Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Joe P Renaud

(Postdoctoral Fellow)

Joe P Renaud's Contact Card & Information.
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


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.

Research Interests


Tidal Dynamics

Solar System: Planetary Geology

Study 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]