2018 - 2020 Teaching Assistant. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. Teaching assistant and student tutor for the course of Space Missions and Systems (Prof. L. Iess)
Gael Cascioli
(PHD RESEARCH ASSOCIATE)
| Email: | gael.cascioli@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.6026 |
| Org Code: | 698 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UMBC Univ. of MD, Baltimore |
Missions & Projects
Current Projects
VERITAS
Venus
(Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy)
Science team collaborator (gravity science investigation)
Europa Clipper
Science team affiliate (gravity/radio science investigation)
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Remote Sensing
- Trajectory reconstruction trough precise orbit determination
- Radio occultations analysis
Positions/Employment
Postdoctoral Research Associate
UMBC / NASA GSFC - Greenbelt, MD
March 2022 - Present
Teaching Experience
Education
Ph.D, Space and Aeronautical Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, Winter 2021. Thesis title: "Precise orbit determination methods for the VERITAS mission to Venus". Advisor: Prof. Luciano Iess
M.Sc, Space and Astronautical Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, Summer 2018
B.Sc, Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italiy, Fall 2015
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
2018 - Present
Professional Service
Reviewer for Icarus, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Advances in Space Research, Measurement Science and Technology.
Review panel member for NASA MDAP program.
Convener of the sessions "Multidisciplinary studies in planetary geodesy and geophysics" (AGU 2023), "Future missions instrumentations and facilities" (Joint DPS-EPSC 2023)
Publications
Refereed
2024. "A Low‐Viscosity Lower Lunar Mantle Implied by Measured Monthly and Yearly Tides." AGU Advances 5 (5): [10.1029/2024av001285] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Informed design of a gravity science experiment for the future geophysical investigation of the Uranian moons." The Planetary Science Journal [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Leveraging the Gravity Field Spectrum for Icy Satellite Interior Structure Determination: the case of Europa with the Europa Clipper mission." The Planetary Science Journal 5 (45): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ad1933] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Mapping Venus gravity field with the VERITAS mission." The Planetary Science Journal [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Constraining the Venus interior structure with future VERITAS measurements of the gravitational atmospheric loading." The Planetary Science Journal 4 (65): [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/acc73c] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Testing the gravitational redshift with an inner Solar System probe: The VERITAS case." Physical Review D 107 064032 [Full Text] [10.1103/PhysRevD.107.064032] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Observations of a dense lunar ionosphere varying substantially on two-hour timescales." Geophysical Research Letters [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Design and performance of a Martian autonomous navigation system based on a smallsat constellation." Acta Astronautica [10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.11.041] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Improving the VERITAS orbit reconstruction using radar tie points." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets [Full Text] [10.2514/1.A35499] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The Determination of the Rotational State and Interior Structure of Venus with VERITAS." The Planetary Science Journal (2): 220 [Full Text] [10.3847/PSJ/ac26c0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Comparison of light-time formulations in the post-Newtonian framework for the BepiColombo MORE experiment." Classical and Quantum Gravity 38 (22): 227001 [10.1088/1361-6382/ac2b0a] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "A Technique for the Analysis of Radio Occultation Data to Retrieve Atmospheric Properties and Associated Uncertainties." Radio Science 56 (5): [10.1029/2020rs007205] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Precise Orbit Determination Technique to Refine Spacecraft Mechanical Modeling." Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 58 (2): 581-588 [10.2514/1.a34922] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation." Space Science Reviews 217 (1): 21 [10.1007/s11214-021-00800-3] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Mars’ atmospheric calibration of radio tracking data for precise orbit determination." Acta Astronautica 177 103-110 [10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.07.019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Testing general relativity in the solar system: present and future perspectives." Classical and Quantum Gravity 37 (9): 095007 [10.1088/1361-6382/ab6ae0] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "The contribution of a large baseline intersatellite link to relativistic metrology." 2019 IEEE 5th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace) [10.1109/metroaerospace.2019.8869641] [Proceedings]