Jack Jonathan Lissauer(born 1957) is an American research scientist who has worked for NASA'sAmes Research Centersince 1996. He is a science co-investigator on theKepler space telescope mission.
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| Born | Jack Jonathan Lissauer 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Known for | American research scientist |
Biography
editLissauer received a PhD in mathematics from theUniversity of California, Berkeleyin 1982.
Prior to joiningNASA,Lissauer was an associate professor (September 1993 – August 1996) and assistant professor (June 1987 – August 1993) atStony Brook University.Earlier, he served as a visiting researcher at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara(July 1985 – June 1987) and as an assistant research astronomer at the University of California, Berkeley (January–July 1985).
His primary research interests are the formation of planetary systems, planetary dynamics and chaos, planetary ring systems, and circumstellar/protoplanetary disks.
He discovered, together withMark R. Showalter,the inner satellites ofUranus:CupidandMab.With Showalter, I. de Pater and R. S. French, he also discoveredHippocamp,a small satellite of Neptune. In 2014, he was given theH. Julian Allen Awardfor his paper "Models of Jupiter's growth incorporating thermal and hydrodynamic constraints".[1] His previous awards include the Harold C. Urey Prize fromDivision of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society (AAS),the Chambliss Writing Prize from the AAS and a NASA Honor Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement.
He was elected a Legacy Fellow of theAmerican Astronomical I Societyin 2020.[2]
References
edit- ^Lissauer, J. J.; Hubickyj, O.; D'Angelo, G.; Bodenheimer, P. (2009). "Models of Jupiter's growth incorporating thermal and hydrodynamic constraints".Icarus.199(2): 338–350.arXiv:0810.5186.Bibcode:2009Icar..199..338L.doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.004.S2CID18964068.
- ^"AAS Fellows".AAS.Retrieved29 September2020.