Dennis Bodewits
Auburn University, University of Maryland, University of Groningen, NASA/GSFC
Research areas: Earth and Planetary Sciences · Space and Planetary Science · Astro and Planetary Science · Planetary Science and Exploration · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
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About
Dennis Bodewits is a professor of Physics at Auburn University. Born in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, the Netherlands, he studied experimental physics and astronomy at the University of Groningen. He earned his Ph.D. after writing a dissertation on charge exchange emission from solar wind ions interacting with cometary atmospheres at the Center for Advanced Radiation Technology (KVI-CART) at the University of Groningen.
After receiving a NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship, he moved to Washington, D.C., and began observing comets and asteroids with the Swift space telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center. Between 2010 and 2018 he was a member of the Small Body Group at the University of Maryland, where he was involved in the comet fly-bys of the Deep Impact and Stardust-NExT missions, and in the Rosetta mission that orbited comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for more than two years.
In 2017, the IAU honored him by assigning asteroid 10033 the formal name "Bodewits." Fun fact: he is one of only a dozen people ever to fly a man-powered helicopter, the University of Maryland's Gamera II.
Employment
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Auburn University Professor2024 - Present
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Auburn University Associate Professor2018 - 2024
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University of Maryland Research Scientist2010 - 2018
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NASA/GSFC NPP Postdoctoral Fellow2007 - 2010
Education
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University of Groningen Ph.D. Experimental physics and Astrophysics2003 - 2007
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University of Groningen Drs./M.Sc. Experimental Physics1997 - 2003
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University of Groningen Drs./M.Sc. Astronomy1997 - 2003
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (260)
- JWST Reveals Refractory-rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Evidence for a Continuum of Grain Properties across Protoplanetary Disks Save
- Bayesian modeling of NICER cometary X-ray spectra: A legacy survey of solar-wind charge exchange Save
- High-resolution optical spectroscopy reveals the distinctive volatile composition of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Save
- An enriched methane D/H ratio in the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS Save
- High Water D/H Ratio of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS is Consistent with a Low-metallicity Origin Save
- Electron impact on molecular oxygen: Emission spectrum and cross-sections Save
- The Cosmic Sulfur Depletion Problem Extends to Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Save
- Isotopic evidence for a cold and distant origin of 3I/ATLAS Save
- High nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Save
- A Look at Eight Outbursts of Comet 7P/Pons–Winnecke Save
- Coma Physics of an Interstellar Object: JWST Spatial–Spectral Mapping of 3I/ATLAS Save
- Sequential fragmentation of C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) after its near-sun passage Save
- Characterization of the Volatile Properties of 133P/Elst-Pizarro and Other Main-belt Comets with JWST and Ground-based Observations Save
- Emerging Diversity among the Main-belt Comets: Insights from JWST and Ground-based Observations of 457P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS Save
- Erratum: “Atomic Iron and Nickel in the Coma of C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake): Production Rates, Emission Mechanisms, and Possible Parents”(2021, PSJ, 2, 228) Save
- JWST Spectroscopy of 3I/ATLAS: Isotopic Evidence for a Cold and Distant Origin Save
- Exocometary Physics: Material Release and Tails Save
- NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) Save
- Water D/H in 3I/ATLAS as a probe of formation conditions in another planetary system Save
- JWST Detection of a Carbon-dioxide-dominated Gas Coma Surrounding Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Save