Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
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BRUCE G. BILLS
Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (858) 822-0767 Email: Bruce.G.Bills@nasa.gov |
CURRENT POSITION
- Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
Visiting Research Geophysicist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
RESEARCH AREAS
- Planetary geodynamics, geodetic paleolimnology,
orbital, rotational and climatic interactions
EDUCATION
- 1973 - B.S. (mathematics/physics) Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
- 1981 - Ph.D. (planetary science) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
- [Thesis: A Harmonic and Statistical Analysis of the Topography of
the Earth, Moon and Mars]
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
| 1977-1979 | Senior Engineer, Tracking and Orbit Determination Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA |
| 1979-1984 | Senior Scientist, Planetary Dynamics and Geophysics Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA |
| 1984-1990 | Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX |
| 1990-1992 | Supervisory Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD |
| 1992-present | Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD |
| 1991-1998 | Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
| 1998-present | Visiting Research Geophysicist Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1994 Bills, B.G., D.R. Currey, and G.A. Marshall, Viscosity estimates for the crust and upper mantle from patterns of lacustrine shoreline deformation in the eastern Great Basin, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 22,059-22,086.
1999 Adams, K.D., S.G. Wesnousky, and B.G. Bills, Isostatic rebound, active faulting, and potential geomorphic effects in the Lake Lahontan Basin, Nevada and California Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 111, 1739-1756.
2003 Comstock, R.L., and B.G. Bills (2003), A solar system survey of forced librations in longitude, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 108, 5100.
2004 Egbert, G.D., R.D. Ray, and B.G. Bills, Numerical modeling of the global semidiurnal tide in the present day and in the last glacial maximum, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 109, C03003.
2005 B.G. Bills, Free and forced obliquities of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter, Icarus, 175, 233-247.
2005 B.G. Bills, and R.L. Comstock, Spatial and temporal patterns of solar eclipses by Phobos on Mars, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 110, E04004.
2005 B.G. Bills, and R.L. Comstock, Forced obliquity variations of Mercury, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 110, E04006.
2005 Bills, B.G., G.A. Neumann, D.E. Smith, and M.T.Zuber, Improved estimate of tidal dissipation within Mars from MOLA observations of the shadow of Phobos, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 110, E07004.
