Priscilla Mohammed, Research Associate

GEST Research Group:

Hydrological Sciences

GSFC Code:

555

Mailing Address:

NASA GSFC
Building 19, Trailer
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 286-2309

Fax:

Email:

Priscilla.N.Mohammed@nasa.gov

URL:

none

Curriculum Vitae:

mohammed_priscilla.pdf

Research Interests:

Biography:

Dr. Priscilla N. Mohammed received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (2005) and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (2001) both from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, and a BS in Electrical Engineering (1999) from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL. As a Ph.D. student, Priscilla performed microwave measurements of gaseous phosphine and ammonia under simulated conditions for the outer planets and used these measurements to develop a radio occultation simulator to predict absorption and excess Doppler due to Saturn’s atmosphere. Much of this work was in support of the Cassini mission to Saturn. Based on these laboratory results, the Cassini Project Science Group made the decision to extend the Ka-band (32 GHz) operation throughout the mission tour. The predicted attenuation profiles for the Cassini radio occultation maneuver of May 2005, earned her an invitation by the Cassini Radio Science Team to present a paper on their behalf at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences in Cambridge, England. In 2006 she joined the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, as a member of the research faculty. Her current research interests include microwave remote sensing of atmospheres and radio frequency interference mitigation in microwave radiometers.