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Post Doctoral Researcher at the Rochester Institute of Technology
M.S. (2021) Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology 2019-2021
Research Advisor: Jan van Aardt
Ph.D. (2019) / M.S. (2016) Physics, University of Idaho 2014-2019
Research Advisor: Matthew Hedman
B.S. Physics, The College at Brockport: State University of New York 2010-2014
Physics Department Scholar Award
Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society Member
Bailey Scholarship, BPMACS Scholarship
A.A.S. Construction Technology, State University of New York at Delhi 2008-2010
I. Cohen, C. Beddingfield, R. Chancia, G. DiBraccio, M. Hedman, S. Mackenzie, B. Mauk, K. Sayanagi, K. Soderlund, E. Turtle, ... The Case for a New Frontiers–Class Uranus Orbiter: System Science at an Underexplored and Unique World with a Mid-scale Mission. The Planetary Science Journal 3:58 (2022) PSJ
R. Chancia, T. Bates, J. Vanden Heuvel, J. van Aardt. Assessing Grapevine Nutrient Status from Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Hyperspectral Imagery. Remote Sensing 13(21) 4489 (2021) RS
R.O. Chancia. Toward Improved Crop Management Using Spectral Sensing with Unmanned Aerial Systems. Rochester Institute of Technology. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing 28771377 (2021) PQ
R. Chancia, J. van Aardt, S. Pethybridge, D. Cross, J. Henderson. Predicting Table Beet Root Yield with Multispectral UAS Imagery. Remote Sensing 13(11) 2180 (2021) RS
M.M. Hedman, R.O. Chancia. Uranus' hidden narrow rings. The Planetary Science Journal 2:107 (2021) arXiv PSJ
I. Cohen, C. Beddingfield, R. Chancia, G. DiBraccio, M. Hedman, S. Mackenzie, B. Mauk, K. Sayanagi, K. Soderlund, E. Turtle, ... New Frontiers-class Uranus Orbiter: Exploring the feasibility of achieving multidisciplinary science with a mid-scale mission. Planetary Sciences and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 53(4) 323 (2021) BAAS
M.M. Hedman, P. Helfenstein, R.O. Chancia, P. Thomas, E. Roussos, C. Paranicas, A. Verbiscer. Photometric analyses of Saturn's small moons: Aegaeon, Methone and Pallene are dark; Helene and Calypso are bright. The Astronomical Journal 159:129 (2020) arXiv AJ
R.O. Chancia. Dusty, Dense, Bright, Dark, Narrow, and Broad: the Rings in our Solar System and a Few of the Things They Can Tell Us. University of Idaho. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing 13903777 (2019) PQ
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman, S.W.H. Cowley, G. Provan, S.-Y. Ye. Seasonal structures in Saturn's dusty Roche Division correspond to periodicities of the planet's magnetosphere. Icarus 330:230-255 (2019) arXiv Icarus
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman, R.G. French. Weighing Uranus' moon Cressida with the eta ring. The Astronomical Journal 154:153 (2017) arXiv AJ
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman. Are there moonlets near the Uranian alpha and beta rings? The Astronomical Journal 152:211 (2016) arXiv AJ
R. Chancia, J. Vanden Heuvel, M. Trivedi, T. Bates, J. van Aardt 2021. Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Imaging for Vineyard Nutrition: Comparing typical multispectral imagery with optimized band selection from hyperspectral imagery. American Geophysical Union , Fall Meeting 2021
R. Chancia, J. van Aardt, T. Bates, J. Vanden Heuvel 2021. From imaging spectroscopy to operational multispectral sensing: Selecting optimal wavelengths to measure grapevine nutrients. Systems and Technologies for Remote Sensing Applications Through Unmanned Aerial Systems 2021
I. Cohen, A. Coustenis, Y. Kasaba, ... R. Chancia, ... 2021. New Frontiers-class Uranus Orbiter: A Case For Exploring The Feasibility of Achieving Multidisciplinary Science With a Mid-scale Mission. COSPAR Scientific Assembly Meeting #43
R. French, C. McGhee-French, M. Hedman, R. Chancia 2021. The gamma ring of Uranus. COSPAR Scientific Assembly Meeting #43
R. French, C. McGhee-French, M. Hedman, R. Chancia 2021. Uranian ring orbits. COSPAR Scientific Assembly Meeting #43
I.J. Cohen, C.B. Beddingfield, R.O. Chancia, G.A. DiBraccio, M.M. Hedman, S.M. MacKenzie, B.H. Mauk, K.M. Sayanagi, K.M. Soderlund, E.P. Turtle, E.Y. Adams, C.J. Ahrens, C.S. Arridge, S.M. Brooks, E.J. Bunce, S. Charnoz, G.B. Clark, A. Coustenis, R.A. Dillman, S. Dutta, L.N. Fletcher, R.A. Harbison, R. Helled, R. Holme, L.M. Jozwiak, Y. Kasaba, P. Kollmann, S. Luszcz-Cook, O. Mousis, A. Mura, G. Murakami, M. Parisi, A.M. Rymer, S. Stanley, K. Stephan, R.J. Vervack, M.H. Wong, P. Wurz 2020. New Frontiers-Class Uranus Orbiter: A Case for Exploring the Feasibility of Achieving Multidisciplinary Science with a Mid-Scale Mission. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
M.M. Hedman, P. Helfenstein, R. Chancia, E. Rousos, C. Paranicas, A. Verbiscer 2020. Some of Saturn's Small Satellites Have Surprisingly Stygian or Strangely Snowy Surfaces. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
M.M. Hedman, R.O. Chancia, G. Provan, S. Cowley, S. Ye. Using dusty rings to trace asymmetries in Saturn's Magnetosphere. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019
M.M. Hedman, P. Helfenstein, R. Chancia, E. Rousos, C. Paranicas, A. Verbiscer 2019. Some of Saturn's Small Satellites have Surprisingly Stygian Surfaces: Evidence for Proton-Induced Darkening in the Saturn System. European Planetary Science Congress joint meeting with American Astronomical Society: Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting #51
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman 2019. Re-examining the rings of Uranus in the Voyager 2 images. American Astronomical Society: Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #50
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman 2018. Post-Cassini update on the D ring's resonant structures. American Astronomical Society: Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting #50
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman 2018. Cassini's view of the faint D ring and Roche Division. Cassini Science Symposium
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman 2018. The structure of Jupiter’s main ring from New Horizons: A comparison with other ring-moon systems. American Astronomical Society: Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #49
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman, R.G. French 2017. Uncovering a new Uranus ring-moon connections in 25 years of occultation data. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017
R.O. Chancia 2017. Planetary rings. Invited talk for University of Idaho: College of Science Advisory Board
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman, S. Ye, W.S. Kurth 2017. New patterns in dust off the edge of Saturn's main rings. American Astronomical Society: Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting #49
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman, R.G. French 2017. Weighing Uranus' moon Cressida with the eta ring. American Astronomical Society: Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #48
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman 2016. Structures in the D ring and Roche division tied to asymmetries in Saturn's magnetosphere. American Astronomical Society: Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting #48
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman 2016. Rings as a probe for giant planet interiors and magnetospheres. International School of Space Science course on Planetary Interiors, L'Aquila - Italy.
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman, B.J. Carter 2016. Persistent pattern speeds in Saturn's D ring. American Astronomical Society: Division on Dynamical Astronomy Meeting #47
R.O. Chancia, M.M. Hedman, R.G. French 2015. A new look back at the structure of Uranus' narrow rings. American Astronomical Society: Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting #47
R.O. Chancia, E.M. Monier 2014. Quasar Variability Measurements in Hubble Space Telescope Archive Data. Rochester Symposium for Physics Students 2014
R.O. Chancia, E.M. Monier 2013. Quasar Variability Measurements in Hubble Space Telescope Archive Data. Syracuse University Physics Department: 8th Undergraduate Research Day
Post Doctoral Researcher 2021-Present
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Group, Advisor: Jan van Aardt
Funding Source: USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative: High-Resolution Vineyard Nutrient Management;
Graduate Research Assistant 2020-2021
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing Group, Advisor: Jan van Aardt
Funding Source: NSF - Partnerships for Innovation: Fostering Agricultural ReMote Sensing (FARMS) - use of unmanned aerial systems to enable precision agriculture; USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative: High-Resolution Vineyard Nutrient Management
Graduate Research Assistant 2015-2019
Physics Department, University of Idaho
Planetary Science Research Group, Advisor: Matthew Hedman
Funding sources: NASA - Cassini Data Analysis Program: The Structure, Composition and History of Saturn's Faint Rings; Solar System Workings: Uranian Ring Dynamics and Constraints on Uranus' Internal Structure from Occultation Data; Idaho Space Grant Consortium
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2012-2014
Physics Department, The College at Brockport: State University of New York
Astrophysics Research Group, Advisor: Eric Monier (2013-2014)
Condensed Matter Research Group, Advisor: Mohammed Tahar (2012)
Funding source: The Brockport Foundation
Teaching Assistant 2019
Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Imaging Science Fundamentals (Fall 2019)
Teaching Assistant 2014-2015
Physics Department, University of Idaho
Fundamentals of Physics Lab Instructor (Spring 2015)
Astronomy Lab Instructor (Fall 2014)
Lab Assistant and Tutor 2012-2014
Physics Department, The College at Brockport: State University of New York
NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium Fellow 2017-2018: $25,000
Division on Dynamical Astronomy Raynor L. Duncombe Prize for Student Research 2017: $600
University of Idaho, Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grant 2018: $700 to attend the 2018 meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy in San Jose, California.
University of Idaho, Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grant 2016: $900 to attend a week-long course on Planetary Interiors at the International School of Space Science in L'Aquila, Italy.
American Astronomical Society - Junior Member
Division for Planetary Sciences
Division on Dynamical Astronomy
American Geophysical Union - Student Member