 7-1 - 7-7.

2004  "Stratospheric ozone profiles from Mauna Kea, Hawai'i (19.8°N, 155.5°W) using infrared heterodyne spectroscopy, 1988-2003", K. E. Fast, T. Kostiuk, F. Espenak, T. A. Livengood, M. F. A'Hearn and T. Hewagama, GRL 31, L08109.

2004  "A Tale of Two Very Different Comets:ISO and MSX Measurements of Dust Emission From 126/IRAS (1996) and 2P/Enke (1997)", Lisse, C.M., Y.R. Fernandez, M.F. A'Hearn, E. Grun, H.U. Kaufl, D.J. Osip, D.J. Lien, T.Kostiuk, S.B. Peschke, R.G. Walker, ICARUS, in Press.

2002  Morozhenko, V., T.Kostiuk D.Buhl, T.Hewagama, T.A.Livengood, and A.Kollyukh, W. Blass Precision Measurements Of Ethylene and Isotopic Ethylene (13C12CH4 ) Spectral Lines Near 10.5µm by the Infrared Heterodyne Technique. J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Trans. 72, 101-115.

2002  Morozhenko, V., T. Kostiuk, W. Blass, T.Hewagama, T.A.Livengood, J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Trans. 72, 193-198.

2002  "Improved Determination of Ethane (C2H6) Abundance in Titan's Stratosphere", T.A. Livengood Icarus 157, 249.

2002  "Temporal Behavior of Stratospheric Ammonia Abundance and Temperature Following the SL9 Impacts", K. Fast, T. Kostiuk, F. Espenak, D. Buhl, P. Romani, A. Betz, and R. Boreiko, and T.A. Livengood Icarus 156,485.

2001  Kostiuk, Th., K. E. Fast, T. A. Livengood, T. Hewagama, J. J. Goldstein, F. Espenak, D. Buhl, Direct measurement of winds on Titan, Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 2361.

2000  Fernández, Y. R., C. M. Lisse, H. U. Käufl, S. B. Peschke, H. A. Weaver, M. F. A'Hearn, P. P. Lamy, T. A. Livengood, and T. Kostiuk 2000. Physical Properties of the Nucleus of Comet 2P/Encke. Icarus, 147, 145-160.