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Michael A. Mischna
Group Supervisor

Education
  • B.S. (Honors) in Atmospheric Science, Cornell University (1997)
  • M.S. in Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University (1999)
  • M.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA (2002)
  • Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA (2004)
Research Interests
  • Martian Climate: Climate evolution, orbital cycles, surface ice distribution through time, surface/regolith interactions, present climate
  • Atmospheric Evolution: Giant Impacts, volatile contribution/retention following impacts, origin and evolution of Earth's early atmosphere, differences between terrestrial atmospheres
  • Planetary Atmospheres: Planetary weather and climate, radiative transfer, photochemistry, comparative climatology, spacecraft observations of weather
Projects

ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) Icon ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter will carry a scientific payload capable of addressing one of the scientific goals of this first ExoMars mission, namely the detection and characterisation of trace gases in the Martian atmosphere.

MSL - Mars Science Laboratory Icon MSL - Mars Science Laboratory
The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission is scheduled to land a rover on Mars in 2012, with the goal of assessing the past and present habitability of the area it explores on Mars.

Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2004-present)
    • Supervisor, Earth and Planetary Atmospheres Group (2010-present)
    • Investigation Scientist, Nadir and Occultation for Mars Discovery (NOMAD), ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (2011-present)
    • Co-Investigator, Mars Science Laboratory (2011-present)
    • Entry, Descent and Landing Team, Mars Science Laboratory (2007-present)
    • Co-Investigator, NASA Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets Program (2011-present)
    • Principal Investigator, NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program (2007-present)
    • Entry, Descent and Landing Team, Mars Phoenix Mission (2005-2008)
    • Co-Investigator, NASA Planetary Atmospheres Program (2008-present)
Selected Awards
  • JPL Mariner Award (2010)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award (Phoenix Development/Mission Team)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award (Phoenix Entry, Descent & Landing Team)
  • JPL Mariner Award (2009)
  • JPL Merit Award (2008)
  • UCLA Department of Earth and Space Sciences Waggoner Fellowship (2003-2004)
  • UCLA Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics Fellowship (1999-2001)
  • CalSpace Fellowship (1999-2000)
  • UCLA Graduate Fellowship (1999)
Selected Publications
  1. Lee, C., W.G. Lawson, M.I. Richardson, J.L. Anderson, N.Collins, T. Hoar and M.A. Mischna, Demonstration of Ensemble Data Assimilation for Mars using DART, MarsWRF, and Radiance Observations from MGS TES, J. Geophys. Res., 116(E11), doi:10.1029/2011JE003815, 2011.
  2. Mischna, M.A., M. Allen, M.I. Richardson, C.E. Newman and A.D. Toigo, Atmospheric modeling ofMars methane surface releases, Planet. Space Sci., 59, 227-237, 2011.
  3. Mischna, M.A., et al., Atmospheric Science Research Priorities for Mars, White Paper submitted to NRC Decadal Survey, 2011-2020.
  4. Farmer, J., M. Allen, T. Hoeller and M.A. Mischna, Astrobiology Research Priorities for Mars, White Paper submitted to NRC Decadal Survey, 2011-2020.
  5. Johnson, S.S., A.A. Pavlov and M.A. Mischna, The fate of SO2 in the ancient martian atmosphere: Implications for transient greenhouse warming, J. Geophys. Res. doi:10.1029/2008JE003313, 2009.
  6. Mischna, M.A., S. Lee, M. Allen and R.J. Terrile, Use of evolutionary computation for isolating surface emissions from orbit, Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2009.
  7. Johnson, S.S., M.A. Mischna, T.L. Grove and M.T. Zuber, Sulfur-induced greenhouse warming on early Mars, J. Geophys. Res. 113 E08005, doi:10.1029/2007JE002962, 2008.
  8. Mischna, M. A. and M. I. Richardson, A reanalysis of water abundances in the martian atmosphere at high obliquity, Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 L03201, doi:10.1029/2004GL021865, 2005.
  9. Richardson, M. I. and M. A. Mischna, The long-term evolution of transient liquid water on Mars, J. Geophys. Res. 110 E03003, doi:10.1029/2004JE002367, 2005.
  10. Mischna, M.A., M.I. Richardson, R.J. Wilson and D.J. McCleese, On the orbital forcing of martian water and CO2 cycles: A general circulation model study with simplified volatile schemes. J. Geophys. Res., 108(E6) 5062, doi:10.1029/2003JE002051, 2003.
  11. Mischna, M.A., J.F. Kasting, A. Pavlov and R. Freedman, Influence of carbon dioxide clouds on early martian climate. Icarus, 145, 546-554, 2000.
  12. Mischna, M.A., Bell, J.F., III, James, P.B. and Crisp, D. Synoptic measurements of martian winds using the Hubble Space Telescope. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25:5, 611-614, 1998.

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