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David Kass

Education

B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics - University of Dayton (1992)
Ph.D. in Planetary Science - California Institute of Technology, (1999)

Research Interests

Mesoscale/weather data analysis, modeling and forcasting of the martian atmosphere
Orbital/surface observations of the martian atmosphere and data assimilation of such observations
Long term (4.5 Gyr)evolution/climate change of the martian atmosphere (composition, dynamics and transport)

Projects

MRO - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) launched in 2005 and is on a search for evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars for a long period of time.

MSL - Mars Science Laboratory

The Curiosity rover landed at Gale Crater on August 5, 2012. It is designed to search for and assess past or present habitable environments, i.e., those capable of supporting microbial life.

Professional Experience

Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Scientist (2002-present)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar (1999-2002)

Selected Awards

NASA Group Achievement Award MRO MCS Science Team (2011)
NASA Group Achievement Award MRO Flight and Relay Operations Team (2011)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1992 to 1995)
Lewis A. Kingsley Foundation Fellowship (1995)
President's Scholarship (University of Dayton) (1988 to 1992)
Senior Computer Science Alumni Award of Excellence (1992)
NCR Award of Excellence (1990)

Selected Publications

Kass, D.M., and Y.L. Yung, "Loss of Atmosphere from Mars due to Solar Wind-Induced Sputtering," Science, 268, 697-699, 1995.
Kass, D.M., and Y.L. Yung, "The Loss of Atmosphere from Mars-Response," Science, 274, 19321933 , 1996.
Yung, Y.L., and Kass, D.M., "Deuteronomy: A Puzzle of Deuterium and Oxygen on Mars," Science, 280, 1545-1546, 1996.
Wolf, R.A., K.A. Farley, and D.M. Kass, "Modeling of the Temperature Sensitivity of the Apatite (UTh)/He Thermochronometer," Chem. Geol., 148, 105-114, 1998.
Kass, D.M., and Y.L. Yung, "Water on Mars: Isotopic constraints on exchange between the atmosphere and surface," GRL, 26, 3653-2656, 1999.
Zhang, K.Q., A.P. Ingersoll, D.M. Kass, J.C. Pearl, M.D. Smith, B.J. Conrath, and R.M. Haberle, "Assimilation of Mars Atmospheric Temperature Data into a General Circulation Model. 2. Data from the Mars Global Surveyor Mapping Orbits," JGR 106, 32862-32877, 2001.
Kass, D.M., Y.L. Yung, "Evolution of the Martian Atmosphere: Results of a Monte Carlo Model of Sputtering," In press Icarus, 2003.
Golombek et al., "Selection of the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites," JGR, 108(E12), 8072, doi:10.1029/2003JE002074, 2003.
Crisp J., M. Adler, J. Matijevic, S. Squyres, R.A. Arvidson, D. Kass, "The Mars Exploration Rover Mission," JGR, 108(E12), doi10.1029/2002JE002038, 2003.
Kass, D.M., J.T. Schofield, T.I. Michaels, S.C.R. Rafkin, M.I. Richardson, A.D. Toigo, "Analysis of atmospheric mesoscale models for entry, descent and landing," JGR, 108(E12), doi10.1029/2003JE002065, 2003.

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