PRESENT POSITION:

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

EDUCATION:

1986 -- Ph.D Atmospheric Science, The University of Michigan, Thesis Title: Clouds and Methane Photochemical Hazes on the Outer Planets
1982 -- M.S. Atmospheric Science, The University of Michigan
1981 -- B.S. Astronomy, With High Honors and Distinction, The University of Michigan

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Photochemistry, Photochemical production of hazes, Cloud physics, Origin and evolution of the outer planets.

EXPERIENCE:

1998 -- Principal Investigator, IDEAS: Eratosthenes Made Easy
1997 -- Co–Investigator Planetary Atmospheres: Laboratory Studies of Nitriles in Titan’s Atmosphere: Cyanoacetylenes and C₃N
1997 -- Co–Investigator Planetary Atmospheres proposal: Chemical Kinetics of Planetary Molecules
1997 -- Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) Operations Team Leader
1995 -- Principal Investigator, SL9/JDAP: Evolution of Ammonia and Temperature in the Jovian Stratosphere After the SL9 Impacts
1995 -- Planetary Astronomy Review Panel
1992–1996 -- Technical Review Committee for CSTEA at Howard University
1991 -- Space Scientist in the Planetary Systems Branch of the Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics at NASA–Goddard Space Flight Center
1990 --Co–Investigator for Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS)
1990 -- Astronome–Adjoint at The Observatoire de Paris et Meudon, France
1988–1991 -- Senior Member of Technical Staff for Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
1986–1988 -- National Research Council Associate at NASA–Goddard Space Flight Center

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

1983 -- Outstanding Graduate Student in Atmospheric Sciences
1982–1985 -- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow
1980 -- NASA Planetary Geology Intern at Jet Propulsion Laboratories

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

American Geophysical Union, Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society
Tau Beta Pi

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Clouds and Hazes in the Atmosphere of Neptune (1995) In Neptune and Triton (ed. D. P. ruikshank) University of Arizona Press, pp. 489–546, K. H. Baines, H. B. Hammel, K. A. Rages, P. N. Romani, and R. E. Samuelson
The Middle and Upper Atmosphere of Neptune (1995) In Neptune and Triton (ed. D. P. Cruikshank) University of Arizona Press, pp. 427–487, J. Bishop, S. K. Atreya, P. N. Romani, G. S. Orton, B. R. Sandel, and R. V. Yelle Photochemistry and Vertical Mixing (1991) In Uranus (eds. J. T. Bergstralh, E. D. Miner, M. S. Matthews) University of Arizona Press, pp. 110–147, S. K. Atreya, B. R. Sandel, and P. N. Romani Photochemistry and Clouds of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus (1985) In Planetary Meteorology (ed. G. E. Hunt) Cambridge University Press, pp. 17–68, S. K. Atreya and P. N. Romani. Observations of CH₄, C₂H₆, and C₂H₂ in the Stratosphere of Jupiter, Submitted to Icarus, P. V. Sada, G. L. Bjoraker, D. E. Jennings, G. H. McCabe, and Romani. Voyager 2 Ultraviolet Spectrometer Solar Occultations at Neptune: Photochemical Modeling of the 125–165 nm Lightcurves (1998) Planetary and Space Science, In Press, J. Bishop, P. N. Romani, and S. K. Atreya. Recent Rate Constant and Product Measurements of the Reactions C₂H₃ + H₂ and C₂H₃ + H — Importance for Photochemical Modeling of Hydrocarbons on Jupiter (1996) Icarus 122, 233–241 P. N. Romani. Stratospheric Ammonia on Jupiter After the SL9 Collision (1996) Icarus 121, 431–441, T. Kostiuk, D. Buhl, F. spenak, P. Romani, G. Bjoraker, K. Fast, T. Livengood, and D. Zipoy. Collision of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with Jupiter Observed by the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (1995) Science 267, 1277–1282. G. Orton et al. The Vertical Distribution and Origin of HCN in Neptune's Atmosphere (1994) Icarus 108, 112–136, E. Lellouch, P. N. Romani, and J. Rosenqvist.

Last Modified: 2 March 1998

Curator: Jennifer Kalb, Raytheon STX
Email: Jennifer.Kalb@gsfc.nasa.gov

Responsible NASA Representative: Dr. Drake Deming
E-mail: Drake.Deming@gsfc.nasa.gov