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Michael Mendillo is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy at Boston University and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He leads a research group in space physics, focusing on the development of new low-light-level imaging techniques for atmospheric emissions. His work includes studying atmospheric waves, solar-terrestrial super-storms, and plasma instabilities in the ionosphere, employing all-sky cameras, radar observatories, and satellite data obtained from a global network of GPS receiving stations. Mendillo's research emphasizes the observational and modeling studies of planetary atmospheres, particularly the large-scale, tenuous exospheres of Jupiter's moons Io and Europa, as well as the planet Mercury. Through innovative high-definition imaging techniques, his group investigates the sources of Io's sodium clouds and the distribution of sodium gas in Mercury's atmosphere. Additionally, he supports NASA's Cassini Mission to Saturn's moon Titan and conducts comparative aeronomy studies of Earth and Mars utilizing data from the Mars Global Surveyor to analyze the martian ionosphere in conjunction with terrestrial observations.
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