Dr. Neil Dello Russo
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
| Address: |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics
Bldg. 1 Room 240 Code 690.2
Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
Phone: (301) 286-1528
Fax: (301) 286-1681
Email: ysndr@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov
EDUCATION:
| 1994: |
Ph. D., Physical Chemistry, University of Maryland at College Park.
Thesis: Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Condensed Nitriles
with Relevance to Outer Planetary Systems. |
| 1988: |
B. A., Physics, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. |
POSITIONS HELD:
Recent Positions:
1997 - Research Assistant Professor,
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
1994-97 National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate,
NASA-GSFC.
Expertise:
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Laboratory infrared spectroscopy.
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High-resolution infrared spectroscopic observations with CSHELL and FCAS
spectrometers.
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Quantitative analysis of CSHELL data.
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Development of fluorescence models for molecules with relevance to comets.
PUBLICATIONS:
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Dello Russo, N., M. J. Mumma, M. A. DiSanti, K. Magee-Sauer, R. Novak,
and T. W. Rettig 1999. Water production and Release in comet
C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp. Submitted to Icarus.
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DiSanti, M. A., M. J. Mumma, N. Dello Russo, K. Magee-Sauer, R. Novak,
and T. W. Rettig 1999. Spatially resolved carbon monoxide emission
in comet Hale-Bopp: Production rates and rotational temperatures
vs. heliocentric distance. Submitted to Icarus.
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Magee-Sauer, K., M. J. Mumma, M. A. DiSanti, N. Dello Russo, and T. W.
Rettig 1999. Infrared spectroscopy of the ?3 band of hydrogen
cyanide in comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp. Submitted to Icarus.
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Mumma, M. J., M. A. DiSanti, N. Dello Russo, K. Magee-Sauer, and T. W.
Rettig 1999. Detection of depleted ethane in comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner:
Evidence for variable chemistry in the outer solar nebula. Submitted
to Ap. J. Letters.
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DiSanti, M. A., M. J. Mumma, N. Dello Russo, K. Magee-Sauer, R. Novak,
and T. W. Rettig 1999. Half the carbon monoxide of comet Hale-Bopp
originates from nuclear ices. Nature 399, 662-665.
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Dello Russo, N., M. A. DiSanti, M. J. Mumma, K. Magee-Sauer, and T. W.
Rettig 1998. Carbonyl sulfide in comets C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)
and C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp): Evidence for an extended source in Hale-Bopp.
Icarus 135, 377-388.
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Mumma, M. J., M. A. DiSanti, N. Dello Russo, M. Fomenkova, K. Magee-Sauer,
C. Kaminski, and D. X. Xie 1996. Detection of abundant ethane
and methane, along with carbon monoxide and water, in comet C/1996 B2 hyakutake:
Evidence for processed interstellar ice. Science 272, 1310-1314.
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Dello Russo, N., and R. K. Khanna 1996. Infrared Spectroscopic
studies of crystalline organic nitriles with relevance to outer planetary
systems. Icarus 123, 366-395.
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Khanna, R. K., and N. Dello Russo 1995. Infrared spectroscopy
of organics of planetological interest at low temperatures. Adv.
Space Res. 16(2), 109-118.
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Dello Russo, N., R. K. Khanna, and M. H. Moore 1993. Identification
and yield of carbonic acid and formaldehyde in irradiated ices. J.
Geophys. Res. 98(E3), 5505-5510.
