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ROGERIO DEIENNO

Lead Scientist

Southwest Research Institute

Curriculum Vitae

Name:Rogerio Deienno
Address:



 Southwest Research Institute
1050 Walnut St. Suite 300
Boulder, CO 80302
USA
Phone:+1 (720) 240-0130
Email:rdeienno@boulder.swri.edu
Home page:http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~rdeienno
Citizenship:Brazilian
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Professional Preparation

Ph.D. in Space Engineering and Technology, National Institute for Space Research -- INPE, São José dos Campos/SP, Brazil10/10-03/14
Intership "Split-site Ph.D.", Southwest Research Institute -- SwRI, Boulder/CO, USA05/13-10/13
M.Sc. in Physics, São Paulo State University -- UNESP, Rio Claro/SP, Brazil08/08-08/10

Appointments

Lead Scientist, Southwest Research Institute -- SwRI, Boulder/CO, USA03/24-present
Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute -- SwRI, Boulder/CO, USA11/21-02/24
Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute -- SwRI, Boulder/CO, USA11/17-10/21
FAPESP Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute for Space Research – INPE, São José dos Campos/SP, Brazil12/16-10/17
FAPESP Postdoctoral Researcher, Nice Observatory – OCA, Nice, France01/16-11/16
FAPESP Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute for Space Research – INPE, São José dos Campos/SP, Brazil08/14-12/15
CNPq Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute for Space Research – INPE, São José dos Campos/SP, Brazil05/14-07/14

Skills

  • Experience in the fields of Astronomy and Aerospace Engineering, with emphasis on Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.
  • Work experience with planet formation, planet migration, planetary instability, evolution of the main asteroid belt, capture of irregular satellites, stability of regular satellites, Kuiper belt objects, and planet nine, as well as de-orbiting and gravitational capture of spacecrafts.
  • Knowledge of the N-body codes commonly used to Solar System dynamical studies: Mercury, Swift, SyMBA, and LIPAD, as well as RA15 and Boulder code.
  • Domain of computer languages such as fortran and bash script, as well as in graphical tools such as gnuplot. Creation of high resolution figures and animations for Solar System’s evolution to improve both presentation and interpretation.
  • Speaks fluently English and Portuguese, as well as moderate Spanish and basic French.

Publications

  • Leading Author on Scientific Articles:
    1. Deienno, R., Denneau, L., Nesvorny, D., Vokrouhlicky, D., Bottke, W. F., and 5 collaborators 2024. The Debiased Near-Earth Object Population from ATLAS Telescopes. Icarus 425. [arXiv][Icarus]
    2. Deienno, R., Nesvorny, D., Clement, M. S., Bottke, W. F., Izidoro, A., Walsh, K. J. 2024. Accretion and Uneven Depletion of the Main Asteroid Belt. The Planetary Science Journal 5 110. [arXiv][PSJ]
    3. Deienno, R., Izidoro, A., Morbidelli, A., Nesvorny, D., Bottke, W. F. 2022. Implications of Jupiter Inward Gas-Driven Migration for the Inner Solar System. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 936, L24. [arXiv][ApJL]
    4. Deienno, R., Walsh, K. J., Delbo, M. 2021. Efficiency characterization of the V-shape asteroid family detection method. Icarus 357. [arXiv] [Icarus]
    5. Deienno, R., Walsh, K. J., Levison, H. F., Kretke, K. A. 2020. Collisional Evolution of Meter- to Kilometer-sized Planetesimals in Mean Motion Resonances: Implications for Inward Planet Shepherding. The Astrophysical Journal 890, 170. [ApJ]
    6. Deienno, R., Walsh, K. J., Kretke, K. A., Levison, H. F. 2019. Energy Dissipation in Large Collisions -- No Change in Planet Formation Outcomes. The Astrophysical Journal 876, 103. [ApJ]
    7. Deienno, R., Izidoro, A., Morbidelli, A., Gomes, R. S., Nesvorny, D., Raymond, S. N. 2018. Excitation of a Primordial Cold Asteroid Belt as an Outcome of Planetary Instability. The Astrophysical Journal 864, 50. [arXiv] [ApJ]
    8. Deienno, R., Morbidelli, A., Gomes, R. S., Nesvorny, D. 2017. Constraining the Giant Planets' Initial Configuration from Their Evolution: Implications for the Timing of the Planetary Instability. The Astronomical Journal 153, 153. [arXiv] [AJ]
    9. Deienno, R., Sanchez, D. M., de Almeida Prado, A. F. B., Smirnov, G. 2016. Satellite de-orbiting via controlled solar radiation pressure. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 126, 433-459. [CeMDA]
    10. Deienno, R., Gomes, R. S., Walsh, K. J., Morbidelli, A., Nesvorny, D. 2016. Is the Grand Tack model compatible with the orbital distribution of main belt asteroids? Icarus 272, 114-124. [arXiv] [Icarus]
    11. Deienno, R., Nesvorny, D., Vokrouhlicky, D., Yokoyama, T., 2014. Orbital Perturbations of the Galilean Satellites during Planetary Encounters. The Astronomical Journal 148, 25. [arXiv] [AJ]
    12. Deienno, R., Yokoyama, T., Nogueira, E. C., Callegari, N., Santos, M. T. 2011. Effects of the planetary migration on some primordial satellites of the outer planets. I. Uranus' case. Astronomy & Astrophysics 536, A57. [A&A]
  • Collaborator on Scientific Articles:
    1. Vokrouhlicky, D., Nesvorny, D., Broz, M., Bottke, W. F., Deienno, R., Fuls, C. D., Shelly, F. C. 2025. Orbital and absolute magnitude distribution of Hilda population. AJ Accepted. [arXiv]
    2. Cashion, M. D., Johnson, b. C., Deienno, R., Kretke, K. A., Walsh, K. J., Krot, A. N. 2025. Chondrule formation indicates protracted growth of giant planet cores. Icarus 429. [Icarus]
    3. Nesvorny, D., Vokrouhlicky, D., Shelly, F., Deienno, R., Bottke, W. F., and 7 collaborators 2024. NEOMOD 3: The Debiased Size Distribution of Near Earth Objects. Icarus 417. [arXiv][Icarus]
    4. Izidoro, A., Deienno, R., Raymond, S. N., Clement, M. S. 2024. Implantation of asteroids from the terrestrial planet region: The effect of the timing of the giant planet instability. Icarus - Under Review. [arXiv]
    5. Izidoro, A., Deienno, R., Raymond, S. N., Clement, M. S. 2024. The link between Athor and EL meteorites does not constrain the timing of the giant planet instability. The Astrophysical Journal Letters - Under Review. [arXiv]
    6. Bottke, W. F., Vokrouhlicky, D., Nesvorny, D., Marschall, R., Morbidelli, A., Deienno, R., Marchi, S., Kirchoff, M., Dones, L., Levison, H. 2024. The Bombardment History of the Giant Planet Satellites. The Planetary Science Journal 5 88. [PSJ]
    7. Vokrouhlicky, D., Nesvorny, D., Broz, M., Bottke, W. F., Deienno, R., Fuls, C. D., Shelly, F. C. 2024. Orbital and absolute magnitude distribution of Jupiter Trojans. The Astronomical Journal 167. [arXiv][AJ]
    8. Nesvorny, D., Vokrouhlicky, D., Shelly, F., Deienno, R., Bottke, W. F., and 7 collaborators 2024. NEOMOD 2: An Updated Model of Near-Earth Objects from a Decade of Catalina Sky Survey Observations. Icarus 411. [arXiv][Icarus]
    9. Ribeiro de Sousa, R., Izidoro, A., Deienno, R., Dasgupta, R. 2024. Asteroids were born bigger: An implication of surface mass ablation during gas-assisted implantation into the asteroid belt. Icarus 410. [arXiv][Icarus]
    10. Nesvorny, D., Dauphas, N., Vokrouhlicky, D., Deienno, R., Hopp, T. 2024. Isotopic Trichotomy of Main Belt Asteroids from Implantation of Outer Solar System Planetesimals. Earth and Planetary Science Letter 626. [arXiv][EPSL]
    11. Joiret, S., Raymond, S. N., Avice, G., Clement, M.S., Deienno, R., Nesvorny, D. 2023. A race against the clock: Constraining the timing of cometary bombardment relative to Earth's growth. Icarus 406. [Icarus]
    12. Nesvorny, D., Deienno, R., Bottke, W. F., and 11 collaborators 2023. NEOMOD: A New Orbital Distribution Model for Near-Earth Objects. The Astronomical Journal 166. [arXiv][AJ]
    13. Ferrone, S., Delbo, M., Avdellidou, C., Melikyan, R., Morbidelli, A., Walsh, K., Deienno, R. 2023. Identification of a 4.3 billion year old asteroid family and planetesimal population in the Inner Main Belt. Astronomy & Astrophysics 676. [arXiv][A&A]
    14. Bottke, W. F., Vokrouhlicky, D., Marschall, R., Nesvorny, D., Morbidelli, A., Deienno, R., Marchi, S., Dones, L., Levison, H. 2023. The Collisional Evolution of the Primordial Kuiper Belt, Its Destabilized Population, and the Trojan Asteroids. The Planetary Science Journal 4. [arXiv][PSJ]
    15. Nesvorny, D., Roig, F. V., Vokrouhlicky, D., Bottke, W. F., Marchi, S., Morbidelli, A., Deienno, R. 2023. Early bombardment of the moon: Connecting the lunar crater record to the terrestrial planet formation. Icarus 399. [arXiv][Icarus]
    16. Clement, M. S., Deienno, R., Izidoro, A. 2023. Rethinking the role of the giant planet instability in terrestrial planet formation models. Icarus 389. [arXiv][Icarus]
    17. Nesvorny, D., Roig, F. V., Vokrouhlicky, D., Bottke, W. F., Marchi, S., Morbidelli, A., Deienno, R. 2022. Formation of Lunar Basins from Impacts of Leftover Planetesimals. The Astrophysical Journal 941. [arXiv][ApJL]
    18. Marschall, R., Nesvorny, D., Deienno, R., Wong, I., Levison, H. F., Bottke, W. F. 2022. Implications for the collisional strength of Jupiter Trojans from the Eurybates family. The Astronomical Journal 164. [arXiv][AJ]
    19. Izidoro, A., Dasgupta, R., Raymond, S. N., Deienno, R., Bitsch, B., Isella, A. 2022. Planetesimal rings as the cause of the Solar System's planetary architecture. Nature Astronomy 6, 357–366. [arXiv] [Nature Astronomy]
    20. Esteves, L., Izidoro, A., Bitsch, B., Jacobson, S. A., Raymond, S. N., Deienno, R., Winter, O. C. 2022. The "Breaking The Chains" migration model for super-Earths formation: the effect of collisional fragmentation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 509, 2856–2868. [arXiv] [MNRAS]
    21. Roig, F., Nesvorny, D., Deienno, R., Garcia, M. J. 2021. iSyMBA: A symplectic massive bodies integrator with planets interpolation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 508, Issue 4, 4858–4868. [arXiv] [MNRAS]
    22. Nesvorny, D., Roig, F., Deienno, R. 2021. The Role of Early Giant Planet Instability in the Terrestrial Planet Formation. The Astronomical Journal 161, 50. [arXiv] [AJ]
    23. Clement, M. S., Deienno, R., Kaib, N. A., Izidoro, A., Raymond, S. N., Chambers, J. E. 2021. Born extra-eccentric: A broad spectrum of primordial configurations of the gas giants that match their present-day orbits. Icarus 367 [arXiv] [Icarus]
    24. Clement, M. S., Raymond, S. N., Kaib, N. A., Deienno, R., Chambers, J. E., Izidoro, A. 2021. Born eccentric: Constraints on Jupiter and Saturn's pre-instability orbits. Icarus 355. [arXiv] [Icarus]
    25. Voelkel, O., Deienno, R., Kretke, K., Klahr, H. 2021. Linking planetary embryo formation to planetesimal formation I: The impact of the planetesimal surface density in the terrestrial planet zone. Astronomy & Astrophysics 645, A131. [arXiv] [A&A]
    26. Voelkel, O., Deienno, R., Kretke, K., Klahr, H. 2021. Linking planetary embryo formation to planetesimal formation II: The impact of pebble accretion in the terrestrial planet zone. Astronomy & Astrophysics 645, A132. [arXiv] [A&A]
    27. Sanchez, D. M., Deienno, R., Prado, A. F. B. A., Howell, K. C. 2020. Perturbation Maps and the ring of Haumea. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 496, 2085. [MNRAS]
    28. Gomes, R. S., Nesvorny, D., Morbidelli, A., Deienno, R., Nogueira, E. C. 2018. Checking the compatibility of the cold Kuiper belt with a planetary instability migration model. Icarus 306, 319-327.[arXiv] [Icarus]
    29. Gomes, R., Deienno, R., Morbidelli, A. 2017. The Inclination of the Planetary System Relative to the Solar Equator May Be Explained by the Presence of Planet 9. The Astronomical Journal 153, 27. [arXiv] [AJ]
    30. Brasil, P. I. O., Prado, A. F. B. A., Deienno, R., Yokoyama, T. 2015. Study of the gravitational capture of a spacecraft by Jupiter. Advances in Space Research 55, 668-681. [AdSpR]
    31. Nesvorny, D., Vokrouhlicky, D., Deienno, R., Walsh, K. J. 2014. Excitation of the Orbital Inclination of Iapetus during Planetary Encounters. The Astronomical Journal 148, 52. [arXiv] [AJ]
    32. Nesvorny, D., Vokrouhlicky, D., Deienno, R. 2014. Capture of Irregular Satellites at Jupiter. The Astrophysical Journal 784, 22. [arXiv] [ApJ]
  • Book Chapter:
    1. Clement, M. S., Izidoro, A., Raymond, S. N., Deienno, R. 2024. Formation of Terrestrial Planets. To be published in: Handbook of Exoplanets, 2nd Edition, Hans Deeg and Juan Antonio Belmonte (Eds. in Chief), Springer International Publishing AG [arXiv]

    Awards

    • Awarded by the Wagner Sessin Prize for scientific & technologic contributions to Astronomy, CBDO XIX, São José dos Campos/SP - Brazil, 2018
    • Asteroid (40241) Deienno

    Grants

    • NASA Emerging Worlds (PI) Grant # 80NSSC21K0387 -- Planet and Planetesimal Formation in the Inner Solar System. Period of Performance: 01/01/2021 to 12/31/2024.
    • FAPESP Research Internship Abroad Scholarship, Nice/Frarce -- Late instability in the solar system. Period of Performance: 01/01/2016 to 11/30/2016
    • FAPESP Postdoctoral Grant, Sao Paulo/Brazil -- Orbital evolution of the asteroids in the first 700 My of the Solar System. Period of Performance: 08/01/2014 to 10/31/2017.
    • FAPESP PhD Internship Abroad Scholarship, Boulder/CO USA -- Capture of irregular satellites during the planetary migration. Period of Performance: 05/01/2013 to 10/31/2013.
    • FAPESP PhD Grant, Sao Paulo/Brazil -- Satellites of Saturn: Stability, capture and analysis of the excitations on the eccentricity and inclination of the regular satellites during the planetary migration. Period of Performance: 10/01/2010 to 03/31/2014.
    • FAPES MsC Grant, Sao Paulo/Brazil -- Dynamics and stability of regular satellites as a consequense of planetary migration. Period of Performance: 09/01/2008 to 07/31/2010.

    Professional Services

    • Committee Member:
      • Division on Dynamical Astronomy (DDA) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Term: July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025.
      • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) on DDA/AAS. Term: 2023/2024 (Action Coordinator); 2024/2025 (Past Coordinator).
      • Colóquio Brasileiro de Dinâmica Orbital (CBDO). Term: 2022-2024.
    • Reviewer for scientific journals:
      • Nature Astronomy (3)
      • Science (1)
      • Icarus (6)
      • Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy (3)
      • The Astronomical Journal (4)
      • Computational and Applied Mathematics (2)
      • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (3)
      • Astronomy & Astrophysics (3)
      • Meteoritics & Planetary Science (1)
      • Astrophysics and Space Science (1)
      • The Planetary Science Journal (1)
    • Reviewer for books/chapters:
      • Federal University of ABC (3)
      • Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy (1)
      • Cambridge University Press (1)
    • Review Panels:
      • NASA (2)
    • External Review Panels:
      • NASA (2)
      • FONDECYT (1)

    Outreach

    • Ad Astra Academy [Ad Astra]:
      • Year 2024 Boulder/Longmont, Colorado/CO
    • Summer Science Program [SSP]:
      • Year 2019 and 2022 at New Mexico Tech, Socorro/NM
      • Year 2021 online for University of Colorado, Boulder/CO
      • Year 2023 at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces/NM
    • Press Release:
      • Where did Vesta Come From?. [NASA Research Highlight]
      • Mass Of Early Main Asteroid Belt Was Shockingly Small. [Forbes]
      • Puxa-puxa Cósmico. [Unesp Ciência; Pages 30-35]
      • La neuvième planète aurait fait basculer les orbites du Système solaire. [Futura Science]
      • SwRI Scientist Helps Simulate How Our Solar System Formed From Rings [SwRI]
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