Ralph Lorenz

Ralph Lorenz is a planetary scientist and engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab whose research focuses on understanding surfaces, atmospheres, and their interactions on planetary bodies, especially Titan, Venus, Mars, and Earth . He currently serves as Project Scientist on Dragonfly (spacecraft), NASA's fourth selected New Frontiers mission, and as participating scientist on Akatsuki (spacecraft) and InSight . 
== Education ==
Lorenz earned a Bachelors in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southampton's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1990. For his thesis "Exploring the Surface of Titan", Lorenz was awarded a PhD in Space Sciences from the University of Kent in 1994. Lorenz spent 19940-2006 at the University of Arizona as a postdoctoral fellow and research scientist. In 2006, he joined the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rlorenz/shortCV 
== Research ==
Dr. Lorenz has published papers on most bodies of the solar system, using data from scientific instruments and housekeeping data from engineering instruments to investigate the surfaces and atmospheres of planets.
Dr. Lorenz has participated in several NASA and European Space Agency missions. He was a Young Graduate Trainee for ESA's Huygens (spacecraft) from 1990-1991 and continued on as a member of the Huygens Science Team. As a member of the Cassini RADAR team, Lorenz led the planning of Titan radar observations during Cassini's 13 year mission in the Saturn system. Lorenz was selected as a participating scientist on the Japanese mission Akatsuki (spacecraft) in 2010 and NASA's InSight mission at Mars in 2017
He has also been involved in numerous mission concepts, including the Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), the "Billion Dollar Box" Saturnian system study, Titan Airship Explorer , AVIATR, a Mars meteorology and seismology concept, and a Titan submarine .
== Academic Books == 
Title 	Authors 	Publisher 	Date	ISBN
Exploring Planetary Climate 	R.D. Lorenz 	Cambridge University Press 	2019	978-1108471541
Dust Devils 	D. Reiss, R. D. Lorenz, M. Balme, L. Neakrase, A. Pio Rossi, A. Spiga, and J. Zarnecki (Editors)	Springer 	 	978-9402411331
Planetary Climate before the Space Age 	R.D. Lorenz 	Amazon Digital Services LLC	2017	
NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens: 1997 onwards (Cassini orbiter, Huygens probe and future exploration concepts) (Owners' Workshop Manual)	R.D. Lorenz 	Haynes Publishing UK 	2017	978-1785211119
Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes 	R.D. Lorenz and J. R. Zimbelman 	Springer 	2014	978-3540897248
Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy: Life, Earth, and Beyond (Understanding Complex Systems) 	A. Kleidon , R. D. Lorenz (Editors) 	Springer 	2004	978-3-540-22495-2
Spinning Flight: Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras, and Skipping Stones 	R.D. Lorenz 	Springer 	2006	978-0387307794
Titan Unveiled: Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored 	R.D. Lorenz and J. Mitton 	Princeton University Press 	2010	978-0691146331
Planetary Landers and Entry Probes 	A. Ball, J. Garry, R.D. Lorenz, V. Kerzhanovich 	Cambridge University Press 	2007	978-0521820028
Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes (Springer Praxis Books) 	A. Ball, J. Garry, R.D. Lorenz, V. Kerzhanovich 	Praxis 	2005	978-0387215198
Lifting Titan's Veil: Exploring the Giant Moon of Saturn 	R.D. Lorenz and J. Mitton 	Cambridge University Press 	2002	978-0521793483
== Filmography == 
Lorenz has appeared in numerous science documentaries and series, including NOVA, NASA's Unexplained Files, Horizon, and Wonders of the Solar System.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1985744/
== External links ==
*Ralph Lorenz on Linkedin
*Ralph Lorenz on Google Scholar
*More about Ralph Lorenz
== References ==
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