Mentoring:
Timothy Proudkii (2021-present): Virginia Tech/California Institute of Technology
Successful Observing Proposals:
2023, Very Large Array VLA/24A-377, PI, First Maps of Cometary NH3: VLA Imaging of Exceptional Comet C/2023 A3
2023, ALMA Cycle 10 2023.1.00703.S, PI, Revealing the Outgassing Mechanisms of Mega-Comet C/2014 UN271: Spectrally Resolved CO and Synergy with JWST
2023, ALMA Cycle 10 Large Program 2023.1.01143.L, Co-I, The Large 12P COMA Survey (COmetary Molecules with ALMA)
2023B, Submillimeter Array, PI, Coordinated SMA/ALMA Studies of 12P/Pons-Brooks
2023B, Submillimeter Array, PI, SMA Wideband Subsurface Thermal Studies of NEAS
2023, Northern Extended Millimeter Array, PI, Subsurface Thermal Studies of NEAs: Planetary Defense and Relevance to ESA/Hera
2023, Northern Extended Millimeter Array, Co-I, Characterization of the nucleus and coma of comet 12P (Pons-Brooks)
2023, Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique, Co-I, Composition of Halley class comet 12P/Pons-Brooks
2023B, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Investigating Changes in Volatile Production and Mixing Ratios of Comet 103P/Hartley 2: A Multi-Epoch Analysis with iSHELL
2023B, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Comet 2P/Encke: Investigating Possible Causes for the Unusual Compositional Variability in a Short Period Comet
2023A, NASA IRTF, PI, iSHELL Studies of Bright Comet C/2022 E3: Multi-Molecule Coma Thermal Physics and Coordination with JWST
2023A, NASA IRTF, Co-I, SpeX observations of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2021 T4 (Lemmon): Exploring the overall coma composition of comets
2023A, NASA IRTF, Co-I, First Measurements of Parent Volatile Composition of Anomalous Comet 96P/Machholz
2022, James Webb Space Telescope GO 3399, Co-I, An Empirical Calibration of the NIRSpec IFU Point Spread Function to Enable High Contrast Imaging Spectroscopy
2022, Northern Extended Millimeter Array, PI, Coordinated NOEMA/JWST Studies of Comet C/2022 E3: Inner Coma Thermal Physics and a Window into Sulfur Chemistry
2022B, Submillimeter Array, PI, Coordinated SMA/JWST Studies of Comet C/2022 E3: Inner Coma Thermal Physics and a Window into Sulfur Chemistry
2022, ALMA Cycle 9 2022.1.01084.S, PI, Revealing the Outgassing Mechanisms of Mega-Comet C/2014 UN271: A Deep Search for CO with ALMA
2022, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, PI, APEX Monitoring Observations of Comet C/2017 K2 in Support of ALMA
2022, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, PI, A Search for Distributed Sources in a Target of Opportunity Comet
2022, ALMA Cycle 8 2021.A.00013.S, Director's Discretionary Time, PI, ALMA Observations of the DART Mission: Revealing Composition of the Impact Ejecta and the Interior of S-Type Asteroids
2022B, Green Bank Telescope, PI, Measuring NH3 and OH in a Target-of-Opportunity Comet with the GBT
2022, Northern Extended Millimeter Array, PI, A Search for Distributed Sources at Small Heliocentric Distance in Oort Cloud Comet C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)
2022A, Green Bank Telescope, PI, Measuring NH3 and OH in a Target-of-Opportunity Comet with the GBT
2022, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Investigation of CO vs H2O driven outgassing in comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)
2022, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Study of the composition and outgassing behavior of comet C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS) at small heliocentric distances
2021, ALMA Cycle 8 2021.1.00862.S, PI, The Evolution of Molecular Outgassing in Distant Comet C/2017 K2: A Joint ALMA/JWST Monitoring Campaign Across Ice Lines
2021, James Webb Space Telescope GO 1897, PI, Pushing the Envelope of the JWST Discovery Space: Measuring the Insoluble Organic Matter (IOM) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Content of Comet 9P/Tempel 1
2021, Submillimeter Array, PI, A Search for Distributed Sources at Small Heliocentric Distance in Comets C/2021 A1 (Leonard) and C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)
2021, ALMA Cycle 8 2021.1.00985.T, Co-I, Volatile composition of a ToO Interstellar Object: Comparison to Disk and Comet Chemistry
2021, ALMA Cycle 8 2021.1.00911.T, Direct Sublimation vs. Gas-Phase Synthesis: A Comet ToO Proposal
2021, ALMA Cycle 8 2021.1.00828.S, Validating the range of D/H ratios in our Solar System's primitive H2O reservoir
2021B, NASA IRTF, PI, Bridging the ''Rosetta Stone'' of Cometary Science: A Multi-Wavelength, Multi-Epoch Campaign Toward Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko During its First Apparition Since the Conclusion of the Rosetta Mission
2021B, NASA IRTF, PI, Director's Discretionary Time Observations of Centaur 29P/Schassmann-Wachmann-1 During Its Extraordinary Outburst
2021B, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, PI, A Search for Distributed Sources in a Target of Opportunity Comet
2021B, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, PI, Unraveling Comet Photochemistry in Oort Cloud Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
2021, James Webb Space Telescope, GTO 1253, Co-I, Target of Opportunity Comet
2021, James Webb Space Telescope GO 2377, Co-I, Composition of an Interstellar Object -- Unique Insights into Protoplanetary Disk Midplane Chemistry
2021, James Webb Space Telescope GO 1566, Co-I, The Coma Dust and Volatiles of C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS)
2021B, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Comprehensive compositional study of exceptionally bright comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
2021B, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Characterizing the Parent Volatile Composition and Outgassing of a Target-of-Opportunity Comet
2021, Green Bank Observatory, PI, Mapping NH$_3$ in a Target-of-Opportunity Comet: A Joint GBT/VLA Proposal
2021, IRAM 30m, Co-I, Ground-based truth of the composition of Rosetta target 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
2021, W. M. Keck Observatory, Co-I, Keck/NIRSPEC observations of Rosetta target 67P: The missing link between ground-based and in-situ databases of cometary volatiles
2021, Northern Extended Millimeter Array, PI, The Transition from CO- to H2O-Dominated Outgassing in Recently Discovered Oort Cloud Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
2021, Arizona Radio Observatory, PI, Monitoring the Activity and Composition of Newly Discovered Oort Cloud Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
2021, Arizona Radio Observatory, PI, Monitoring the Molecular Activity of a Bright ToO Comet
2021, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, PI, A Search for Distributed Sources in a Target of Opportunity Comet
2021, Northern Extended Millimeter Array, PI, The Evolution of Molecular Outgassing in Distantly Active Comet C/2017 K2: A Joint NOEMA/JWST Monitoring Campaign Across Ice Lines
2021, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Characterizing Parent Volatile Composition and Outgassing in a Target-of-Opportunity Comet
2020, NASA IRTF, PI, Director's Discretionary Time Proposal for Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus)
2020B, Arizona Radio Observatory, PI, Monitoring the Molecular Activity of a Bright ToO Comet
2020A, Arizona Radio Observatory, PI, Monitoring the Activity and Composition of Bright Comet C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS)
2020A, Arizona Radio Observatory, PI, Monitoring the Activity and Composition of Newly Discovered Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)
2020A, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, PI, A Search for Distributed Sources in a Target of Opportunity Comet
2019, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, PI, A Coordinated Molecular Survey of Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov
2019, Atacama Large Millimeter Array, Co-I, Direct Sublimation vs. Gas-Phase Synthesis: A Comet ToO Proposal
2019, Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique, Co-I, The activity and composition of Interstellar Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
2019, Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique, Co-I, Composition and the origin of formaldehyde in a bright comet
2019, NASA IRTF, Co-I, A Study of Volatile Composition and Possible Asymmetries in C/2017 T2 (PanSTARRS)
2019, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Probing the Compositional Heterogeneity of C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) using iSHELL and Spitzer
2019, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Continuing the Study of 46P/Wirtanen During Its Historic Apparition: Volatile Composition and Testing for Variability
2018, Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique, Co-I, Composition of comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner and its long-term evolution
2018, NASA IRTF, PI, Testing Seasonal and Evolutionary Effects on Volatile Composition in the Prototypical Carbon-Chain Depleted Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
2018, NASA IRTF, PI, Probing the Evolutionary History of Comets: An Investigation of the Hypervolatiles CO and CH4 and Parent Volatile Abundances in the Jupiter-family Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
2018, W. M. Keck Observatory, Co-I, Parent Volatiles, Near-Nucleus Environment, and Outgassing in Comet 46P/Wirtanen: A Historic Apparition for a Space Mission Priority Target
2018, NASA IRTF, Co-I, The Coma Physical Environment and Water Outgassing in Comets 46P/Wirtanen and 21P/Giacobini-Zinner: Two Outstanding Apparitions of Potential Spacecraft Targets
2018, NASA IRTF, Co-I, A Collaborative Study of the Chemistry of Comet Wirtanen During Its Exceptional 2018 Apparition
2018, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Measuring the CO and CH4 Abundance in Jupiter family Comet 46P/Wirtanen
2018, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Parent Volatile Abundances and Inner-Coma Physics in Comet C/2017 S3 (PanSTARRS)
2018, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Measurement of Parent Volatiles in Halley-family comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma and Jupiter-family comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels
2018, NASA IRTF, Co-I, SpeX observations of the overall gas and dust composition of five comets during the unusually rich 2018B observing semester
2017, NASA IRTF, PI, Parent Volatile Abundances and Behavior of Volatile Release in Comets 2P/Encke and 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
2017, NASA IRTF, PI, Target of Opportunity Request for Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson)
2017, NASA IRTF, Co-I, The Inner Coma Physical Environment of Ecliptic Comets 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova, 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, and 2P/Encke
2017, NASA IRTF, Co-I, Parent Volatile Abundances and Inner-Coma Physics in Comets C/2015 V2 and C/2015 ER61
2017, NASA IRTF, Co-I, SpeX observations of the overall gas and dust composition of five comets during the unusually rich 2017A observing semester
