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Daniel Nunes

Education

Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences – Washington University (2004)
M.A. in Earth and Planetary Sciences – Washington University (2000) (1973)
B.S. in Astronomy – University of Kansas (1997)
Ph B.S. in Physics – University of Kansas (1997)

Professional Experience

Caltech Post-Doctoral Scholar – Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2008)
Post-Doctoral Fellow – Lunar and Planetary Institute (2004-2007)
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant – Washington University (1998-2004)
Graduate Teaching Assistant – University of Kansas (1997-1998)
Summer Intern – Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1997)

Selected Awards

Research Grants

NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program – Principal Investigator; $104,000 (2007) Formation of the Martian Polar Chasmata: a thermo-elastoviscoplastic approach

Professional Awards

NASA’s Carl Sagan Early Career Award (2007) For postdoctoral and non-tenured researchers in Solar System science
NASA Planetary Geology & Geophysics Undergraduate Research Program (1997) Summer research at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wyman Storer Award – University of Kansas (1997) Unselfish service to the Astronomy program at the University of Kansas
University of Kansas Student Travel Award (1997) For paper presentation at Fall 97 AGU Conference
Institute of International Education Scholarship Award (1991) National-scale (Brazil) competition for a scholarship at an American university

Selected Publications

D. C. Nunes, D. M. Hurwitz, and S. Byrne, Recent Faulting on the Martian North Residual Polar Cap, in preparation for Geophysical Research Letters
D. C. Nunes and R. J. Phillips, Effect of initial compensation state on the relaxation of crustal plateaus on Venus, Journal of Geophysical Research, E10002, 10.1029/2006JE2861, 2007
R. Seu et al. with D. Nunes, SHARAD sounding radar on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Journal of Geophysical Research, E05S05, 10.1029/2006JE002745, 2007
D. C. Nunes and R. J. Phillips, Radar Subsurface Mapping of the Polar Layered Deposits on Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, E06S21, 10.1029/2005JE002609, 2006
R. R. Ghent, R. J. Phillips, V. L. Hansen, and D. C. Nunes, Finite element modeling of short-wavelength contractional deformation on Venus: implications for the hotspot model for crustal plateau formation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, E11006, 10.1029/2005JE002522, 2005
D. C. Nunes, Worlds apart: Geophysical modeling of the evolution of crustal plateaus on Venus and the propagation of radar through the Martian polar layered terrains, PhD Thesis, Washington University in St. Louis, 2004
D. C. Nunes, R. J. Phillips, C. D. Brown, and A. J. Dombard, Relaxation of Compensated Topography and the Evolution of Crustal Plateaus on Venus, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(E1), E01006, 10.1029/2003JE002119, 2004
S. A. Ledvina, D. C. Nunes, T. E. Cravens, and J. L. Tinker, Pressure balance across magnetic flux ropes in the ionosphere of Venus, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(A6), 10.1029/2001JA900147, 2002.

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