M. K. Bird
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
81
Citations
823
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
53
Publishing since 1974
M. K. Bird's publication record centers on planetary science, particularly using radio science techniques to study the atmospheres and ionospheres of planets like Mars, Venus, and Pluto, as well as comets. Work includes analyzing spacecraft radio signals to detect atmospheric waves and using gravity measurements to infer the internal structure of comets. Note that two very recent entries on catalyst materials appear unrelated to this body of work and may reflect a different researcher sharing the same name.
Publication activity was concentrated around 2017-2019 with a small cluster of outputs, followed by a multi-year gap and only sporadic single publications since, indicating a slowing or intermittent recent output.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- First-Principles and Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Sulfur Poisoning of High-Entropy Alloy Catalysts
Chemistry of Materials · 2026
- First Principles and Machine Learning-based Analysis of Sulfur Poisoning of High-Entropy Alloy Catalysts
ChemRxiv · 2025
- Sounding of Planetary Atmospheres and Ionospheres by Crosslink Occultations
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts · 2019
- COMPOSITION AND MORPHOLOGY FROM RADIOMETRY AND EMISSIVITY AT 4.2 CM OBTAINED DURING THE NEW HORIZONS PLUTO ENCOUNTER
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America · 2018
- Wave Structures in the Upper Atmosphere of Mars and Venus as seen by the Radio Science Experiments on Mars Express and Venus Express
cosp · 2018
- Radiometry at 4.2 cm during the New Horizons Pluto Encounter
42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly · 2018
- Radio Sounding of the Mars Ionosphere over a full Solar Cycle by the Mars Express Radio Science Experiment (MaRS)
42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly · 2018
- The future of planetary atmospheric, surface, and interior science using radio and laser links
2017
- A homogeneous nucleus for comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from its gravity field
Nature · 2016
- Gravity Waves in the Atmosphere of Mars as seen by the Radio Science Experiment MaRS on Mars Express
AGUFM · 2016
- 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly×2
- Nature×1
- Chemistry of Materials×1
- Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×1
- cosp×1
- Hunter Vannier
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- L. C. Chaves
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Cauê S. Borlina
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Colin D. Hamill
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Andrew J Hesselbrock
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.
Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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