Joe Renaud (he / him) studies the interior of rocky solar system moons & exoplanets. He models the thermal-orbital evolution of these bodies as they evolve due to tidal forces.
Joe P Renaud
(Postdoctoral Fellow)
Email: | joseph.p.renaud@nasa.gov |
Phone: | 301.286.5045 |
Org Code: | 698 |
Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
Employer: | UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK |
Brief Bio
Research Interests
Tidal Dynamics
Solar System: Planetary GeologyStudy of how tidal forces influence the interior and orbits of solar system moons and exoplanets.
Positions/Employment
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow
Universities Space Research Association NASA Goddard - Greenbelt, MD
August 2019 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant
George Mason University - Fairfax, VA
2015 - August 2019
Ph.D. Thesis: A Study of the Tidal and Thermal Evolution of Rocky & Icy Worlds Utilizing Advanced Rheological Models
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant - George Mason University - 2013 -- 2018
University Physics I (Kinematics) & II (Electrostatics) Laboratories.
Awards
John Mather Nobel Scholar - 2016
Selected Publications
Refereed
2023. "Constraining the Venus interior structure with future VERITAS measurements of the gravitational atmospheric loading." The Planetary Science Journal 4 (65): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/acc73c] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Evaluation of Recent Measurements of Mercury’s Moments of Inertia and Tides Using a Comprehensive Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (2): 37 [10.3847/psj/ac4bb8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Tidal Dissipation in Dual-body, Highly Eccentric, and Nonsynchronously Rotating Systems: Applications to Pluto–Charon and the Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e." The Planetary Science Journal 2 (1): 4 [10.3847/psj/abc0f3] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Increased Tidal Dissipation Using Advanced Rheological Models: Implications for Io and Tidally Active Exoplanets." The Astrophysical Journal 857 (2): 98 [10.3847/1538-4357/aab784] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Exoplanet Science Priorities from the Perspective of Internal and Surface Processes for Silicate and Ice Dominated Worlds." National Academy of Sciences 2018 Exoplanet Science Strategy White Paper [Other]
2018. "Relevance of tidal heating on large TNOs." Icarus 302 245-260 [10.1016/j.icarus.2017.11.023] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2022. "The Exoplanet Modeling and Analysis Center at NASA Goddard." Research Notes of the AAS 6 (9): 185 [10.3847/2515-5172/ac9060] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Highly Volcanic Exoplanets, Lava Worlds, and Magma Ocean Worlds: An Emerging Class of Dynamic Exoplanets of Significant Scientific Priority." ArXiv e-prints [Journal Article/Letter]