About Paulo Penteado

Post doctoral researcher at Departamento
de
Astronomia, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e
Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo
(IAG/USP).
Main current work
- Computational Astronomy:
- General software development for computational sciences,
specially in IDL
- Visualization
- Databases
- Data processing
- Radiative transfer algorithms
- System administration for the computer GINA (GPUs para o INCT-A), for GPU
computing.
- Planetary Sciences
- Cassini VIMS and ground-based
observations of Titan's atmosphere and surface:
- Determination of the temporal and spatial methane and haze
variations on Titan's atmosphere.
- Analysis of VIMS observations of Titan's surface and lower
atmosphere, specially to characterize the occurrence of spectrally
distinct features, their distribution and temporal variation.
- Scientific Instrumentation for The Aster
project: Flight to a near-Earth asteroid
Education
2009
University of Arizona
Ph. D., Planetary Sciences
Study of Titan's methane cycle
2003
Observatório Nacional
M. S., Astronomy
Estudo da distribuição
do momento angular após a fragmentação de um
asteróide reacumulado
2002
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
B. S., Magna cum Laude, Astronomy
Elipsóides Interagentes: Um
modelo para a fragmentação de um asteróide
reacumulado
Publications
See Astronomy for presented talks and posters.
Penteado, Paulo F.;
Griffith, Caitlin A.;
Tomasko, Martin G.;
Engel, Steffi;
See, Charles;
Doose, Lyn;
Baines, Kevin H.;
Brown, Robert H.;
Buratti, Bonnie J.;
Clark, Roger;
Nicholson, Phillip;
Sotin, Christophe
Barnes, Jason W.;
Soderblom, Jason M.;
Brown, Robert H.;
Buratti, Bonnie J.;
Sotin, Christophe;
Baines, Kevin H.;
Clark, Roger N.;
Jaumann, Ralf;
McCord, Thomas B.;
Nelson, Robert;
Le Mouélic, Stéphane;
Rodriguez, Sebastien;
Griffith, Caitlin;
Penteado, Paulo;
Tosi, Federico;
Pitman, Karly M.;
Soderblom, Laurence;
Stephan, Katrin;
Hayne, Paul;
Vixie, Graham;
Bibring, Jean-Pierre;
Bellucci, Giancarlo;
Capaccioni, Fabrizio;
Cerroni, Priscilla;
Coradini, Angioletta;
Cruikshank, Dale P.;
Drossart, Pierre;
Formisano, Vittorio;
Langevin, Yves;
Matson, Dennis L.;
Nicholson, Phillip D.;
Sicardy, Bruno
Planetary and Space Science, Volume 57, Issue 14-15, p. 1950-1962. (
P&SS
Homepage)
10.1016/j.pss.2009.04.013
2009P&SS...57.1950B
Griffith, Caitlin A.;
Penteado, Paulo;
Rodriguez, Sebastien;
Le Mouélic, Stéphane;
Baines, Kevin H.;
Buratti, Bonnie;
Clark, Roger;
Nicholson, Phil;
Jaumann, Ralf;
Sotin, Christophe
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 702, Issue 2, pp. L105-L109
(2009). (
ApJL Homepage)
10.1088/0004-637X/702/2/L105
2009ApJ...702L.105G
Griffith, C. A.;
Penteado, P.;
Rannou, P.;
Brown, R.;
Boudon, V.;
Baines, K. H.;
Clark, R.;
Drossart, P.;
Buratti, B.;
Nicholson, P.;
McKay, C. P.;
Coustenis, A.;
Negrao, A.;
Jaumann, R.
Science, Volume 313, Issue 5793, pp. 1620-1622 (2006). (
Sci Homepage)
0.1126/science.1128245
2006Sci...313.1620G
Griffith, C. A.;
Penteado, P.;
Baines, K.;
Drossart, P.;
Barnes, J.;
Bellucci, G.;
Bibring, J.;
Brown, R.;
Buratti, B.;
Capaccioni, F.;
Cerroni, P.;
Clark, R.;
Combes, M.;
Coradini, A.;
Cruikshank, D.;
Formisano, V.;
Jaumann, R.;
Langevin, Y.;
Matson, D.;
McCord, T.;
Mennella, V.;
Nelson, R.;
Nicholson, P.;
Sicardy, B.;
Sotin, C.;
Soderblom, L. A.;
Kursinski, R.
Science, Volume 310, Issue 5747, pp. 474-477 (2005). (
Sci Homepage)
10.1126/science.1117702
2005Sci...310..474G
Lattes CV (in Portuguese)
http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.jsp?id=K4762481Z2
Contact
pp.penteado (at) gmail.com