Rate My Professor Jani Radebaugh

Her research specializations encompass planetary geology, geomorphology, and volcanology, with a primary focus on surface processes on Saturn's moon Titan, Jupiter's moon Io, Pluto, Mars, and the Moon. As an Associate Team Member of NASA's Cassini Radar Science Team (2008-2017), she contributed to discoveries of dunes, mountains, lakes, rivers, and cryovolcanoes on Titan. She is a Science Team member for NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan's dunes and impact craters, the Io Volcano Observer proposal, and collaborations with New Horizons and Juno missions. Radebaugh's group conducts Earth analog field studies in locations such as the Namib Sand Sea, Iceland, and Argentina's Puna plateau to understand planetary features. Key publications include 'The sand seas of Titan: Cassini RADAR observations of longitudinal dunes' (Science, 2006), 'Dunes on Titan observed by Cassini RADAR' (Icarus, 2008), 'Mountains on Titan observed by Cassini RADAR' (Icarus, 2007), and editorship of 'Erosion Across the Solar System' (2022). Major awards include Geological Society of America Fellow (2018), naming of minor planet 45690 Janiradebaugh (2024), Brigham Young University Sponsored Research Recognition Award (2016), J. Keith Rigby Research Award (2015), Kavli Fellow (2014), and United States Antarctic Service Medal (2006). She has secured numerous NASA grants and serves on editorial boards, NASA committees, and professional societies, influencing planetary science through missions, publications, and public outreach.