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Postdoc Research Day

 

Below are links to presentations from the 2020 Postdoc Research Day, along with the video from the 2020 Virtual Postdoc Award ceremony, where the event's winners presented seminars on their research.  All presentation contain slides and audio, as all were presented virtually this year.

 

Virtual Postdoc Award Ceremony

 

 

Astrophysics & Space Science

Presentation Title Author
A New Broadband Downconverter for the K-band Radio Astronomy Receiver on the NASA 70 m Canberra Antenna Zubair M. Abdulla
The Radio and Microwave Sky as seen by Juno on Her Cruise Mission to Jupiter Philippe Berger
Optimization of photon counting sensors for direct exoplanet imaging Nathan L. Bush
Understanding the Growth of the Earliest Supermassive Black Holes through X-ray Observations Thomas Connor
Testing the Laws of Gravity with Galaxy Surveys Agnès P. Ferté
A numerical modeling of electrostatic radiation shields Bohoon Kim
Commissioning Work on the Palomar Radial Velocity Instrument Chris Matthews
Detecting Gravitational Waves with the Roman Space Telescope Kristofer M. Pardo
X-cut Cosmic Shear Peter Taylor


Earth Science: Ocean, Ice, Atmosphere, and Climate

Presentation Title Author
Towards robust sea-level rise projections: Constraining the impact of basal friction in ice sheets using a Bayesian approach to data assimilation Kevin M. Bulthuis
Impact of basal friction law on dynamics of Greenland outlet glaciers Youngmin Choi
Full Covariance Information in GRACE-FO Processing Matthias Ellmer
New Insights into Cloud Properties: 3D Cloud Tomography from Space Linda Forster
The causes of sea-level rise since 1900 Thomas Frederikse
Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Stratospheric Equatorial Waves during different Quasi-Biennial Oscillation states Jennifer A. Gahtan
Analysis of GRACE-FO LRI based attitude data Sujata Goswami
Detection and characterization of anthropogenic explosion: Beirut case study Olusegun Jonah
Ice Sheet Surface Melting Detection using SMAP Radiometry Seyedmohammad Mousavi
A novel approach to estimate Cloud Condensation Nuclei using space-borne lidar observations Piyushkumar Patel
Increasing the resolution of mass flux products using GRACE/GRACE-FO space gravity missions Athina Peidou
Characterizing the Ka-band Ocean Surface Backscattering Mechanisms Federica Polverari
The Emergence of Heat and Humidity Too Severe for Human Tolerance Colin Raymond
Extreme outliers in lower stratospheric water vapor over North America observed by Aura MLS Frank Werner

 

 

Earth Science: Water, Land, Biome, and Carbon Cycle

Presentation Title Author
Be like Taal volcano: Relieve the pressure and reduce harm Mary Grace Bato
Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics of Coastal Deltas Alexandra Christensen
Detecting and characterizing enhanced methane emissions from coastal wetland vegetation with airborne imaging spectroscopy in Louisiana’s Terrebonne Basin Daniel J. Jensen
Fire-induced Damage Detection using Sentinel-1and Sentinel-2 Data based on Bayesian Network Fusion Jungkyo Jung
Impact of acquisition conditions on SAR backscatter-modeled forest biomass estimation Unmesh Govind Khati
Impacts of Amazon forest degradation on ecosystem water stress Marcos Longo
Multitemporal Despeckling and Change Detection for NISAR-like Backscatter Imagery Charlie Marshak
Drought-enhanced rapid subsidence in the Central Valley and the impact to the California Aqueduct Megan Miller
Nonlocal effects of precipitation on terrestrial carbon water cycles Alexander Norton
InSAR Phase Unwrapping Error Correction for Rapid Repeat Wetland Water-Level Change Measurements Talib Oliver-Cabrera
GRACE-FO and ECOSTRESS synergies quantify the human impact on the water cycle Madeleine Pascolini-Campbell
Ground Calibration Procedures for the PREFIRE CubeSat Spectrometer; Phased Antenna Array Design for a Scalable Ka-band Digital Beamforming Array Receiver Lavanya Periasamy
Dynamics of Large Effusive Eruptions Driven by Caldera Collapse Alberto Roman
Remote Sensing of Biological Diversity & Function Fabian Schneider
Triangulation of Ecosystem Structure, Composition, and Function from the International Space Station Dan Sousa
Tectonic Deformation and Surface Processes of the Tibetan Plateau from Sentinel-1 InSAR Data Robert W. Zinke

 

 

Planetary Science and Life Detection

Presentation Title Author
Global Surface Dust Redistribution on Mars: Constraints from Temperature Observations Jonathan Bapst
Radio-holographic methods for inversion of radio occultation experiments on Venus Tatiana Bocanegra-Bahamon
Surface-atmosphere interactions on Titan : Earth’s cooler cousin! Rajan Dhingra
Design of a Submersible Underwater Capillary Electrophoresis Analytical System Tomas Drevinskas
A Planetary Broadband Seismometer (PBBS) Andrew C. Erwin
Viability of Bacterial Spores under Ocean Worlds Icy Surface Conditions Edith Fayolle
The search for sodium chloride on Europa Bernhard Jost
Towards analysis of fatty acids in ocean world samples Miranda G. Kok
Europa Geologic Mapping: Results and Implications Erin J. Leonard
Vertical Distribution of Water Vapor on Mars from Orbiter-Lander Coordinated Observations Cecilia W. Leung
The Effects of Methane Clathrates on Ice Shell Structure Angela G. Marusiak
What’s really hitching a ride to Mars: De-noising Perseverance Rover’s Biodiversity! Chiranjit Mukherjee
Standing on Apollo’s Shoulders: a Microseismometer for the Moon Ceri Nunn
Assessment of Accessible Latitudes for Planetary Entry Probe Missions Alena Probst
Deep-UV Raman Spectroscopy for Planetary Science Joseph Razzell Hollis
The potential for LIBS to facilitate the search for life on Ocean Worlds Laura E. Rodriguez
Mesospheric Clouds in the Martian Atmosphere Observed by the Mars Climate Sounder Marek J. Slipski
Becoming Biotic: Testing the Reactivity of Metabolic Reactions with Iron Minerals Jessica M. Weber

 

 

Technology, Instrumentation, and Engineering

Presentation Title Author
Improving the mechanical stability of the thermoelectric couple assemblies in RTGs for deep space exploration Giacomo Cerretti
IR Imaging using Sparse Microresonator Arrays and Compressed Sensing M. Bulut Coskun
Phase-locking of a THz quantum-cascade VECSEL Chris Curwen
Onboard Monitoring of Silver Biocide during Future Human Space Exploration Missions Mauro Ferreira Santos
Submillimeter-Wave Phased Arrays for Electronic Beam Scanning Subash Khanal
Developing Wafer-scale MgB2 Superconducting Thin Films Chang Sub Kim
Acousto-optic Modulators in Integrated Photonics Eric A. Kittlaus
Miniature Space Optical Clock (mSOC) Tech Demo Sean Mulholland
Instrument Development to test Microgravity Biofilm Formation Aboard the International Space Station Ceth Parker
Contactless Rotating MEMS Switch for Water Detection Sofia Rahiminejad
Interband Cascade Optical Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of C-H bonds Lukasz A. Sterczewski
Metasurface-based optical components for advanced infrared multispectral imaging Tobias S. Wenger
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