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Bradford Wallis

Education
  • B.S. in Physics and Astronomy, California State University at Northridge (1970)
  • M.A. in Physical Anthropology, California State University, Northridge

Projects

Cassini-Huygens Icon Cassini-Huygens
The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft is currently exploring the ringed planet, its mysterious moons, the stunning rings and its complex magnetic environment.


Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Labs (1992 - present)
    • CIRS Team Associate
    • Cassini Science Planning Team, Rings Discipline Scientist and ORS Specialist
    • Investigation Scientist for the Cassini Imaging Team
    • Experiment Representative for Voyager UVS
    • Experiment Rep and Team Associate for Voyager Photopolarimeter Team

Selected Awards
  • 2008 NASA Exceptional Acheivement Medal

Selected Publications
Books

Brad D. Wallis and Robert W. Provin, A Manual of Advanced Celestial Photography, Cambridge University Press, 1988 (ISBN 0-521-25553-8)

Articles

  1. Spilker, L.J., C. Ferrari, B.D. Wallis, J.C. Pearl and T.R. Spilker, Temperatures and Optical Depths In Saturn's C Ring, 2002. To be submitted to Icarus.
  2. Spilker, L.J., B.D. Wallis, C. Ferrari, J.C. Pearl, Saturn C Ring Thermal and Energy Balance Measurements from Voyager 1 IRIS Data., 2001. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc.,33(3), 1096.
  3. Spilker, L.J., B.D Wallis, J.C. Pearl. Saturn C Ring Thermal Measurements from Voyager 1 IRIS Data. , 2000. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 32(3), 1086.
  4. Nelson, Robert M, Brad D. Wallis, Edwin S. Barker, Linda J. Horn, William D. Smythe, Arthur L. Lane, and Bruce W. Hapke 1996 Compositional mapping of Jupiter's satellite Io utilizing high speed multifilter photometry during mutual satellite occultations, 1990-1991 Icarus Oct, 1996, v123, n2, p. 568(10).
  5. Nelson, R. M.; Lane, A. L.; Morrill, M. E.; Wallis, B. D.; Gibson, J.; Smythe, W. D.; Horn, L. J.; Buratti, B. J. 1993 The brightness of Jupiter's satellite Io following emergence from eclipse  Selected observations, 1981-1989 Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 101, no. 2, p. 223-233.
  6. Nelson, R. M.,B. J. Buratti, B. D. Wallis, W. D. Smythe, L. J. Horn, A. L. Lane, M. J. Mayo. Spectral Geometric albedo and bolometric bond albedo of Neptune's satellite Triton from Voyager observations. Geophys. Res. Let, in press, 1990.
  7. R. M. Nelson, B. D. Wallis, B. J. Buratti, W. D. Smythe, M. Mayo, L. J. Horn, and A. L. Lane , Preliminary bolometric Bond albedo of Triton from voyager Observations. Eos, Tr. Am. Geophys. V., 71, 548, 1990.
  8. R. M. Nelson, B. J. Buratti, B. D. Wallis, A. L. Lane, R. A. West, L. J. Horn, K. E. Simmons, C. W. Hord, C. W. Esposito. , Voyager 2 photopolarimeter observations of the Neptune satellites. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc., 21. 913, 1989.
  9. R. M. Nelson, B. D. Wallis, A. L. Lane, B. J. Buratti, W. D. Smythe, M. Mayo, K. E. Simmons, D. Bliss, B. W. Hapke, R. A. West, L. J. Horn, C. W. Hord, W. Pryor, L. W. Esposito. Voyager 2 Photopolarimeter Observations of the Satellites of Neptune. EOS,Tr. Amer.Geophys.U., 70, 1170, 1989.
  10. R. M. Nelson, B. J. Buratti, B. D. Wallis, A. L. Lane, R. A. West, K. E. Simmons, C. W. Hord, L. W. Esposito. Voyager 2 Photopolarimeter Observations of the Uranian Satellites. J. Geophys. Res., 92, 14905 14910, 1987.
  11. R. M. Nelson, B. J. Buratti, B. D. Wallis and A. L. Lane. , Voyager Photopolarimeter Observations of the Uranian Satellites. EOS, Tr. Amer. Geophys. U., 67, 298, 1986.
  12. R. M. Nelson, B. J. Buratti, B. D. Wallis, A. L. Lane., Two color phase curves of the Uranian Satellites from the Voyager PPS experiment., Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc.,18, 784, 1986.

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