Member Since 2019
William Ryan Saunders
PhD Student, Boston University
Professional Experience
Boston University
PhD Student
2018 - Present
Boston University
Boston University
PhD Student
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Education
Bachelors
2018
Honors & Awards
Edmond M Dewan Young Scientist Scholarship
Received June 2022
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received December 2019
Presentation Title: Re-Analysis of the 1976 Mars Occultation of Epsilon Geminorum
Event: 2019 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Planetary Sciences
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AGU Abstracts
The Atmosphere of Uranus from Stellar Occultations: Revised Temperatures in the Stratosphere and Lower Thermosphere
THE ICE GIANTS: EXPLORING THE PLANETARY SYSTEMS OF URANUS AND NEPTUNE I POSTER
planetary sciences | 13 december 2023
William R. Saunders, Michael J. Person, Paul Withe...
Background: The 1986 Voyager 2 UV stellar and solar occultations at Uranus detected a warm stratosphere and extremely hot thermosphere [1, 2], far in ...
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Shadow Chaser: a SmallSat concept to determine the middle and upper atmospheric structures of Uranus and Neptune through stellar-occultation measurements from Earth orbit
CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSIONS I ORAL
planetary sciences | 16 december 2022
Kunio M. Sayanagi, Cindy Young, William R. Saunder...
We present the Shadow Chaser mission concept to perform stellar occultation (SO) measurements of Uranus and Neptune (U&N) from Earth orbit to tran...
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Uranus’ Lower Thermosphere is Cooler than Previously Thought
THE ICE GIANTS: EXPLORING THE PLANETARY SYSTEMS OF URANUS AND NEPTUNE III POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2022
William R. Saunders, Michael J. Person, Paul Withe...
Background: In 1986, Voyager 2 UV stellar and solar occultations at Uranus detected a warm stratosphere and extremely hot thermosphere [1, 2]. Nearly ...
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