Dr. Tamara Bandikova
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Dr. Tamara Bandikova
Staff of EXCLAIM
Additional information
Current responsibilities
- EXCLAIM project coordinator --> Project website
- ETH-Klimarunde event manager --> Event website
Work experience
- 2021-today: ETH Zurich, Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM), Switzerland - Project coordinator & Event manager
- 2018-2020: NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA - Technologist
- 2016-2018: NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA - Postdoctoral Scholar
- 2009-2016: Leibniz University of Hanover, Institute of Geodesy, Germany - Research and teaching assistant
Education
- Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) in Space Geodesy / 2015
Leibniz University of Hanover, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science, Hanover, Germany - Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Geodesy and Cartography / 2009
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic - Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Geodesy and Cartography / 2007
Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2020 | NASA Honor Award/Group Achievement Award presented to the GRACE-FO Science Data System Team that I was leading in 2019 – 2020 |
| 2017 | NASA JPL Outstanding Postdoc Research Award for the development of GRACE accelerometer data transplant |
| 2014 | COSPAR Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists for journal article Bandikova et. al, 2012: Characteristics and accuracies of the GRACE inter-satellite pointing. DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.03.011 |
| 2011 | Award for excellent academic results, social and university-intern commitment issued by Leibniz University of Hanover |
| 2009 | Dean's award for excellent study results and for excellent compilation and defense of the master thesis issued by the Czech Technical University in Prague |
| 2007 | Dean's award for excellent study results issued by the Czech Technical University in Prague |
Additional information
Selected publications
- Landerer F., Flechtner F., Save H., Webb F., Bandikova T. et al. (2020): Extending the Global Mass Change Data Record: GRACE Follow-On Instrument and Science Data Performance. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(12), DOI: 10.1029/2020GL088306
- Bandikova T., McCullough C., Kruizinga G., Save H., Christophe B. (2019): GRACE accelerometer data transplant. Advances in Space Research. 64 (3): 623-644. DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2019.05.021
- Bandikova T. (2015): The role of attitude determination for inter-satellite ranging. PhD Thesis. Leibniz University of Hanover. DGK C758
- Robertson, R., Flury, J., Bandikova, T., Schilling, M. (2015): Highly physical penumbra solar radiation pressure modeling with atmospheric effects. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 123(2), 169–202. DOI: 10.1007/s10569-015-9637-0
- Bandikova T., Flury, J. (2014): Improvement of the GRACE star camera data based on the revision of the combination method. Advances in Space Research, 54 (9):1818–1827 DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.07.004
- Bandikova T., Flury J., Ko U.-D. (2012): Characteristics and accuracies of the GRACE inter-satellite pointing. Advances in Space Research 50(1):123-135, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.03.011