PRESENT POSITION:

Astrophysicist, Space Scientist
Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

EDUCATION:

1972 --- B.S. Engineering Physics, Cornell University
1979 --- Ph.D. Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Particles and fields, planetary magnetospheres, magnetometry, observational astronomy, geophysics.

Co-Investigator, Voyager 1 and 2 magnetometer (MAG), Tethered Satellite MAG, Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor MAG and electron reflectometer investigation.

Observer, Hubble Space Telescope and Infrared Telescope Facility.

Associate Editor, Reviews of Geophysics

Chairman, International Jupiter Watch (IJW) Aurora Discipline

EXPERIENCE:

1980 to present: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1979 --- 1980: NAS/NRC Resident Research Associate
1973 --- 1978: Research Fellow, Cornell University

HONORS:

1986 NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement
1994 John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science
1998 NASA Medal for Exceptional Achievement

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

American Geophysical Union
Division of Planetary Sciences of the AAS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. "New Models of Jupiter's Magnetic Field Constrained by the Io Flux Tube Footprint", J. E. P. Connerney, M. H. Acuna, N. F. Ness, and T. Satoh, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 11929 --11939, 1998.
2. "Octupole Model of Jupiter's Magnetic Field from Ulysses Observations", J. E. P. Connerney, M. H. Acuna and N. F. Ness, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 27453 - 27458, 1996.
3. "Emission Source Model of Jupiter's H3+ Aurorae: A Generalized Inverse Analysis of Images", T. Satoh, J. E. P. Connerney, and R. Baron, Icarus, 122, 1--23, 1996.
4. "Interpretation of Auroral "Light Curves" with Application to Jupiter's H3+ Aurorae" , J. E. P. Connerney, T. Satoh, and R. Baron, Icarus, 122, 24--35, 1996.
5. "Images of Excited H3+ at the Foot of the Io Flux Tube in Jupiter's Atmosphere", J. E. P. Connerney, R. Baron, T. Satoh, and T. Owen, Science, 262, 1035--1038, 1993.
6. "Magnetic Fields of the Outer Planets", J. E. P. Connerney, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 18659--18679, 1993.
7. "Doing More with Jupiter's Magnetic Field", J. E. P. Connerney, in Planetary Radio Emissions III, eds. H. O. Rucker and S. J. Bauer, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Austrian Academy of Science, Austria, pp. 13-33, 1992.
8. "The Magnetic Field of Neptune", J. E. P. Connerney, M. H. Acuna, and N. F. Ness, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 19023-19042, 1991.
9. "The Magnetic Field of Uranus", J. E. P. Connerney, M. H. Acuna, and N. F. Ness, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 15329-15336, 1987.
10. "A Micrometeorite Erosion Model and the Age of Saturn's Rings", T. G. Northrop and J. E. P. Connerney, Icarus, 70, 124-137, 1987.
11. "New Model of Saturn's Ionosphere with an Influx of Water from the Rings", J. E. P. Connerney and J. H. Waite, Nature, 312, 136--138, 1984.
12. "Zonal Harmonic Model of Saturn's Magnetic Field from Voyager 1 and 2 Observations", J. E. P. Connerney N. F. Ness, and M. H. Acuna, Nature, 298, 44--46, 1982.
13. "Modeling the Jovian Current Sheet and Inner Magnetosphere", J. E. P. Connerney, M. H. Acuna and N. F. Ness, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 8370-8384, 1981.

Last Modified: 22 July 1998

Curator: Jennifer Kalb, Raytheon STX
Email: Jennifer.Kalb@gsfc.nasa.gov

Responsible NASA Representative: Dr. Steven Curtis
E-mail: Steven.Curtis@gsfc.nasa.gov