
Professor Nick Teanby
MA, MSci(Cantab.), PhD(Leeds)
Current positions
Professor of Planetary Science
School of Earth Sciences
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Research interests
My research comprises application of geophysical techniques to solve planetary science problems. Currently my research focuses on two areas:
1) Atmospheric radiative transfer of planetary atmospheres: I use infra-red remote sensing combined with radiative transfer analyses to study the atmospheres of Titan, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Mars using both space-based and ground-based instruments such as Cassini, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array, and Herschel. In particular I use unstable species to provide new insights into large-scale atmospheric dynamics.
2) Planetary seismology. I apply seismic techniques developed for Earth to planetary interiors to aid in-situ geophysical missions to the planets including NASA's InSight mission to Mars. In particular impact induced seismicity and crustal properties using broadband and short period seismometers.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Drivers of Titan’s Seasonal Change
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/04/2024 to 31/03/2027
Exploring the Seismicity of Mars with InSight (YR2+YR3)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/04/2022 to 31/03/2024
Exploring the Seismicity of Mars with InSight (YR1)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/04/2021 to 31/03/2023
Exploring the Seismicity of Mars with InSight (YR2+YR3)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/04/2021 to 31/03/2022
ExploRing the surface slopes Of aSteroids
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2021
Thesis supervisions
Dynamics and Structure of Titan's Polar Vortices Using Cassini CIRS Observations
Supervisors
Seismic coupling of surface waves in clay sediments from subsurface and subaerial explosions
Supervisors
Planetary Seismology on an Icy Moon
Supervisors
Improving the Performance of Physics-based and Statistical Forecasts of Natural and Induced Seismicity
Supervisors
Sensitivity of resuspended ash forecasts to topography
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
01/08/2015Predicted detection rates of regional-scale meteorite impacts on Mars with the InSight short-period seismometer
Icarus
HCN ice in Titan's high-altitude southern polar cloud
Nature
Science goals and mission concept for the future exploration of Titan and Enceladus
Planetary and Space Science
Constraints on Jupiter’s Stratospheric HCl abundance and chlorine cycle from Herschel/HIFI
Planetary and Space Science
Estimates of seismic activity in the Cerberus Fossae region of Mars
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Recent publications
20/01/2025Chapter 7: Titan’s Atmospheric Structure, Composition, Haze, and Dynamics
Titan After Cassini-Huygens
Improved Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Ratios for CH3CN in Titan’s Atmosphere Using ALMA
The Planetary Science Journal
InSights on Magnetometer Observations of Martian Dust Devils
Proceedings of the 75th International Astronautical Congress
Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) science
Open Research Europe
Forward Modelling Low-Spectral-Resolution Cassini/CIRS Observations of Titan
Experimental Astronomy