Dr. Roberto A. Fernandez Borda
Faculty Research Assistant · Non-Tenure Track
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About
Dr. Roberto Fernandez Borda is PhD in Physics strongly biased to scientific instrumental design and experimental physics. Since his Master thesis, he was involved in the design of scientific instrumentation like HRXS (part of the payload of SAC-B, Conae Argentina) and HASTA telescope (International agreement between the Max Plank Intitute, Germany and IAFE, Argentina). Dr Borda got an strong background in different instrument design areas like optics, digital electronics, sensors and real time software. He came to United State, as National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow, to work with Dr. Mario H Acuna at GSFC NASA in 2002. In 2006, He became Associated Researcher at JCET-UMBC. Dr Borda, as memeber of the research group of Dr Vanderlei Martins at JCET-UMBC, was involved in many instrumental projects for avionics applications (Cloud Scanner, Rainbow camera, PACS VNIR) and for satellite applications (HARP)and also he was part of many field campaigns (Milagro, Vocals, Podex). Dr. Borda have been awarded due to his perfomance as instrumental designer two times: The first time by the Laborotory of Atmospheres, Climate & Radiation branch, GSFC NASA (2007) and the second time by Climate & Radiation Branch, GSFC NASA (2009).
Research interests
Passive and active atmospheric remote sensing instrumentation. Polarization. Pattern recognition and automation.
Education
- Ph D, Physics — University of Buenos Aires (2001)
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MS, Physics
— University of Buenos Aires (1996) HRXS instrument
Publications
- A new way to see the clouds: the hyper-angular rainbow polarimeter (HARP2) on the NASA PACE satellite mission 2025
- First results and on-orbit performance of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter on the PACE satellite 2024
- Pre-launch calibration and validation of the Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) instrument 2024
- Polarimetric mapping of the lunar surface with the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter 2 (HARP2) on the NASA PACE mission
Presentations
- The First Year of HARP2/PACE Performance Based on its Ground and On-Orbit Characterization 2025
- The First Year of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) on the NASA PACE mission: Performance, Science, and Synergy 2025
- First Results and On-Orbit Performance of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter on the PACE Satellite 2024
- Advancements on the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) polarization characterization during NASA Plankton Aerosol and Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) pre-launch calibration 2023