Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Phillip H Phipps

(Assistant Research Scientist)

Phillip H Phipps's Contact Card & Information.
Email: phillip.h.phipps@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.6523
Org Code: 695
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 695
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO

Positions/Employment


Assistant Research Scientist

University of Maryland -Baltimore County/ GSFC - Greenbelt, MD

July 2023 - Present


Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Maryland Baltimore County - GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

May 2020 - June 2023


Postdoctoral Research Associate

Boston University - Boston, MA

May 2019 - May 2020

Teaching Experience


Lecturer, AS 102 - The Astronomical Universe, July 1 - Aug 9 2019

Department of Astronomy, Boston University, Boston, MA

Education


PhD Astronomy, Boston University 2019

MA Astronomy, Boston University 2015

BS Physics, NC State University 2013

BS Applied Mathematics, NC State University 2013

Professional Societies


AGU

2015 - Present


AAS

2014 - Present

Selected Publications


Refereed

2021. "Two Years of Observations of the Io Plasma Torus by Juno Radio Occultations: Results From Perijoves 1 to 15." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126 (3): [10.1029/2020ja028710] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Centrifugal Equator in Jupiter’s Plasma Sheet." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126 (1): [10.1029/2020ja028713] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Where Is the Io Plasma Torus? A Comparison of Observations by Juno Radio Occultations to Predictions From Jovian Magnetic Field Models." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 125 (8): [10.1029/2019ja027633] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Variations in the Density Distribution of the Io Plasma Torus as Seen by Radio Occultations on Juno Perijoves 3, 6, and 8." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 124 (7): 5200-5221 [10.1029/2018ja026297] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Distribution of Plasma in the Io Plasma Torus as Seen by Radio Occultation During Juno Perijove 1." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 123 (8): 6207-6222 [10.1029/2017ja025113] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Radio occultations of the Io plasma torus by Juno are feasible." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 122 (2): 1731-1750 [10.1002/2016ja023447] [Journal Article/Letter]

Talks, Presentations and Posters


Invited

Juno Observations of the Io Plasma Torus

May 17, 2019

Talk in the GSFC Solar System Exploration Spring Seminar Series


Other

Radiation Exposure in the Vicinity of a Simple Crater on the Moon

2020

Talk at AGU Virtual Fall meeting


Variations in Radiation Exposure Near a Simple Lunar Crater

October 2020

Poster LEAG 2020 meeting


Io Plasma Torus Variability During the Juno Mission

2019

Talk at the AGU Fall Meeting 2019 in San Francisco, CA


The Centrifugal Equator as Seen by Juno Radio Occultations of the Io Plasma Torus

July 2019

Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets meeting in Sendai, Japan


Variability in the Io Plasma Torus as Seen by Juno Radio Occultations

2018

Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2018 in Washington, D.C.


Io Plasma Torus Geometry from Juno Radio Occultations

August 2018

Poster at Magnetospheres of Outer Planets meeting in Boulder, CO


Juno Perijove 1 Radio Occultation of the Io Plasma Torus

2017

Poster at AGU Fall meeting 2017 in New Orleans, LA


Radio Occultations of the Io Plasma Torus with the Juno Spacecraft: A Study of Feasibility

July 2017

Poster at the Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets meeting in Uppsala, Sweden


Selected Public Outreach