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Gael Cascioli

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Gael Cascioli

  • PHD RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
  • 301.286.4479
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 698
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO

    • Current Projects

    VERITAS

    (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy)

    Science team collaborator (gravity science investigation)

    Europa Clipper

    Science team affiliate (gravity/radio science investigation)

    Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

    • Trajectory reconstruction trough precise orbit determination
    • Radio occultations analysis

    Positions/Employment

    3/2022 - Present

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    UMBC / NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

    Teaching Experience

    2018 - 2020 Teaching Assistant. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. Teaching assistant and student tutor for the course of Space Missions and Systems (Prof. L. Iess)

    Education

    Ph.D, Space and Aeronautical Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, Winter 2021. Thesis title: "Precise orbit determination methods for the VERITAS mission to Venus". Advisor: Prof. Luciano Iess

    M.Sc, Space and Astronautical Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, Summer 2018

    B.Sc, Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italiy, Fall 2015

    Professional Societies

    American Geophysical Union, 2018 - Present

    Professional Service

    Reviewer for Icarus, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Advances in Space Research, Measurement Science and Technology.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Cascioli, G., J. P. Renaud, E. Mazarico, et al. D. Durante, L. Iess, S. J. Goossens, and S. E. Smrekar. 2023. "Constraining the Venus interior structure with future VERITAS measurements of the gravitational atmospheric loading." The Planetary Science Journal, 4 (65): [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/PSJ/acc73c]

    De Marchi, F., G. Cascioli, T. A. Ely, et al. L. Iess, E. A. Burt, S. Hensley, and E. Mazarico. 2023. "Testing the gravitational redshift with an inner Solar System probe: The VERITAS case." Physical Review D, 107: 064032 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1103/PhysRevD.107.064032]

    Withers, P., G. Cascioli, E. Mazarico, et al. T. J. Stubbs, C. Gray, D. Mao, and P. H. Phipps. 2023. "Observations of a dense lunar ionosphere varying substantially on two-hour timescales." Geophysical Research Letters, (Submitted)

    Molli, S., D. Durante, G.Boscagli, et al. G. Cascioli, P.Racioppa, E. Alessi, S. Simonetti, L. Vigna, and L. Iess. 2022. "Design and performance of a Martian autonomous navigation system based on a smallsat constellation." Acta Astronautica, [10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.11.041]

    Cascioli, G., D. Durante, E. Mazarico, et al. M. S. Wallace, S. Hensley, and S. E. Smrekar. 2022. "Improving the VERITAS orbit reconstruction using radar tie points." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, [Full Text (Link)] [10.2514/1.A35499]

    Cascioli, G., S. Hensley, F. De Marchi, et al. D. Breuer, D. Durante, P. Racioppa, L. Iess, E. Mazarico, and S. E. Smrekar. 2021. "The Determination of the Rotational State and Interior Structure of Venus with VERITAS." The Planetary Science Journal, (2): 220 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/PSJ/ac26c0]

    Cappuccio, P., I. di Stefano, G. Cascioli, and L. Iess. 2021. "Comparison of light-time formulations in the post-Newtonian framework for the BepiColombo MORE experiment." Classical and Quantum Gravity, 38 (22): 227001 [10.1088/1361-6382/ac2b0a]

    Petricca, F., G. Cascioli, and A. Genova. 2021. "A Technique for the Analysis of Radio Occultation Data to Retrieve Atmospheric Properties and Associated Uncertainties." Radio Science, 56 (5): [10.1029/2020rs007205]

    Cascioli, G., and A. Genova. 2021. "Precise Orbit Determination Technique to Refine Spacecraft Mechanical Modeling." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 58 (2): 581-588 [10.2514/1.a34922]

    Iess, L., S. W. Asmar, P. Cappuccio, et al. G. Cascioli, F. De Marchi, I. di Stefano, A. Genova, N. Ashby, J. P. Barriot, P. Bender, C. Benedetto, J. S. Border, F. Budnik, S. Ciarcia, T. Damour, V. Dehant, G. Di Achille, A. Di Ruscio, A. Fienga, R. Formaro, S. Klioner, A. Konopliv, A. Lemaître, F. Longo, M. Mercolino, G. Mitri, V. Notaro, A. Olivieri, M. Paik, A. Palli, G. Schettino, D. Serra, L. Simone, G. Tommei, P. Tortora, T. Van Hoolst, D. Vokrouhlický, M. Watkins, X. Wu, and M. Zannoni. 2021. "Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation." Space Science Reviews, 217 (1): 21 [10.1007/s11214-021-00800-3]

    Cascioli, G., F. Petricca, and A. Genova. 2020. "Mars’ atmospheric calibration of radio tracking data for precise orbit determination." Acta Astronautica, 177: 103-110 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.07.019]

    De Marchi, F., and G. Cascioli. 2020. "Testing general relativity in the solar system: present and future perspectives." Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37 (9): 095007 [10.1088/1361-6382/ab6ae0]

    Cascioli, G., F. D. Marchi, A. Genova, et al. L. Iess, D. E. Smith, and M. T. Zuber. 2019. "The contribution of a large baseline intersatellite link to relativistic metrology." 2019 IEEE 5th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), [10.1109/metroaerospace.2019.8869641]

    Publications

    Refereed

    Cascioli, G., J. P. Renaud, E. Mazarico, et al. D. Durante, L. Iess, S. J. Goossens, and S. E. Smrekar. 2023. "Constraining the Venus interior structure with future VERITAS measurements of the gravitational atmospheric loading." The Planetary Science Journal 4 (65): [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/PSJ/acc73c]

    De Marchi, F., G. Cascioli, T. A. Ely, et al. L. Iess, E. A. Burt, S. Hensley, and E. Mazarico. 2023. "Testing the gravitational redshift with an inner Solar System probe: The VERITAS case." Physical Review D 107 064032 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1103/PhysRevD.107.064032]

    Withers, P., G. Cascioli, E. Mazarico, et al. T. J. Stubbs, C. Gray, D. Mao, and P. H. Phipps. 2023. "Observations of a dense lunar ionosphere varying substantially on two-hour timescales." Geophysical Research Letters (Submitted)

    Molli, S., D. Durante, G.Boscagli, et al. G. Cascioli, P.Racioppa, E. Alessi, S. Simonetti, L. Vigna, and L. Iess. 2022. "Design and performance of a Martian autonomous navigation system based on a smallsat constellation." Acta Astronautica [10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.11.041]

    Cascioli, G., D. Durante, E. Mazarico, et al. M. S. Wallace, S. Hensley, and S. E. Smrekar. 2022. "Improving the VERITAS orbit reconstruction using radar tie points." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets [Full Text (Link)] [10.2514/1.A35499]

    Cascioli, G., S. Hensley, F. De Marchi, et al. D. Breuer, D. Durante, P. Racioppa, L. Iess, E. Mazarico, and S. E. Smrekar. 2021. "The Determination of the Rotational State and Interior Structure of Venus with VERITAS." The Planetary Science Journal 220 [Full Text (Link)] [10.3847/PSJ/ac26c0]

    Cappuccio, P., I. di Stefano, G. Cascioli, and L. Iess. 2021. "Comparison of light-time formulations in the post-Newtonian framework for the BepiColombo MORE experiment." Classical and Quantum Gravity 38 (22): 227001 [10.1088/1361-6382/ac2b0a]

    Petricca, F., G. Cascioli, and A. Genova. 2021. "A Technique for the Analysis of Radio Occultation Data to Retrieve Atmospheric Properties and Associated Uncertainties." Radio Science 56 (5): [10.1029/2020rs007205]

    Cascioli, G., and A. Genova. 2021. "Precise Orbit Determination Technique to Refine Spacecraft Mechanical Modeling." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 58 (2): 581-588 [10.2514/1.a34922]

    Iess, L., S. W. Asmar, P. Cappuccio, et al. G. Cascioli, F. De Marchi, I. di Stefano, A. Genova, N. Ashby, J. P. Barriot, P. Bender, C. Benedetto, J. S. Border, F. Budnik, S. Ciarcia, T. Damour, V. Dehant, G. Di Achille, A. Di Ruscio, A. Fienga, R. Formaro, S. Klioner, A. Konopliv, A. Lemaître, F. Longo, M. Mercolino, G. Mitri, V. Notaro, A. Olivieri, M. Paik, A. Palli, G. Schettino, D. Serra, L. Simone, G. Tommei, P. Tortora, T. Van Hoolst, D. Vokrouhlický, M. Watkins, X. Wu, and M. Zannoni. 2021. "Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation." Space Science Reviews 217 (1): 21 [10.1007/s11214-021-00800-3]

    Cascioli, G., F. Petricca, and A. Genova. 2020. "Mars’ atmospheric calibration of radio tracking data for precise orbit determination." Acta Astronautica 177 103-110 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.07.019]

    De Marchi, F., and G. Cascioli. 2020. "Testing general relativity in the solar system: present and future perspectives." Classical and Quantum Gravity 37 (9): 095007 [10.1088/1361-6382/ab6ae0]

    Cascioli, G., F. D. Marchi, A. Genova, et al. L. Iess, D. E. Smith, and M. T. Zuber. 2019. "The contribution of a large baseline intersatellite link to relativistic metrology." 2019 IEEE 5th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [10.1109/metroaerospace.2019.8869641]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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