Planetary Magnetospheres Laboratory
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Ronald J. Oliversen
Planetary Magnetospheres Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 695 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (301) 286-6290 FAX: (301) 286-1752 Email: Ronald.J.Oliversen@nasa.gov |
Current Position
Space Scientist / Juno Fluxgate Magnetometer Instrument Manager, Planetary Magnetospheres Lab
Education
Ph.D. (Physics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983
BS, (Physics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975
Scientific Society Memberships
American Astronomical Society & Division of Planetary Sciences
American Geophsical Union
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Professional Experience
25+ years of ground-based (e.g., KPNO, McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, Steward, Lowell, MDM, Mt. Wilson, Pine Bluff, VLA) and spacecraft (IUE, EUVE, HST) observing experience.
Designed & built several ground-based Fabry-Perot instruments.
PI & CoI on several NASA research programs involving Io, Io plasma torus, comets, and low surface brightness emission-line astronomy. PI on long-term synoptic Io and Io plasma torus observing program from the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope. Atomic atmospheres team leader for HST cycle 8 "HST-Galileo Io Campaign."
PI for Gossamer S/C Exploratory Research & Technology program (2001) - Large Aperture Lightweight Optical Quality Mirrors.
PI for Advanced Mission Concept (1994) - A Lightweight Lunar Telescope.
International Jupiter Watch - Io Torus Discipline Newsletter Editor (2003 - 2005).
Science and Mission Team Member - Solar Connections Observatory for Planetary Environments mission concept (2000, 2002) (PI: W. Harris/UW).
Managed Guest Observer programs for the Voyager UVS, EUVE, and IUE missions.
Co-managed outsourcing of the EUVE Project and Mission Operations from GSFC to UC Berkeley.
Directed the U.S. completion of the IUE Final Archive and IUE project shutdown.
Reviewer on several NASA solar system science review panels (IUE, EUVE, FUSE, PAST, ASTID).
Scientific organizing committee for "Ultraviolet Astrophysics Beyond the IUE Final Archive", Sevilla, Spain, 1997 November 11-14.
Organized "NASA/GSFC and Undergraduate Colleges/Universities" Workshops (2001, 2002).
Mentored/trained over 30 high school and undergraduate students; involving them in all aspects of observational astronomy from instrument design & testing to observing, data reduction, and analysis.
Mentor (1998 - 2005) & PI (2004 - 2005) for SUNBEAMS program for Washington, DC middle school science teachers.
Selected Refereed Publications
Radial Velocity Observations of the Extended Lunar Sodium Tail, E.J. Mierkiewicz, M. Line, F.L. Roesler, & R.J. Oliversen, GRL, 33, L20106, 2006.
Applications of Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy for Remote Sensing of Diffuse UV-Visible Emission Line Sources in the Solar System, W.M. Harris, F.L. Roesler, L. Ben-Jaffel, E. Mierkiewicz, J. Corliss, R.J. Oliversen, & T. Neef, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy & Related Phenomena, 144-147, 973, 2005.
Velocity Resolved Observations of H. Emission from Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp). J.P. Morgenthaler, Harris, W.M., F. Scherb, & R.J. Oliversen, Earth Moon Planets, 90, 89, 2002.
Wide Field Imaging and Velocity Structure in the Coma of Hale-Bopp. W.M. Harris, J.P. Morgenthaler, F. Scherb, C.M. Anderson, & R.J. Oliversen, Earth Moon Planets, 90, 45, 2002.
Measurements of [C I] Emission from Comet Hale-Bopp. R.J. Oliversen, N.E. Doane, F. Scherb, W.M. Harris, & J.P. Morgenthaler, ApJ, 581, 770, 2002.
Production, Outflow Velocity, and Radial Distribution of H2O and OH in the Coma of Comet C/1995 O1 [Hale-Bopp] from Wide Field Image of OH. W.M. Harris, F. Scherb, E. Mierkiewicz, R.J. Oliversen, & J.P. Morgenthaler, ApJ, 578, 996, 2002.
Large Aperture O I Photometry of Comet Hale-Bopp: Implications for the Photochemistry of OH. J.P. Morgenthaler W.M. Harris, F. Scherb, C.M. Anderson, R.J. Oliversen, N.E. Doane, M.R. Combi, M.L. Marconi, & W.H. Smyth, ApJ, 563, 451, 2001.
Sunlit Io Atmospheric [O I] 6300A Emission and the Plasma Torus. R.J. Oliversen, F. Scherb, W.H. Smyth, M.E. Freed, R.C. Woodward, M.L. Marconi, K.D. Retherford, O.L. Lupie, & J.P. Morgenthaler, JGR, 106, 26183, 2001.
Lyman-a Imaging of the SO2 Distribution on Io. P.D. Feldman, D.F. Strobel, H.W. Moos, K.D. Retherford, B.C. Wolven, M.A. McGrath, F.L. Roesler, R.C. Woodward, R.J. Oliversen, & G.E. Ballester, GRL, 27, 1787, 2000.
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