Naomi is a JWST GTO postdoctoral research associate at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center employed by University of Maryland College Park (CRESST II). She is a solar system ambassador for the JWST working with Dr Stefanie Milam and Dr Heidi Hammel. She obtained her PhD in 2021 from the University of Leicester working with supervisor Dr Leigh Fletcher. Her thesis used archived data from the Spitzer Space Telescope to study the thermal structure and composition of the middle atmospheres of the ice giants, Uranus and Neptune. She used the retrieval algorithm NEMESIS and built a consistent retrieval framework for the ice giant planets ahead of the launch of the JWST. Throughout the PhD, Naomi used her teaching experience to partake in significant outreach and public engagement work. Naomi also engaged in considerable equality, diversity and inclusion work and was an active member of university committees, as well as promoting science to underrepresented groups. The majority of the engagement work she focused on was for the JWST and promoting its use for looking at our own solar system, especially the giant planets.
For a more detailed and up-to-date CV please see Naomi's Homepage.
Lab Demonstrator (undergraduates), University of Leicester, UK (2018 - 2021)
Physics and Maths Tutor, self-employed, UK (2017 - 2020)
Physics Teacher, Ulink College of Shanghai, China (2015 - 2017)
Physics, Maths, and Geography Tutor, Tutors in China, China (2014 - 2015)
PhD Physics and Astronomy, September 2017 - October 2021: University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom. Advisors: Dr. Leigh Fletcher. Thesis: Ice Giant Stratospheres from the Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Spectrometer
MPhys Physics with Astrophysics, September 2008 - July 2012: University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 30 GO Program grant recipient ($33,305) 2023
DPS-NSBP Speaker Award winner ($10,000) 2022
DPS under-represented minority (URM) travel grant winner ($2000) 2022
European Research Council PhD Studentship Award (£57,000) 2017
Roman, M. T., L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, et al. T. K. Greathouse, J. I. Moses, N. Rowe-Gurney, P. G. Irwin, A. Antuñano, J. Sinclair, Y. Kasaba, T. Fujiyoshi, I. de Pater, and H. B. Hammel. 2022. "Subseasonal Variation in Neptune’s Mid-infrared Emission." The Planetary Science Journal, 3 (4): 78 [10.3847/psj/ac5aa4]
Rowe-Gurney, N., L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, et al. M. T. Roman, A. Mainzer, J. I. Moses, I. de Pater, and P. G. Irwin. 2021. "Longitudinal variations in the stratosphere of Uranus from the Spitzer infrared spectrometer." Icarus, 365: 114506 [10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114506]
Trilling, D. E., C. Lisse, D. P. Cruikshank, et al. J. P. Emery, Y. Fernández, L. N. Fletcher, D. P. Hamilton, H. B. Hammel, A. W. Harris, M. Mueller, G. S. Orton, Y. J. Pendleton, W. T. Reach, N. Rowe-Gurney, M. Skrutskie, and A. Verbiscer. 2020. "Spitzer’s Solar System studies of asteroids, planets and the zodiacal cloud." Nature Astronomy, 4 (10): 940-946 [10.1038/s41550-020-01221-y]
Sinclair, J., G. Orton, L. Fletcher, et al. M. Roman, I. de Pater, T. Encrenaz, H. Hammel, R. Giles, T. Velusamy, J. Moses, P. Irwin, T. Momary, N. Rowe-Gurney, and F. Tabataba-Vakili. 2020. "Spatial structure in Neptune’s 7.90-
Roman, M. T., L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, N. Rowe-Gurney, and P. G. Irwin. 2020. "Uranus in Northern Midspring: Persistent Atmospheric Temperatures and Circulations Inferred from Thermal Imaging." The Astronomical Journal, 159 (2): 45 [10.3847/1538-3881/ab5dc7]
Antuñano, A., L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, et al. H. Melin, J. H. Rogers, J. Harrington, P. T. Donnelly, N. Rowe‐Gurney, and J. S. Blake. 2018. "Infrared Characterization of Jupiter's Equatorial Disturbance Cycle." Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (20): [10.1029/2018gl080382]
Dahl, E. K., S. Brueshaber, R. G. Cosentino, et al. C. Palotai, N. Rowe-Gurney, R. Sankar, K. Sayanagi, S. Aslam, K. Baines, E. Barth, N. J. Chanover, L. N. Fletcher, S. Guerlet, H. Hammel, M. Hofstadter, A. Hyder, E. Leonard, T. A. Livengood, T. Momary, G. Orton, I. de Pater, K. Retherford, J. Sinclair, K. Soderlund, L. Spilker, L. Sromovsky, and M. H. Wong. 2021. "Ice Giant Atmospheric Science." BAAS 53 (4): e-id. 264 [10.3847/25c2cfeb.97316a54]
Naomi is a JWST GTO postdoctoral research associate at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center employed by University of Maryland College Park (CRESST II). She is a solar system ambassador for the JWST working with Dr Stefanie Milam and Dr Heidi Hammel. She obtained her PhD in 2021 from the University of Leicester working with supervisor Dr Leigh Fletcher. Her thesis used archived data from the Spitzer Space Telescope to study the thermal structure and composition of the middle atmospheres of the ice giants, Uranus and Neptune. She used the retrieval algorithm NEMESIS and built a consistent retrieval framework for the ice giant planets ahead of the launch of the JWST. Throughout the PhD, Naomi used her teaching experience to partake in significant outreach and public engagement work. Naomi also engaged in considerable equality, diversity and inclusion work and was an active member of university committees, as well as promoting science to underrepresented groups. The majority of the engagement work she focused on was for the JWST and promoting its use for looking at our own solar system, especially the giant planets.
For a more detailed and up-to-date CV please see Naomi's Homepage.
Roman, M. T., L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, et al. T. K. Greathouse, J. I. Moses, N. Rowe-Gurney, P. G. Irwin, A. Antuñano, J. Sinclair, Y. Kasaba, T. Fujiyoshi, I. de Pater, and H. B. Hammel. 2022. "Subseasonal Variation in Neptune’s Mid-infrared Emission." The Planetary Science Journal 3 (4): 78 [10.3847/psj/ac5aa4]
Rowe-Gurney, N., L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, et al. M. T. Roman, A. Mainzer, J. I. Moses, I. de Pater, and P. G. Irwin. 2021. "Longitudinal variations in the stratosphere of Uranus from the Spitzer infrared spectrometer." Icarus 365 114506 [10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114506]
Trilling, D. E., C. Lisse, D. P. Cruikshank, et al. J. P. Emery, Y. Fernández, L. N. Fletcher, D. P. Hamilton, H. B. Hammel, A. W. Harris, M. Mueller, G. S. Orton, Y. J. Pendleton, W. T. Reach, N. Rowe-Gurney, M. Skrutskie, and A. Verbiscer. 2020. "Spitzer’s Solar System studies of asteroids, planets and the zodiacal cloud." Nature Astronomy 4 (10): 940-946 [10.1038/s41550-020-01221-y]
Sinclair, J., G. Orton, L. Fletcher, et al. M. Roman, I. de Pater, T. Encrenaz, H. Hammel, R. Giles, T. Velusamy, J. Moses, P. Irwin, T. Momary, N. Rowe-Gurney, and F. Tabataba-Vakili. 2020. "Spatial structure in Neptune’s 7.90-
Roman, M. T., L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, N. Rowe-Gurney, and P. G. Irwin. 2020. "Uranus in Northern Midspring: Persistent Atmospheric Temperatures and Circulations Inferred from Thermal Imaging." The Astronomical Journal 159 (2): 45 [10.3847/1538-3881/ab5dc7]
Antuñano, A., L. N. Fletcher, G. S. Orton, et al. H. Melin, J. H. Rogers, J. Harrington, P. T. Donnelly, N. Rowe‐Gurney, and J. S. Blake. 2018. "Infrared Characterization of Jupiter's Equatorial Disturbance Cycle." Geophysical Research Letters 45 (20): [10.1029/2018gl080382]
Dahl, E. K., S. Brueshaber, R. G. Cosentino, et al. C. Palotai, N. Rowe-Gurney, R. Sankar, K. Sayanagi, S. Aslam, K. Baines, E. Barth, N. J. Chanover, L. N. Fletcher, S. Guerlet, H. Hammel, M. Hofstadter, A. Hyder, E. Leonard, T. A. Livengood, T. Momary, G. Orton, I. de Pater, K. Retherford, J. Sinclair, K. Soderlund, L. Spilker, L. Sromovsky, and M. H. Wong. 2021. "Ice Giant Atmospheric Science." BAAS 53 (4): e-id. 264 [10.3847/25c2cfeb.97316a54]