PRESENT POSITION:
Astrophysicist, Planetary Systems Branch,
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics,
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
EDUCATION:
1998 - Ph.D., Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
1996 - MS., Astronomy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
1993 - BS., Space Sciences(highest honors), Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2001 - present -- Astrophysicist, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
2001 - 1999 -- Research Associate, Cornell University
1998 - 1993 -- Graduate Research Assistant, New Mexico State University
1993 - 1991 -- Undergraduate Research Assistant, Florida Institute of Technology
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Physics Honer Society
Blue Key National Honor Fraternity
American Astronomical Society and Division of Planetary Sciances
American Geophysical Union
American Association of University Women
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
- Simon-Miller, A. A., P. J. Gierasch, R. F. Beebe and B. Conrath 2001. Structure and Dynamics of Jupiter's Great Red Spot: New Observational Results. Icarus, submitted.
- Simon-Miller, A. A., D. Banfield and P. J. Gierasch 2001. Color and Vertical Structure of Jupiter's Belts, Zones and Weather Features. Icarus, submitted.
- Edgington, S. G., S. K. Atreya, L. M. Trafton, J. J. Caldwell, R. F. Beebe, A. A. Simon and R. A. West 2001. Phosphine and eddy mixing in the atmosphere of Saturn. In prep.
- Simon-Miller, A. A., D. Banfield and P. J. Gierasch 2001. An HST Study of Jovian Chromophores. Icarus 149, 94-106.
- Simon-Miller, A. A., B. Conrath, P. J. Gierasch and R. F. Beebe 2000. A Detection of Water Ice on Jupiter with Voyager IRIS. Icarus 145, 454-461.
- Gierasch, Ingersoll, Banfield, Ewald, Helfenstein, Simon-Miller, Vasavada, Breneman, Senske and the Galileo Imaging Team 2000. Observation of moist convection in Jupter's atmosphere. Nature 403, 628-630.
- Simon, A. A. 1999. The Structure and Temporal Stability of Jupiter's Zonal Winds: A STudy of the North Tropical Region. Icarus 141, 29-39.
- Edgington, S. G., S. K. Atreya, L. M. Trafton, J. J. Caldwell, R. F. Beebe, A. A. Simon and R. A. West 1999. Ammonia and Eddy Mixing Variations in the Upper Troposphere of Jupiter from HST Faint Object Spectrograph Observations. Icarus 142, 342-356.
- Simon, A. A, R. F. Beebe, P. J. Gierasch, A. R. Vasavada, M. J. S. Belton and the Galileo Imaging Team 1998. Global Context of the Galileo-E6 Observations of Jupiter's White Ovals. Icarus 135, 220-229.
- Edgington, S. G., S. K. Atreya, L. M. Trafton, J. J. Caldwell, R. F. Beebe, A. A. Simon and R. A. West and C. Barnet 1998. On the Latitude Variation of Ammonia, Acetylene, and Phosphine Altitude Profiles on Jupiter from HST Faint Object Spectrograph Observations. Icarus 133, 192-209.
Last Modified: 13 November 2001
Curator: Jennifer Kalb, Global Science & Technology. Inc.
Email: Jennifer.Kalb@gsfc.nasa.gov
Responsible NASA Representative:
Dr. Drake Deming
E-mail: Drake.Deming@gsfc.nasa.gov