1966 - B.S., Physics - City College of New York
1973 - Ph.D., Physics - Syracuse University
Theodor Kostiuk
(Emeritus)
| Email: | theodor.kostiuk-1@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.8431 |
| Org Code: | 693 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 693 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | EMERITUS |
Missions & Projects
Research Interests
Planetary and Earth atmospheres
Solar System: AtmospheresPlanetary and Earth atmospheres (composition, thermal structure, dynamics); Spectroscopic Studies of Solar System Objects, the Sun, Stars, and Interstellar Medium; Infrared Astronomy; Stratospheric Research; Molecular Spectroscopy, Infrared Heterodyne Spectroscopy, Quantum Cascade and Diode Laser Spectroscopy; Infrared Upconversion Techniques, Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy, Infrared and Submillimeter Lasers, Experimental Solid State Physics, Electron Spin Resonance and Electronic Spin Echo investigations, Relaxation Phenomena in Solids, RF, mm, submm-wave technology; Remote Sensing Techniques. Small and CUBESAT satellite optical and spectroscopic systems using carbon nanotube mirrors.
Education
Positions/Employment
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Resident Research Associate
Goddard Space Flight Center - Goddard Space Flight Center
1973 - 1974
Space Scientist, Infrared and Radio Astronomy Branch
Goddard Space Flight Center - Goddard Space Flight Center
1974 - 1983
Head, Molecular Astrophysics Section (Detail), Infrared and Radio Astronomy Branch
Goddard Space Flight Center - Goddard Space Flight Center
August 1983 - July 1984
Acting Head, Infrared and Radio Astronomy Branch, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
Goddard Space Flight Center - Goddard Space Flight Center
October 1984 - December 1984
Chair, Auroral Discipline, International Jupiter Watch- International Jupiter Watch Steering Committee
Goddard Space Flight Center - Goddard Space Flight Center
1989 - 1993
NASA Solar System Exploration Subcommittee (SSES), Member
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
1992 - 1994
Manager Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program (PIDDP)
NASA - NASA Headquarters
1993 - 1996
Chief Scientist for Exploration Programs, Space Sciences Directorate
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
1991 - 2000
NASA Management Operations Working Group (MOWG) for Keck and Infrared Telescope Facility Telescopes
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
2002 - 2009
Astrophysicist, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Solar System Exploration Division
Goddard Space Flight Center - Goddard Space Flight Center
2009 - Present
Professional Societies
American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences
1975 - Present
American Geophysical Union
1975 - Present
Optical Society of America
1974 - Present
American Physical Society
1969 - 2013
American Institute of Physics
1985 - Present
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1985 - Present
Awards
1966 - CCNY Simon Sonkin Award for Excellence in Experimental Physics
2017 – NASA Exceptional Service Medal
Received numerous GSFC Performance, Incentive, and Special Act awards
Professional Service
Goddard Space Flight Center Task Force on the Instrument Complement for the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)1977.
Organizer: NASA - US Army Workshop on Sub/Near Millimeter Wave Technology, July 30-31, 1980, at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD.
Secretary, NASA Workshop on the Studies of Solar System Objects from Earth Orbit, GSFC, October 9-10,1980.
Co-Organizer and co-Chair: NASA OAST Workshop on Diode Laser Technology and Applications, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, 1982.
GSFC Representative NASA OAST Sensors Working Group 1987.
Organizing Committee, Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1985.
Chair: Two sessions at Fourth International Conference on Infrared Physics, Zurich, Switzerland, August, 1988.
Chair: Auroral Session at Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Meeting, Annapolis, MD, August, 1990.
Member of the German Planetary Telescope Science Working Group (Ionosphere/Stratosphere sub-Group) 1987.
Chair, Auroral Discipline, International Jupiter Watch, 1989-1993.
International Jupiter Watch Steering Committee, 1989-1993
Scientific Program and Organizing Committee, Workshop on Astrophysics form the Moon, Annapolis MD, February 5-7,1990.
NASA Huygens Probe Categorization Committee, May 25,1990.
Chair, Jupiter and Outer Planets Studies Group, at Goddard Space Flight Center, 1988-1994.
Program Committee, AGU Special Session, Physics of Io/Jupiter Connections, Baltimore, MD, May 1991. Auroral Session Chairman.
Co-chair, Passive Heterodyne Sensing Panel, NASA Workshop on Technologies for Advanced Planetary Instruments, Pasadena, CA, May 8-10, 1991.
Chair of advisory group (to NASA, Solar System Exploration Division) on possible US-USSR "Mars Watch" program. Organizer of "Mars Watch" Workshop at 1991 DPS Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, November 3, 1991.
Chair, Organizing Committee, Member Program Committee: International Workshop on Variable Phenomena in Jovian Planetary Systems, Annapolis, MD, July 1992.
Chief Scientist for Exploration Programs, Space Sciences Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1991 -2000.
NASA Solar System Exploration Subcommittee (SSES), Member, 1992 - 1994.
Organizing Committee, 26th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Sciences, Washington DC, 31 October - 4 November, 1994.
Organizing Committee, IAU Colloquium 156: The Collision of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter, Baltimore, Maryland, 9-12 May, 1995.
Convener, Planetary Surface Instruments Workshop, Houston, Texas, May 12-13,1995.
Member of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education Advisory Committee for Education and Public Outreach, 1996 –.
Served on Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS proposal review panel, 1996.
Served as Chair of review panel for New Millennium DS1 Mission Science Team proposals, 1996.
Served on Categorization Committee for DS1 Mission Science Team proposals, 1996.
Member of the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum Advisory Committee on the Design of the exhibit -Voyage :Journey Through Our Solar System on the Mall. 1998-2001.
Co-Chair, Astronomy in Ukraine 2000 and Beyond: Impact of International Cooperation, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 5-8, 2000.
2002– 2009
2002 Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation, Division of Astronomical Sciences, Arlington VA, April, 2-4, 2004.
Organizing Committee, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Photopolarimetry In Remote Sensing, Yalta, and Kyiv, Ukraine, September 20-October 10, 2003.
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics and Solar System Exploration Division Awards Committee, 2004- 2008.
2002- 2009 - NASA Management Operations Working Group (MOWG) for Keck and Infrared Telescope Facility Telescopes,
20012-2015 - Member of Telescope Allocation Committee (TAC) for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
Served as Chair and member on NASA Planetary Astronomy and Planetary Atmospheres review panels (last in PAST 2008)
Served on several NSF Astronomy and Planetary sciences review panels.
Refereed many papers for publication in refereed journals.
Served on numerous review panels for research and flight proposals to NASA, National Science Foundation, and the Space Science Telescope Institute.
Organizer: NASA - US Army Workshop on Sub/Near Millimeter Wave Technology, July 30-31, 1980, at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD.
Secretary, NASA Workshop on the Studies of Solar System Objects from Earth Orbit, GSFC, October 9-10,1980.
Co-Organizer and co-Chair: NASA OAST Workshop on Diode Laser Technology and Applications, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, 1982.
GSFC Representative NASA OAST Sensors Working Group 1987.
Organizing Committee, Division of Planetary Sciences Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1985.
Chair: Two sessions at Fourth International Conference on Infrared Physics, Zurich, Switzerland, August, 1988.
Chair: Auroral Session at Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets Meeting, Annapolis, MD, August, 1990.
Member of the German Planetary Telescope Science Working Group (Ionosphere/Stratosphere sub-Group) 1987.
Chair, Auroral Discipline, International Jupiter Watch, 1989-1993.
International Jupiter Watch Steering Committee, 1989-1993
Scientific Program and Organizing Committee, Workshop on Astrophysics form the Moon, Annapolis MD, February 5-7,1990.
NASA Huygens Probe Categorization Committee, May 25,1990.
Chair, Jupiter and Outer Planets Studies Group, at Goddard Space Flight Center, 1988-1994.
Program Committee, AGU Special Session, Physics of Io/Jupiter Connections, Baltimore, MD, May 1991. Auroral Session Chairman.
Co-chair, Passive Heterodyne Sensing Panel, NASA Workshop on Technologies for Advanced Planetary Instruments, Pasadena, CA, May 8-10, 1991.
Chair of advisory group (to NASA, Solar System Exploration Division) on possible US-USSR "Mars Watch" program. Organizer of "Mars Watch" Workshop at 1991 DPS Meeting, Palo Alto, CA, November 3, 1991.
Chair, Organizing Committee, Member Program Committee: International Workshop on Variable Phenomena in Jovian Planetary Systems, Annapolis, MD, July 1992.
Chief Scientist for Exploration Programs, Space Sciences Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1991 -2000.
NASA Solar System Exploration Subcommittee (SSES), Member, 1992 - 1994.
Organizing Committee, 26th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Sciences, Washington DC, 31 October - 4 November, 1994.
Organizing Committee, IAU Colloquium 156: The Collision of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter, Baltimore, Maryland, 9-12 May, 1995.
Convener, Planetary Surface Instruments Workshop, Houston, Texas, May 12-13,1995.
Member of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education Advisory Committee for Education and Public Outreach, 1996 –.
Served on Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS proposal review panel, 1996.
Served as Chair of review panel for New Millennium DS1 Mission Science Team proposals, 1996.
Served on Categorization Committee for DS1 Mission Science Team proposals, 1996.
Member of the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum Advisory Committee on the Design of the exhibit -Voyage :Journey Through Our Solar System on the Mall. 1998-2001.
Co-Chair, Astronomy in Ukraine 2000 and Beyond: Impact of International Cooperation, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 5-8, 2000.
2002– 2009
2002 Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation, Division of Astronomical Sciences, Arlington VA, April, 2-4, 2004.
Organizing Committee, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Photopolarimetry In Remote Sensing, Yalta, and Kyiv, Ukraine, September 20-October 10, 2003.
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics and Solar System Exploration Division Awards Committee, 2004- 2008.
2002- 2009 - NASA Management Operations Working Group (MOWG) for Keck and Infrared Telescope Facility Telescopes,
20012-2015 - Member of Telescope Allocation Committee (TAC) for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)
Served as Chair and member on NASA Planetary Astronomy and Planetary Atmospheres review panels (last in PAST 2008)
Served on several NSF Astronomy and Planetary sciences review panels.
Refereed many papers for publication in refereed journals.
Served on numerous review panels for research and flight proposals to NASA, National Science Foundation, and the Space Science Telescope Institute.