Jeff Cuzzi

Email: Jeffrey.Cuzzi@nasa.gov

Phone: (650)604-6343

Professional Biography

Planetary rings: theoretical and observational studies of the properties of ring material, the nature of ring structure, and the physical processes responsible. Major topics addressed have included moonlet belt dynamics, the evolution of ring composition and structure due to bombardment by interplanetary meteoroids, and radially variable ring composition as constrained by spacecraft and ground-based observations at microwave, infrared, and visual wavelengths. Formation of planetesimals: a variety of theoretical studies centering on particle-gas dynamics in turbulent and laminar protoplanetary disks are being pursued to explain long-puzzling meteorite properties such as chondrule size, size distribution, dust rims, the presence of refractory and metallic constituents, and the global evolution of solids and volatiles in the nebula.

Select Publications

Carballido, A., Bai, X., and J. N. Cuzzi (2011) Turbulent diffusion of large solids in a protoplanetary disc; M.N.R.A.S. 415, Issue 1, pp. 93-102

Shariff, K. and J. N. Cuzzi (2011) Gravitational Instability of Solids Assisted by Gas Drag: Slowing by Turbulent Mass Diffusivity; Astrophys. J. 738, article id 73(2011)

Vahidinia, Sanaz; Cuzzi, J. N.; Hedman, M.; Clark, R.; Draine, B.; Filacchione, G.; Nicholson, P. Roush, T. (2011) Saturn’s F ring grains: Aggregates made of crystalline water ice; Icarus, 215, Issue 2, p. 682-694

Cuzzi, J. N., J. A. Burns, S. Charnoz, R. N. Clark, J. E. Colwell, L. Dones, L. W. Esposito, G. Filacchione, R. G. French, M. M. Hedman, S. Kempf, E. A. Marouf, C. D. Murray, P. D. Nicholson, C. C. Porco, J. Schmidt, M. R. Showalter, L. J. Spilker, J. N. Spitale, R. Srama, M. Sremcevic, M. S. Tiscareno, J. Weiss (2010) An Evolving View of Saturn’s Dynamic Rings; Science (Invited Review) 19 March 2010: 327. no. 5972, pp. 1470 – 1475 DOI: 10.1126/science.1179118

Carballido, A., J. Cuzzi, and R. Hogan (2010) Particle velocities in a turbulent protoplanetary nebula; M.N.R.A.S. 405, 2339-2344

Cuzzi, J. N.; Hogan, R. C. and Bottke, W. (2010) Towards initial mass functions for asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects; Icarus, 208, 518-538

Cuzzi, J., R. Clark, G. Filacchione, R. French, R. Johnson, E. Marouf, L. Spilker (2009) Ring Particle Composition and Size Distribution; a review chapter for the Symposium and Book “The Saturn System from Cassini-Huygens”; ISBN 978-1-4020-9216-9, p.459-509

Ormel, C., J. N. Cuzzi, and A. G. G. M. Tielens (2008) Co-Accretion of Chondrules and Dust in the Solar Nebula; Astrophys. J., 679, 1588-1610.

Cuzzi, J. N., R. C. Hogan, and K. Shariff (2008) Towards planetesimals: dense chondrule clumps in the protoplanetary nebula; Astrophys. J., 687, 1432-1447

Estrada, P. R. and J. N. Cuzzi (2008) Solving the coagulation equation using the method of moments; Astrophys. J., 682, 515-526

Ormel, C. and J. N. Cuzzi (2007) Closed-form expressions for particle relative velocities induced by turbulence; Astron. Astrophys. 466, 413-420

Hogan, R. C. and J. N. Cuzzi (2007) A cascade model for particle concentration and enstrophy in fully developed turbulence with mass loading feedback; Phys. Rev. E., 75, paper id 056305

Dominik, C. P., J. Blum, J. N. Cuzzi, and G. Wurm (2007) Growth of dust as initial step towards planet formation; in “Protostars and Planets V”, University of Arizona Press, B. Reipurth, S. Krot, and E. Scott, eds.

Lovett, L. E., J. C. Horvath, and J. N. Cuzzi (2006) Saturn: A New View; H. N. Abrams, inc., publishers; ISBN 0-8109-3090-0; 192 pages

Ciesla, F. J. and J. N. Cuzzi (2006) The evolution of the water distribution in a viscous protoplanetary disk; Icarus, 181, 178-204

Cuzzi, J. N. and C. M. O’D. Alexander (2006) Chondrule formation in particle-rich nebular regions at least several hundred kilometres across; Nature, 441, 483-485

Cuzzi, J. N. and S. J. Weidenschilling (2006) Particle-Gas Dynamics and Primary Accretion; a chapter in “Meteorites and the Early Solar System, II; D. Lauretta, L. A. Leshin, and H. McSween, eds.

Weidenschilling, S. J. and J. N. Cuzzi (2006) Timescales of planetary accretion; a chapter in “Meteorites and the Early Solar System, II; D. Lauretta, L. A. Leshin, and H. McSween, eds.

Cuzzi, J. N.; Petaev, M. I.; Ciesla, F. J.; Krot, A. N.; Scott, E. R. D. (2005) Nebula Models of Non-Equilibrium Mineralogy: Wark-Lovering Rims; 36th LPSC, abstract no. 2095

Cuzzi, J. N., M. Petaev, E. R. D. Scott, and F. Ciesla (2005) History of thermally processed solids in the protoplanetary disk: reconciling theoretical models and meteorite evidence; Conference on Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk, Kauai, Hawaii, November 2004; ASP Conference Series vol 341, 732-773

Cuzzi, J. N. and K. Zahnle (2004) Material enhancement in protoplanetary nebulae by particle drift through evaporation fronts; Astrophys. J., 614, 490-496

Cuzzi, J. N., S. S. Davis, and A. R. Dobrovolskis (2003) Blowing in the wind: II. Creation and Redistribution of Refractory Inclusions in a Turbulent Protoplanetary Nebula; Icarus, 166, 385-402

Cuzzi, J. N. and R. C. Hogan (2003) Blowing in the wind: I. Velocities of Chondrule- sized Particles in a Turbulent Protoplanetary Nebula; Icarus, 164, 127-138.

Poulet, F., J. N. Cuzzi, D. Cruikshank, T. Roush, and C. Dalle Ore (2002) Comparison between the Shkuratov and Hapke scattering theories for solid planetary surfaces. Application to the surface composition of two Centaurs; Icarus, 160, 313-324

Cuzzi, J. N., R. C. French, and L. Dones (2002) HST multicolor (255 – 1042 nm) photometry of Saturn’s main rings. I: radial profiles, phase and tilt angle variations, and regional spectra. Icarus, 158, 199-223

Cuzzi, J. N., R. C. Hogan, J. M. Paque, and A. R. Dobrovolskis (2001) Size-selective concentration of chondrules and other small particles in protoplanetary nebula turbulence; Astrophys. J., 546, 496-508

Hogan, R. C. and J. N. Cuzzi (2001) Stokes and Reynolds number dependence of preferential particle concentration in simulated 3D turbulence; Phys. Fluids, 13, 2938-2945

Cuzzi, J. N. and P. R. Estrada (1998) Compositional Evolution of Saturn’s Rings due to Meteoroid Bombardment; Icarus, 132, 1-35

NASA Missions

Voyager (Imaging team member), CRAF (Thermal Infrared Radiometer team member), Cassini (Interdisciplinary Scientist for Rings and Dust)

Awards & Others

Lawrence Sperry Award, AIAA (1982) Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA (1982, 1986, 1999) Sustained Superior Performance Award, NASA/Ames (1986) Ames Associate Fellow Award, Ames Research Center (1987) Special Achievement Award, Space Science Division (1989, 1994) Editor’s Commendation for Excellent Referees (Icarus) (1991, 1993) Ames Honor Award for Excellence (Manager/Supervisor) (1995) H. Julian Allen Award for best Ames research paper (1997) NASA Group Achievement Award, Cassini IDS’s (1998) NASA Group Achievement Award, Astrobiology Team (2000), AGU Fellow (2006), Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, Division of Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society (2010), Leonard Medal, Meteoritical Society (2015)

Attachments

cuzzi_weidenschilling_mess2.pdf
imf.ppt
dominiketal_final.pdf
cuzzi_etal_cpd.pdf
estrada_etal_2012.pdf
vahidinia-etal-2012.pdf
cuzzi_etal_2013.pdf
paper_cloud_030514_aastex.pdf
youngmoons.pdf
vahidinia-etal-2017.pdf