Carl Schmidt
Research Assistant Professor of Astronomy
- Education
- 2013 Ph.D., Boston University (Astronomy)
2008 M.A., Boston University (Astronomy)
2005 B.A., University of Colorado (Physics) - Office
- CAS 402
- schmidtc@bu.edu
Carl is a planetary scientist specializing in tenuous atmospheres, also known as exospheres, and their interactions with the surrounding space environment.
He is currently a research scientist at the Boston University Center for Space Physics. Prior, he was a post-doc at CNRS/LATMOS, where he maintains a joint appointment, and a post-doc at University of Virginia.
Research interests: Observation, instrumentation and modelling: Jovian satellites, Mercury and comets.
- Fields
- Hariri Faculty Affiliate