CV

ULYANA DYUDINA

Home: 609 Meridian Ave., South Pasadena, CA, 91030
Phone : (626) 644-3542 
Work: 150-21 Caltech, Pasadena, CA, 91125
Phone: (626) 395 -6824
E-mail: ulyana@gps.caltech.edu                  
www page: http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~ulyana
Fax: (626)585-1917

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Planetary Science                       January 2002
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,CA
Thesis: Light Scattering in the Clouds on Jupiter
Adviser:  Dr. Andrew Ingersoll
Minor: Computer Science

B.S., M.S., Physics           September 1988 - January 1993
Moscow State University, Russia
Thesis: Observation and Modeling of the Air Flow over Crimean 
  Mountains

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Staff scientist,                      Sep 2004 – now
California Institute of Technology
* Analyzed Cassini images of Saturn to study clouds and lightning 
Postdoctoral fellow,                  Sep 2003 – Sep 2004
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian National University
* Predicted brightness of planets around other stars
* Was one of the founders of new Australian Planetary Science Institute
Postdoctoral scholar,		        Apr 2002 - Sep 2003
Columbia University
* Created a model for ring-illuminated night side of Saturn 
* Navigated and calibrated images taken by Cassini at Jupiter 
* Detected lightning and storm clouds in the images
Research Assistant,                    March 1996 - Feb 2002
California Institute of Technology
* Derived cloud properties from the images using statistical 
  analysis (Principal Component Analysis) of images taken by 
  Galileo spacecraft
* Analyzed images of lightning on Jupiter  
* Wrote a 3D Monte Carlo radiative transfer model for 
  non-isotropic scattering and absorption for volume-distributed 
  light source in volume-distributed opacity
* Applied radiative transfer model to simulate lightning images 
  and derive properties of lightning on Jupiter
* Analysed and modeled spacecraft images of lightning on Earth
* Analyzed observations of densities in atmosphere of Jupiter's 
  satellite Io and Io Plasma Torus
* Wrote a computer simulation to derive plasma-atmosphere 
  interaction mechanisms on Io
Research Assistant,           September 1990 - January 1993
Moscow State University, Russia 
* Determined location of the mountain wave clouds using pairs 
  of stereophotographs
* Modeled mesoscale atmospheric motion (2D mountain waves)

COMPUTER SKILLS
IDL, FORTRAN, C++, LaTex, Mathematica, Photoshop, Quark Express,
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point; 
MINAS, SPICE 
PC/Sun/Mac

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Supervised a summer student           Dec 2003-Feb 2004
Daniel Bayliss
Australian National University
Teaching Assistant,                   April 1998 - 2001
California Institute of Technology 
 Graduate and undergraduate courses in Planetary Science, 
 Global Environmental Science, and Geology
* Graded homeworks and exams. Organized field trips.      
Instructor 		        September 1993 - May 1994  
Computer Science school for high school students,  
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
* Responsible for lectures in Computer Science, recitations, 
  and labs, designed homework and tests

REVIEWED ARTICLES for JOURNALS
Icarus, Astrobiology
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union, 
European Geophysical Union, Australian Planetary Science Institute

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Organizer of Planetary Timescales       Feb. 2003 
Conference in Australia
Organizer of the weekly seminar         Sep.1999 - Sep.2000
California Institute of Technology
* Managed $5000 annual budget  for the Planetary Science 
  department seminar
* Made arrangements for the invited speakers
Organizer of the cultural clubs        April 1998 - 2002
California Institute of Technology
* Russian Club at Caltech
* Member of Caltech Ballroom Team
* Member of Women's Glee Club 

*See the current version of this text at                   
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~ulyana/job/cv_www.txt