David P. Rubincam
			David.P.Rubincam@nasa.gov	301-614-6464

CURRENT POSITION
	Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

RESEARCH AREAS  
	Geophysics, celestial mechanics, climate modeling


EDUCATION 
	1970 – BS (physics) University of Maryland
	1972 – MS (physics) University of Maryland
	1973 – PhD (physics) University of Maryland

PREVIOUS POSITIONS 
1974-1976	NAS-NRC Resident Research Associate, NASA-GSFC
1976-1978 Lead Analyst in Geophysics, Wolf Research & Development Group,
EG & G, Inc.
1978-present	Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
      Flight Center


 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

2004  Rubincam, D.P., Black body temperature, orbital elements, the Milankovitch precession index, and Seversmith psychroterms, Theor. Appl. Climatol. 79, 111-131.

2003  Rubincam, D. P., Polar wander on Triton and Pluto due to volatile migration, Icarus 163, 469-478, 2003

2003  Rubincam, D. P., Gravitational core-mantle coupling and the acceleration of the Earth, J. Geophys. Res.. 108, no. B7, 2338, doi:10.1029/2002/B002132.

2002  Rubincam, D. P., D. D. Rowlands, and R. D. Ray, “Is asteroid 951 Gaspra in a resonant obliquity state with its spin increasing due to YORP?, J. Geophys. Res.. 107, 5065, doi: 10.1029/2001JE001813.

2002  Bottke, W. F., D. Vokrouhlicky, D. P. Rubincam, M. Broz, Dynamical evolution of asteroids and meteoroids using the Yarkovsky effect, in Asteroids III, pp. 395-408, edited by W. F. Bottke, University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

2000  Rubincam, D. P., Pluto and Charon: a case of precession-orbit coupling?, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 26,745-26,755.

2000  Rubincam, D. P., Radiative spin-up and spin-down of small asteroids, Icarus 148, 2-11.

2000  Bottke, W. F., D. P. Rubincam, and J. A. Burns, Dynamical evolution of main belt meteoroids: numerical simulations incorporating planetary perturbations and Yarkovsky thermal forces, Icarus 145, 301-331.

1999  Rubincam, D. P. Mars secular obliquity change due to water ice caps, J. Geophys. Res. 104, 30,765-30,771.

1998  Rubincam, D. P., Yarkovsky thermal drag on small asteroids and Mars-Earth delivery, J. Geophys. Res.. 103, 1725-1732.