William Bottke: Reprints and Curriculum Vitae



Dr. William F. Bottke
Southwest Research Institute
1301 Walnut St, Suite 400
Boulder, CO 80302

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A Brief Curriculum Vitae

Dr. William F. Bottke
Southwest Research Institute
1301 Walnut St, Suite 400
Boulder, CO 80302


Current Positions:

Previous Positions:

  • Director of the Institute for the Science of Exploration Targets (ISET) of NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (2013-2019).

  • Director of the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution (CLOE) of the NASA Lunar Science Institute (2009-2013).

  • Member, Small Bodies Panel, Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032

Background:

  • Born in Faribault, Minnesota.

  • B.S. in Physics and Astrophysics, University of Minnesota (1988), with high distinction.

  • Ph.D. in Planetary Science, University of Arizona (1995).

Research Interests:

  • The formation and bombardment history of planetesimals, planets and satellites.

  • The origin and evolution of small body populations throughout the solar system (e.g., asteroids, comets, irregular satellites, Kuiper belt objects, meteoroids, dust).

  • Evolution of near-Earth objects (NEOs) from their source regions in various asteroid and cometary populations to their observed orbits.

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Fellowships and Honors

  • Eagle Scout, Troop 304, 1980.

  • Valedictorian, Faribault Senior High School. 1984.

  • High Distinction, B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Astrophysics from the University of Minnesota, 1988.

  • Gerard P. Kuiper Memorial Award, University of Arizona, 1995.

  • Texaco Prize Fellowship, Caltech, 1996-1997.

  • Asteroid 1995 HN2 is named (7355) Bottke, 1999.

  • Lead Editor of Space Science Series book “Asteroids III” (U. of Arizona Press), 2002.

  • 1st Paolo Farinella Prize. Presented at EPSC-DPS 2011 meeting in Nantes, France. Sponsored by University of Pisa, the Space Academy Foundation, IASF-INAF and IFSI-INAF (Rome), 2011.

  • Editor of Space Science Series book “Asteroids IV” (U. of Arizona Press), 2015.

  • Shoemaker Lecture, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec. 2015.

  • Fellow of the Meteoritical Society, 2016.

  • Kavli Lecturer, 229th American Astronomical Society Meeting, Grapevine, TX, Jan. 2017.

  • Faribault Falcon High Flyer Distinguished Alumni Award. April 2017. Faribault, Minnesota. Click for Description and Interview.

  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2022


Last Revised: August 21, 2024