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Jonathan I. Lunine

Jonathan I. Lunine

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Environmental Sciences
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
115
Citations
48788
World Ranking
159
National Ranking
73

Physics

D-Index
118
Citations
54767
World Ranking
874
National Ranking
468

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Jonathan I. Lunine is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics, which constitutes the majority of their work. Additional subfields include Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics including Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

Jonathan I. Lunine has published extensively in a range of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are arXiv (Cornell University), The Planetary Science Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Icarus, and Space Science Reviews.

Recent papers include the following:

  • The Enceladus Orbilander Mission Concept: Balancing Return and Resources in the Search for Life (2021, The Planetary Science Journal)
  • Science Goals and Mission Architecture of the Europa Lander Mission Concept (2022, The Planetary Science Journal)
  • On the roles of function and selection in evolving systems (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Jupiter's inhomogeneous envelope (2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
  • Revelations on Jupiter's formation, evolution and interior: Challenges from Juno results (2022, Icarus)

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated include:

  • S. J. Bolton
  • S. K. Atreya
  • S. Levin
  • T. Guillot
  • O. Mousis

Jonathan I. Lunine has also contributed to book publications, notably a work published by Elsevier BV titled Titan After Cassini-Huygens, which is scheduled for release in 2025.

Their recognition within the scientific community is reflected in several honors, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2010, being a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2002, and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union since 1995.

Best Publications

  • The James Webb Space Telescope

    Jonathan P. Gardner;John C. Mather;Mark Clampin;Rene Doyon

  • A Non-Gray Theory of Extrasolar Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs

    A. Burrows;M. Marley;W. B. Hubbard;J. I. Lunine

  • A Nongray Theory of Extrasolar Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs

    A. Burrows;M. Marley;W. B. Hubbard;J. I. Lunine

  • Protostars and planets III

    Eugene H. Levy;Jonathan Irving Lunine

  • The abundances of constituents of Titan's atmosphere from the GCMS instrument on the Huygens probe

    H. B. Niemann;S. K. Atreya;S. J. Bauer;G. R. Carignan

  • The theory of brown dwarfs and extrasolar giant planets

    Adam Burrows;W. B. Hubbard;J. I. Lunine;James Liebert

  • Source regions and timescales for the delivery of water to the Earth

    A. Morbidelli;J. Chambers;J. I. Lunine;J. M. Petit

  • Cassini ion and neutral mass spectrometer: Enceladus plume composition and structure.

    J. Hunter Waite;Michael R. Combi;Wing Huen Ip;Thomas E. Cravens

  • The lakes of Titan

    Ellen R. Stofan;Charles Elachi;Jonathan I. Lunine;Ralf D. Lorenz

  • Liquid water on Enceladus from observations of ammonia and 40Ar in the plume

    J. H. Waite;W. S. Lewis;B. A. Magee;J. I. Lunine

  • Remote sensing of planetary properties and biosignatures on extrasolar terrestrial planets.

    David J. Des Marais;Martin O. Harwit;Kenneth W. Jucks;James F. Kasting

  • Rain, winds and haze during the Huygens probe's descent to Titan's surface

    M.G. Tomasko;B. Archinal;T. Becker;B. Bezard

  • Cassini finds molecular hydrogen in the Enceladus plume: Evidence for hydrothermal processes.

    J. Hunter Waite;Christopher R. Glein;Rebecca S. Perryman;Ben D. Teolis

  • Composition of Titan's lower atmosphere and simple surface volatiles as measured by the Cassini‐Huygens probe gas chromatograph mass spectrometer experiment

    H. B. Niemann;S. K. Atreya;J. E. Demick;D. Gautier

  • Making other earths: dynamical simulations of terrestrial planet formation and water delivery

    Sean N. Raymond;Thomas R. Quinn;Jonathan I. Lunine

  • Building Terrestrial Planets

    A. Morbidelli;J.I. Lunine;D. P. O'Brien;Sean N. Raymond

  • Episodic outgassing as the origin of atmospheric methane on Titan

    Gabriel Tobie;Gabriel Tobie;Jonathan I. Lunine;Jonathan I. Lunine;Christophe Sotin

  • Giant planets at small orbital distances

    T. Guillot;A. Burrows;W. B. Hubbard;J. I. Lunine

  • The Gravity Field and Interior Structure of Enceladus

    L. Iess;D. J. Stevenson;M. Parisi;D. Hemingway

  • Building Terrestrial Planets

    Alessandro Morbidelli;Jonathan I. Lunine;David P. O`brien;Sean N. Raymond

  • The Lakes of Titan

    J. Lunine;E. Stofan;C. Elachi;R. Lorenz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph D. Lorenz
Ralph D. Lorenz Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Rosaly M. C. Lopes
Rosaly M. C. Lopes California Institute of Technology
Sushil K. Atreya
Sushil K. Atreya University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tristan Guillot
Tristan Guillot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Adam Burrows
Adam Burrows Princeton University
Alexander G. Hayes
Alexander G. Hayes Cornell University
Ellen R. Stofan
Ellen R. Stofan Smithsonian Institution
Howard A. Zebker
Howard A. Zebker Stanford University
Mark S. Marley
Mark S. Marley University of Arizona
Bryan Stiles
Bryan Stiles Jet Propulsion Lab

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