Projects:
- EarthKam: Science Team
- MarsQuest Online: Co-Principal Investigator
- Near Earth Asteroid Tracking: Deputy Principal Investigator, 2002-Present
- New Millennium Program: Project Scientist, Virtual Presence in Space, 1989–2004
- Planetary Photo Journal: Science Advisor
- Solar System Visualization (SSV) Project: Principal Investigator, 1989-Present
- Telescopes in Education: Science Team
- UniView: Science Team
IMAX Films:
- Blue Planet, 1990
- Journey to the Planets, 1993
- The Discoverers, 1993
- Destiny in Space, 1994
- Cosmic Voyage, 1996
- L5: First City in Space, 1997
- Roving Mars, 2006
Employment:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Research Assistant, 1967-1968
- Environmental Laboratory: Research Scientist, 1969-1980
- Advanced Instruments Laboratory: Research Director, 1980-1984
- University of California, Santa Barbara: Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1984-1989
- Santa Barbara Studios
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Planetary Scientist, Earth and Space Sciences Division, 1989-Present
- California Institute of Technology: Institute Visiting Associate, 1989-Present
- Science Data Systems Section: Chief Scientist, 2000–Present
- Image Processing Laboratory: Research Director
- Digital Image Animation Laboratory: Research Director
Missions:
- Voyager: Voyager Tracking Winds, Neptune Image Processing Team Member, 1989-1990
- Magellan: Magellan Topography, Venus Visualization Team Member, 1989-1992
- Galileo: Galileo Tracking Winds, Jupiter Image Processing Team Member, 1990-Present
- HST WFPC2: Jupiter Hardware MO&DA Collaborator, 1994-Present
- SRTM: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
- Mars Pathfinder: MPF Topography, Mars Visualization Team Member, 1997-1998
- Mars Polar Lander: MPL Layered Terrain, Mars Visualization Co-Investigetor, 1998-2000
- Mars Global Surveyor: MGS Polar Cap, Mars Image Processing Collaborator, 1998-Present
- SDO SHARPP: Sun Visualization Collaborator, 2002 –2004
- Mars Exploration Rover: MER Atmospheres Team Visualization Team Member, 2002- Present
- Mars Odyssey: Odyssey THEMIS, Mars Visualization Collaborator, 2000-Present
- Cassini-Huygen: Cassini Atmospheres Team Visualization Collaborator, 1997-Present
Cassini Tracking Winds, Jupiter Image Processing Collaborator, 1999-Present - Phoenix Mission: Phoenix Camera Team Visualization Co-Investigator, 2003–Present
- STEREO SECCHI: Sun Stereo Analysis Co-Investigator, 1999-Present
- Juno: 2005-Present
Education:
- California Institute of Technology: Post Doc Research in Planetary Science, 1988
- University of California, Santa Barbara: Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Science, 1982
- University of California, Santa Barbara: M.S. in Computer Science, 1975
- University of California, Santa Barbara: M.A. in Mathematics, 1976
- Stanford University, M.S. Degree in Plasma Physics, 1969
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: B.S. in Atmospheric Science, 1967
Awards:
- SIGGRAPH: Computer Graphics Educational Leader, 1990
- Voyager Science Group: Achievement Award, 1990
- Magellan Science Group: Achievement Award, 1992
- NASA: Exceptional Service Medal, 1992
- IMAX Animation Group: Achievement Award, 1994
- SRTM Real-Time Science Team: Award for Excellence, 2001
Selected Cover Page Image Publications:
- USA Today: October 30,1991
- Computer Graphics World: July 1991
- US News & World Report: May 13,1991
- Science: April 12,1991
- Nature: April 20, 1995
Selected HDTV Productions:
- First Stop Mars: Virtual Universe Project, AMOS Conference, September 17, 2002
- Sun-Jupiter-Asteroids-Mars: AMOS Conference, September 12, 2002
- The Volcanoes of Venus: New Millennium Program, March 1,1996
- Venus Unveiled: Sony Corp. & New Millennium Program, March 1, 1996
Selected Presentations:
- "What's JPL Been Up to Lately," L.A. ACM/SIGGRAPH Presents, 2000
- "From the Earth to Infinity: Scientists from Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Reveal Secrets of the Universe Through Remarkable Images of Mars, Saturn, Earth, and the Deepest Reaches of Space," Panel, SIGGRAPH, 2005
- "The History of Images and Associated Algorithms in the Exploration of the Solar System," UCSB ConferenceDigital Imaging in Art, Science, Medicine on , 2005
- "The Latest from Space Science," Keynote Presentation, International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology, 2006
- "Space Exploration, Imaging Technology, and the Development of a Virtual Presence in Space," Electric Imaging Science and Technology, 2007
Selected Publications:
- "Animation and Visualization of Space Mission Data," Green & DeJong, Animation World Magazine, Issue 2.5, August 1997
- "Radar Imaging of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (66391)," Science Express, 2006
- "Applications on High Performance Cluster Computers: Production of Mars Panoramic Mosaic Images," AMOS 2001 Technical conference.
- "Solar System Visualization: Global Science Maps, Chapter 25 of Scientific Visualization Advances and Challenges," Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-227742-2
- "Neptune's Wind Speeds Obtained by Tracking Clouds in Voyager Images," Science, Vol. 245, 1989
- "Hubble Space Telescope Imaging of Jupiter: Atmospheric Phenomena Created by the Impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Science," Science, Vol 267, Issue 5202, 1995
- "Simple Dynamical Models of Neptune's Great Dark Spot," Science, Vol. 249, 1990.
- "Polarization Effects in Radar Reflection from Surfaces with Periodic Roughness," IGARS
- "Using Airborne and Satellite Data for Multitemporal Studies of Land Degradation," IGARS
- "Research Issues in the Foundations of Visualization," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
- "Magellan Mission Summary," Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 13067-13090
- "Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the 1990 Equatorial Disturbance on Saturn - Images, Albedos, and Limb Darkening," Icarus, Vol. 100, 1992