Member Since 1989
Mark Simons
Professor, California Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
California Institute of Technology
Professor
2021 - Present
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
1996
University of California Los Angeles
Bachelors
1989
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received 2018
For seminal scientific advances and leadership of the community in the study of crustal deformation and gravity observations.
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Publications
Heterogeneous Locking and Earthquake Potential on the South Peru Megathrust From Dense GNSS Network
The Central Andes subduction has been the theater of numerous large earthquakes since the beginning of the 21st Century, notably the 2001 Mw =...
January 30, 2024
The Global Shape, Gravity Field, and Libration of Enceladus
January 15, 2024
Using Tidally‐Driven Elastic Strains to Infer Regional Varia...
November 20, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Strike-Slip Motion Along Frictional Tiger Stripes May Modulate Jet Activity at Enceladus
ENCELADUS: FROM INNER WORKINGS TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE IV ORAL
planetary sciences | 15 december 2023
Alexander Berne, Mark Simons, James T. Keane, Ryan...
At Enceladus, jets along four distinct fractures (i.e., `Tiger Stripes') erupt ice crystals into a broad plume above the South Pole. Repeated, high-re...
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Crustal deformation derived from repeat-pass Interferometric SAR at Enceladus – why and how?
ENCELADUS: FROM INNER WORKINGS TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE IV ORAL
planetary sciences | 15 december 2023
Mark Simons, Andreas Benedikter, Brian Anderson, S...
The current Decadal Survey aspires to understand dynamic habitability of Ocean Worlds, including their physical and mechanical nature. For Enceladus, ...
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Inferring Crustal Thickness for Enceladus from Tidal Strain Fields Through Multi-Scale Inversion
ENCELADUS: FROM INNER WORKINGS TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFE II POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Riley Tam, Alexander Berne, Tobias Köhne, Mark Sim...
Existing studies of Enceladus' crustal structure infer mean ice shell thickness and its variations from gravity, topography, and libration data. Howev...
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Volunteer History
2019 - 2021
Member
Planetary Sciences Awards Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Planetary Sciences Fellows Committee
2019 - 2020
Member
Planetary Sciences Fred Whipple Award Committee
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