Boston University
Center for Space Physics
725 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston MA 02215
My research focuses on the formation and evolution of extended planetary atmospheres. General interests include planetary imaging, image processing, planetary aeronomy, and numerical modeling.
B.S. Physics, Astronomy, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1990. (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
M.S. Planetary Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1993.
Ph.D. in Astrophysical, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado, 1996.
Graduate Research Assistant, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. (1990-1996)
Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado. (Jan-May 1992)
Research Associate, Center for Space Physics. (Nov 1996 - Present)
Member, American Geophysical Union,Division of Planetary Science (American Astronomical Society).
Departmental Committees at C.U.: Labs and Observatories (91-92),Graduate Student Concerns (92-93), Library (93-94,95-96).
Reviewer, Icarus, Journal of Geophysical Research, Advances in Space Research.
Chief and associate reviewer, NASA planetary science review panel.
Invited Lectures:
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship (July 1993-June 1996).
Schneider, N. M., Trauger, J. T., Wilson, J. K., Brown, D. I., Evans, R. W.,Shemansky, D. E., Molecular Origin of Io's Fast Sodium. Science, 253, 1394-1397, 1991.
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., Io's Fast Sodium: Implications for Molecular and Atomic Atmospheric Escape, Icarus, 111, 31-44, 1994.
Mendillo, M., Wilson, J., Baumgardner, J., and Schneider, N., Groundbased remote sensing of energetic neutral atoms in Jupiter's magnetosphere, in The Three Galileos: The Man, The Spacecraft, The Telescope, J. Rahe,C. Barbieri, T. Johnson, A Sohus, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 411-420, 1997.
Wilson, J.K, Baumgardner, J., and Mendillo, M., Three Tails of Comet Hale-Bopp, Geophysical Research Letters (cover article), 25, pp. 225-228, 1998.
Mendillo, M., J. Baumgardner, and J. K. Wilson, Observational Test for the Solar Wind Sputtering Origin of the Moon's Extended Sodium Atmosphere, Icarus, 137, pp.13-23, 1999.
Wilson, J. K., S. M. Smith, J. Baumgardner, and M. Mendillo, Modeling an Enhancement of the Lunar Sodium Atmosphere and Tail During the Leonid MeteorShower of 1998, Geophysical Research Letters (cover article), 26, pp. 1645-1648, 1999.
Smith, S. M., J. K. Wilson, J. Baumgardner, and M. Mendillo, Discovery of the Distant Lunar Sodium Tail and Its Enhancement Following the Leonid MeteorShower of 1998, Geophysical Research Letters (cover article), 26, pp. 1649-1652, 1999
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M. , Io's sodium directional feature: Evidence forionospheric escape, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 104, pp. 16567-16584, 1999.
Burger, Matthew H., Nicholas M. Schneider, and Jody K. Wilson, Galileo's close-up view of the Io sodium jet, Geophysical Research Letters (cover article), 26, pp. 3333-3336, 1999
Baumgardner, J., M. Mendillo, and J. K. Wilson, A Digital High Definition Imaging System for Spectral Studies of Extended Planetary Atmospheres: 1. Initial Results in White Light Showing Features on the Hemisphere of Mercury Unimaged by Mariner 10, Astronomical Journal, 119, 2458-2464, May 2000.
Wilson, J. K., M. Mendillo, J. Baumgardner, N. M. Schneider, J. T. Trauger, and B. Flynn, The Dual Sources of Io’s Sodium Clouds, Icarus, 157, 476-489, 2002.
M. Mendillo, J. K. Wilson, J. Baumgardner, B. Flynn, J. Stansberry, and J. Spencer, Variability of Jupiter's Sodium Nebula Linked to Volcanic Activity on Io, revision in prep., 2002.
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., Io's Fast Sodium: Dissociative Recombination of Sodium-Bearing Molecules, EOS, 1991 (1991 AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland).
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., Trauger, J.T., Brown, D.I., Evans, R.E.,Shemansky, D.E., Io's Fast Sodium I: Molecular Ion Source. Bull. Am. Astron. Soc.,23, 1229, 1991 (1991 DPS Meeting, Palo Alto, California).
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., Trauger, J.T., High Molecular Abundances inIo's Atmosphere, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 25, 1081, 1993 (1993 DPS Meeting, Boulder, Colorado).
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., Variability of Io's Fast Sodium, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc.,26, 1136-1137, 1994 (1994 DPS Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland).
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., Io's Sodium Directional Feature: Evidence forIonospheric Rip-off, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 27, 1154, 1995 (1995 DPS Meeting, Kona, Hawaii).
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., Io's Sodium Directional Features: Evidencefor Ionospheric Escape, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 28, 23.10, 1996 (1996 DPS Meeting, Tucson, Arizona).
Wilson, J.K., Mendillo, M., Baumgardner, J., Comet Hale-Bopp's Diffuse SodiumTail, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 29, 1047, 1997 (1997 DPS Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Mendillo, M., Wilson, J.K., Baumgardner, J., Schneider N.M, Imaging and ModelingIo's Energetic Sodium Atoms at Three Spatial Scales, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 29, 1002, 1997 (1997 DPS Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Wilson, J.K., Mendillo, M., Baumgardner, J., Schneider, N.M., and Trauger, J.T., Imaging and Modeling Io's Sodium Clouds at Three Spatial Scales over Three Years, EOS, 79, #17, S201, 1998 (1998 AGU Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts).
Mendillo, M., Wilson, J.K., Baumgardner, J., Cremonese, G., Barbieri, C., Imaging Studies of Sodium Tails in Comets, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 30, 1062, 1998 (1998 DPS Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin)
Wilson, J.K., Mendillo, M., Baumgardner, J., Flynn, B., A Decade of Jupiter's Sodium Nebula, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 30, 1118, 1998 (1998 DPS Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin).
Wilson, J.K., Smith, S.M., Baumgardner, J., and Mendillo, M., Modeling an Enhancement of the Lunar Sodium Atmosphere and Tail During the Leonid Meteor Shower of 1998, EOS, 80, #17, S200, 1999 (1999 AGU Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts).
Smith, S.M., Wilson, J.K., Baumgardner, J., and Mendillo, M., Discovery of the Distant Lunar Sodium Tail and its Enhancement Following the 1998 Leonid Meteor Shower, EOS, 80, #17, S200, 1999 (1999 AGU Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts).
Wilson, J.K., S.M. Smith, J. Baumgardner, M. Mendillo, Enhancement of the Moon’s Sodium Tail Following the Leonid Meteor Shower of 1998, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 31, 1132, 1999 (1999 DPS Meeting, Padova, Italy).
Mendillo, M., J.K. Wilson, J. Baumgardner, N.M. Schneider, J.Spencer, J. Stansberry, B. Flynn, J.T. Trauger, The Relationship Between Io’s Sodium Clouds and Volcanic Activity on Io, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., 31, 1165, 1999 (1999 DPS Meeting, Padova, Italy).
Barker, E.S. et al., Results of Observational Campaigns Carried Out During the Impact of Lunar Prospector into a Permanently Shadowed Crater near the South Pole of the Moon, 1999 DPS Meeting, #31, #59.03
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., Trauger, J.T., Shemansky, D.E., Molecules in Io's Atmosphere, at Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, Los Angeles, California, June 22-26, 1992.
Wilson, J.K., Schneider, N.M., and Trauger, J.T., Brightness Variability of Jupiter's Neutral Sodium Emissions, at Variable Phenomena in Jovian Planetary Systems, Annapolis, Maryland, July 13-16, 1992.
Wilson, J., Schneider, N., and Trauger, J., Sodium-Bearing Molecules at Io, at the Sodium Atmospheres Workshop, San Juan Capistrano, California, February 2-4, 1993.
Wilson, J., Schneider, N., and Trauger, J., Fast Sodium and Sodium-Bearing Molecules at Io, at Io: An International Conference, San Juan Capistrano, California, June 22-25, 1993.
Wilson, J.K., and Schneider, N.M., Molecular Pick-up Ions at Io, at The International Symposium on Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, Graz, Austria, August 8-12, 1994.
Wilson, J.K., and Mendillo, M., Comet Hale-Bopp's Diffuse Sodium Tail, at The First International Conference on Comet Hale-Bopp, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, February 2-5, 1998.
Burger, M. H., N. M. Schneider, and J. K. Wilson, Galileo's Close-up View Of Io's Sodium Jet, at Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, Paris, France, August 9-14, 1999.
Wilson, J.K., Mendillo, M., Baumgardner, J., Flynn, B., Stansberry, J., and Spencer, J., Variability of Jupiter's Sodium Nebula and Io's Volcanic Activity, at Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets, Paris, France, August 9-14, 1999.