Thais Mothe-Diniz

Research Adviser

NV Faculty Administration Faculty of Natural Sciences

thais.mothe-diniz@ntnu.no +47 73559639 +47 90230304

Realfagbygget, E3-174, Gløshaugen, Gløshaugen, Høgskoleringen 5

thais.mothe-diniz@ntnu.no

Field of study / work area at NTNU

General research advice (applications / follow-up of research projects / assistance in the application phase)
Support in the implementation phase of EU projects and other externally funded research projects
Mobilization/internationalization
Project management of EU projects coordinated by NTNU
Leaders support
CRISTIN Superuser at the Faculty for Natural Sciences: quality assurance of publications / follow-up of publications / user support

Competence

Project leadership
Team Player
Conflict Management - Certified "Street mediator" by Red Cross
International cooperation
Specialist in surface composition of small planets
Research communication
Board competence
IT / Linux / Mac
CRIStin
Language, physics and cognitive development of children with disabilities

Background

Education

PhD in Astronomy, 2002 - in the field of mineralogy of the small planets
MSc in Astrophysics, 1998 - Celestial Mechanics
Bachelor in pure mathematics, 1994 - project assignment within Maxwell's equations
Health Practitioner, 2015

Work Experience

Senior Advisor, @NV Faculty / NTNU (2018 -)
Senior Advisor @principal's staff, NTNU in Ålesund (2017)
Associate Professor @NTNU and / or @UFRJ (2008 - 2017)
Post-doc @National Observatory, Brazil (2002 - 2004 and 2005 - 2008)
Post-doc @Paris Observatory, France (2004 - 2005)
Assistant Professor @Brazil, (1994 - 2002)

Special interests

Music / Dance / Theater / Outdoor activities / Volunteering

Scientific, academic and artistic work

A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database

Journal publications

De Prá, M. N.; Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi; Carvano, Jorge M.; Licandro, Javier; Morate, David; Lorenzi, Vania; de Leon, Julia; Campins, Humberto; Mothe-Diniz, Thais. (2020) A comparative analysis of the outer-belt primitive families. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). vol. 643.
De Prá, Mario N.; Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi; Carvano, Jorge M.; Licandro, Javier; Campins, Humberto; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; de Leon, Julia; Alí-Lagoa, V.. (2018) PRIMASS visits Hilda and Cybele groups. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 311.
Jasmim, F.L.; Lazzaro, D.; Carvano, J.M.F.; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Hasselmann, P.H.. (2013) Mineralogical investigation of several Qp asteroids and their relation to the Vesta family. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A).
de Leon, Julia; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Licandro, Javier; Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi; Campins, Humberto. (2011) New observations of astroid (175706) 1996 FG3, primary target of the ESA Marco Polo-R mission. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A).
Henderson, Paul; Cloutis, Edward A.; Reddy, Vishnu; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Emery, Joshua P.. (2011) The M-/X-asteroid menagerie . results of an NIR spectral survey of 45 main-belt astroids. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. vol. 46 (12).
Reddy, Vishnu; Carvano, J.M.F.; Lazzaro, D.; Michtchenko, Tatiana A.; Gaffey, Michael S.; Kelley, Michael S.; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; Moskovitz, Nicholas A.; Cloutis, Edward A.; Ryan, Erin L.. (2011) Mineralogical characterization of Baptistina Asteroid Family : Implications for K/T impactor source. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 216 (1).
Willman, Mark; Jedicke, Robert; Moskovitz, Nicholas A.; Nesvorny, David; Vokrouhlicky, David; Mothe-Diniz, Thais. (2011) Corrigendum to "Using the youngest asteroid clusters to constrain the Space Weathering and Gardening rate on S-complex asteroids" [ICARUS 208 (2010) 758-772]. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 214 (2).
Ziffer, Julie; Campins, Humberto; Licandro, Javier; Walker, Matthew E.; Fernandez, Yanga; Clark, Beth Ellen; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Howell, Ellen; Deshpande, Rohit. (2011) Near-infrared spectroscopy of primitive asteroid families. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 213 (2).
Campins, Humberto; Hargrove, Kelsey; Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi; Howell, Ellen; Kelley, Michael S.; Licandro, Javier; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Fernandez, Yanga; Ziffer, Julie. (2010) Water ice and organics on the surface of the asteroid 24 Themis. Nature. vol. 464.
Carvano, Jorge M.; Hasselmann, P.H.; Lazzaro, Daniela; Mothe-Diniz, Thais. (2010) SDSS-based taxonomic classification and orbital distribution of main belt asteroids. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). vol. 510.
Clark, Beth Ellen; Ziffer, Julie; Nesvorny, David; Campins, Humberto; Rivkin, Andrew S.; Hiroi, Takahiro; Barucci, Maria A.; Fulchignoni, Marcello; Binzel, Richard P.; Fornasier, Sonia; DeMeo, Francesca; Ockert-Bell, Maureen E.; Licandro, Javier; Mothe-Diniz, Thais. (2010) Spectroscopy of B-type asteroids : Subgroups and meteorite analogs. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Planets. vol. 115 (E6).
Willman, Mark; Jedicke, Robert; Moskovitz, Nicholas A.; Nesvorny, David; Vokrouhlicky, David; Mothe-Diniz, Thais. (2010) Using the youngest asteroid clusters to constrain the Space weathering and Gardening rate on S-complex asteroids. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 208 (2).
Clark, Beth Ellen; Ockert-Bell, Maureen E.; Cloutis, Edward A.; Nesvorny, David; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Bus, S. J.. (2009) Spectroscopy of K-complex asteroids: Parent bodies of carbonaceous meteorites?. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 202 (1).
Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Carvano, Jorge M.; Bus, S. J.; Duffard, R.; Burbine, T. H.. (2008) Mineralogical analysis of the Eos family from near-infrared spectra. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 195 (1).
Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Nesvorny, David. (2008) Tirela: an unusual asteroid family in the outer main belt. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). vol. 492 (2).
Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Nesvorny, David. (2008) Visible spectroscopy of extremely young asteroid families. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). vol. 486 (2).
Nesvorny, David; Roig, F.; Gladman, Brett; Lazzaro, Daniela; Carruba, V; Mothe-Diniz, Thais. (2008) Fugitives from the Vesta family. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 193 (1).
Campins, Humberto; Licandro, Javier; Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi; Ziffer, Julie; de Leon, Julia; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Guerra, Juan; Hergenrother, Carl. (2007) Nuclear Spectra of Comet 28P Neujmin 1. Astronomical Journal. vol. 134 (4).
Licandro, Javier; Campins, Humberto; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi; de Leon, Julia. (2007) The nature of comet-asteroid transition object (3200) Phaethon. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A & A). vol. 461 (2).
Campins, Humberto; Ziffer, Julie; Licandro, Javier; Pinilla-Alonso, Noemi; Fernandez, Yanga; de Leon, Julia; Mothe-Diniz, Thais; Binzel, R. P.. (2006) Nuclear Spectra of Comet 162P/Siding Spring (2004 TU12). Astronomical Journal. vol. 132 (3).

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