| Person | Organization | Department | City, State | Research Interests | |
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| view | Geoff Crowley | ASTRA | Boulder Office | San Antonio, TX | Data analysis, data assimilation, modeling of the thermosphere and ionosphere, ionospheric response to solar variability, space weather systems development. |
| view | Fabiano Rodrigues | ASTRA | San Antonio, TX | Radar remote sensing of the ionosphere and ionospheric effects on GPS; solar variability effects on ionospheric irregularities. | |
| view | Irfan Azeem | ASTRA | San Antonio, TX | Space climate; solar variability effects on the mesosphere and thermosphere; auroral morphology and dynamics | |
| view | Stuart D. Bale | Berkeley | Space Sciences Laboratory | Berkeley, CA | plasma turbulence, collisionless shocks, solar wind acceleration and heating, electric field and wave measurements, experimental techniques |
| view | Merav Opher | Boston University | Astronomy | Boston, MA | shocks, coronal mass ejections, MHD and Kinetic effects, solar wind, particle acceleration, plasma effects, inner and outer heliosphere |
| view | Dr. Edward E. DeLuca | CfA | High Energy Astropyscis Division | Cambridge, MA | Solar MHD, Turbulence and magnetic stability of coronal structures. Solar Dynamo Theory |
| view | Alysha Reinard | CU | CIRES | Boulder, CO | Space Weather-related research with a focus on connecting solar phenomena such as CMEs, flares, dimmings with interplanetary phenomena such as ICMEs and geomagnetic storms. |
| view | Leon Ofman | CUA | Physics | Washington, DC | Solar corona; solar wind; MHD, hybrid, and multi-fluid numerical modeling of solar and heliospheric plasma; study of coronal heating and solar wind acceleration physics; waves and instabilities in the solar corona. The use of space-based spectroscopic observations to constrain numerical models. Coronal seismology - the use of waves observed in the corona for inferring coronal parameters. |
| view | Katariina Nykyri | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Physical Sciences | Daytona Beach, FL | Solar wind interaction with the magnetosphere: plasma transport, turbulence, particle heating and acceleration, numerical modeling, data-analysis |
| view | Jie Zhang | GMU | Computational and Data Sciences | Fairfax, VA | solar physics, heliospheric physics, and space weather. In particular, CMEs, flares, and their space weather effects. CME initiation, propagation, interplanetary CMEs and interaction with solar wind, geomagnetic storms. Relationship between CMEs and flares. Magnetic and coronal source regions of solar activities. |
| view | Dr. Nat Gopalswamy | Goddard Space Flight | Heliophysics | Greenbelt, MD | |
| view | David Gary Sibeck | GSFC | Space Weather Laboratory | Greenbelt, MD | Magnetospheric Physics and Solar Wind-magnetosphere interaction, the foreshock, bow shock, magnetopause, dayside ionosphere |
| view | William Dean Pesnell | GSFC | Solar Physics Laboratory | Greenbelt, MD | Solar Science, Space Weather, Coronal response to perturbations, supergranulation, methods that lead to predictions of solar cycle |
| view | Michael Thompson | HAO/NCAR | Boulder, COLORADO | Main research interests are in helioseismology and the structure and dynamics of the interior of the Sun. Worked extensively on the development, application and interpretation of inverse techniques in helioseismology. Major applications have been to studying the hydrostatic structure of the Sun and its internal rotation. | |
| view | Sara F. Martin | Helio Research | Space Weather | La Crescenta, CA | The long-term build-up to CMEs, the chirality and helicity of solar features individually and collectively; formation of filament channels filaments, filament cavities; the eruption of filaments and prominences, CME initiation and propagation, the source and evolution of solar magnetic fields of all scales. Analysis of multiple wavelengths of data from ground-based and space-based observatories, especially the Dutch Open Telescope (DOT), SOHO, STEREO, and SDO |
| view | Paulett Liewer | JPL | Astrophysics and Space Science Section | Pasadena, CA | Propagation of CMEs; solar wind structure; analysis of data from STEREO coronagraphs; analysis of white light observations of the heliosphere (CMEs and solar wind) from STEREO and future missions. |
| view | Tom Intrator | LANL | P-24 Plasma Physics | los alamos, NM | Basic plasma physics, especially in 3 dimensions, including MHD, reconnection, self organization, shocks of the Magnetosphere, solar plasmas, astrophysical plasmas. |
| view | Josef Koller | LANL | Space Science and Applications | Los Alamos, NM | thermospheric density and satellite drag modeling, data assimilation, machine learning, verification and validation, radiation belt modeling, real-time space weather forecast models |
| view | Karel Schrijver | Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center | Solar and Astrophysics Group | Palo Alto, CALIFORNIA | The Solar and Astrophysics Group works on all aspects related to solar magnetic activity, from field emergence onto the surface to its coupling into the heliosphere, using both state-of-the-art space-based observatories and numerical simulations. |
| view | Mike Liemohn | Michigan | AOSS | Ann Arbor, MI | The physics of magnetic storms, in particular the inner magnetosphere and the coupling between the plasmasphere, ring current, and radiation belts. |
| view | Judy Karpen | NASA | Code 674 | Greenbelt, MD | MHD simulations and modeling of CMEs/flares |
| view | Dong L Wu | NASA | GSFC | Greenbelt, MD | Impacts of solar forcing and variability on Earth's atmosphere and climate. Uses of satellite data (MLS, SORCE, AIRS, GPS, AMSU/SSU) and model simulations (WACCM, GISS) to identify, characterize and understand Sun-Earth connection processes. |
| view | Dr. Melvyn L Goldstein | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Heliospheric Physics Laboratory | Greenbelt, MD | (1) Kinetic properties of the solar wind as revealed from spacecraft data and theory and simulations. (2) Properties of magnetofluid turbulence and how it evolves and dissipates in the solar wind. |
| view | Dong L Wu | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Climate and Radiation | Greenbelt, MARYLAND | Dr. Dong L. Wu is a research scientist at NASA�s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). His research interests include remote sensing of atmospheric dynamics and clouds, and sun-climate connection. For the sun-climate connection studies, his research has been focusing on impacts of the 11-year and 27-day variations in solar forcing on the upper and middle atmospheric dynamics and chemistry. The data analyses include uses of satellite measurements from Aura/MLS, Odin/SMR, TIMED/SABER, and GPS radio occultation, MERRA reanalysis, and simulations from WACCM. |
| view | Thomas L. Duvall, Jr. | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Greenbelt, MD | Solar Interior Helioseismology | |
| view | Dr. Adam Szabo | NASA GSFC | Heliospheric Physics Laboratory | Greenbelt, MD | Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections/Magnetic Clouds Interplanetary Shocks Solar wind acceleration, heating and global structure |
| view | Dr Mark Miesch | National Center for Atmospheric Research | High Altitude Observatory (HAO) | Boulder, COLORADO | solar and stellar MHD, internal dynamics, convection, dynamo theory, differential rotation, Sun-Earth connections, and high performance computing |
| view | Rebeca Centeno | National Center for Atmospheric Research | High Altitude Observatory | Boulder, CO | Solar magnetic fields. Spectro-polarimetry. Radiative transfer. Spectral line inversions. Photosphere. Chromosphere. Quiet Sun. Active Regions. Solar cycle. Spicules. Filaments. Waves. |
| view | Dr. Russell A. Howard | Naval Research Lab | Space Science Division | Washington, DC | CMEs, Coronal Physics, Solar Wind, Electron and Dust Scattering, Coronagraph Instrumentation |
| view | Mark Linton | Naval Research Laboratory | Heliophysics Theory and Modeling Section | Washington, DC | The goal of NRL's Heliophysics Theory and Modeling Section is to examine fundamental problems of the physics of the solar atmosphere. Areas of current interest include chromospheric to coronal structure and dynamics, energy transport in solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and the emergence of magnetic flux from the convection zone into the corona. The research makes extensive use of time-dependent numerical simulations using two-, and three-dimensional numerical models. Much of the work focuses on determining observables for comparison with existing and anticipated satellite data in the visible, ultraviolet, and X-ray regions of the spectrum. Computing capabilities include access to DOD major high-performance computing facilities. |
| view | Dr. C Richard DeVore | Naval Research Laboratory | Laboratory for Computational Physics & Fluid Dynamics | Washington, DC | 2D & 3D MHD Simulations || MHD Theory & Modeling || Coronal Mass Ejections || Flares || Prominences/Filaments || Jets & Spicules || Massively Parallel Computing || Adaptive Mesh Refinement |
| view | Dr. Yuhong Fan | NCAR | HAO | Boulder, CO | MHD theory and modeling of magnetic flux emergence, formation of coronal flux ropes, and initiation of coronal mass ejections |
| view | Sarah Gibson | NCAR | HAO | Boulder, CO | Comparative Solar Minima Coronal Prominence Cavities Coronal Mass Ejections Solar MHD |
| view | Philip Judge | NCAR | Boulder , CO | Solar magnetism, solar observations, spectropolarimetry, spectroscopy | |
| view | Gang Lu | NCAR | HAO | Boulder, CO | high-latitude ionospheric electrodynamics; solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere thermosphere coupling; space weather. |
| view | Prof James McAteer | New Mexico State University | astronomy | las cruces, NM | The Sun-Earth connection, including the effects of space weather throughout the solar system, predicting the onset of solar flares, and tracking coronal mass ejections. This includes studies of the magnetic complexity of active regions and searches for signatures of imminent solar flares, general studies of complexity and turbulence in science, and design of risk management performance measures for space weather predictions. This also includes studies of the solar cycle, and the effects on the Earth and the viability of life. |
| view | Vic Pizzo | NOAA/SWPC | Boulder, CO | Xray corona, solar wind, CMEs, space weather prediction applications | |
| view | KD Leka | NorthWest Research Associates | Boulder, CO | Solar Magnetic Fields; Solar Flare Prediction; Active Region Structure & Evolution; Spectropolarimetry; Statistical analysis. | |
| view | Angelos Vourlidas | NRL | Solar Physics Branch | Washington, DC | Observation and physics of CMEs, flares and shocks, heliospheric propagation, space weather, coronal heating, solar radio astronomy, space instrumentation (optical, EUV) |
| view | Vyacheslav S Lukin | NRL | Space Science Division | Washington, DC | (1) Generation and evolution of coherent magnetic structures from the Sun's convection zone out into the solar wind; (2) Computational and analytical modeling of fundamental magnetized plasma processes, e.g. magnetic reconnection; (3) Computational physics: advanced algorithm and code development for magnetohydrodynamic and kinetic plasma modeling. |
| view | John McCormack | NRL | Space Science Division | Washington , DC | Investigating the impact of solar variability on the composition and dynamics of the middle atmosphere (10-100 km) through both modeling and data assimilation studies. |
| view | Frank Hill | NSO | GONG | Tucson, ARIZONA | Helioseismology, solar cycle, solar magnetic fields |
| view | Dr Kirk Bryan | Princeton University | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program | Princeton, NJ | Ocean Modeling |
| view | Dr. Steven R. Cranmer | SAO | Solar, Stellar, & Planetary Physics Division | Cambridge, MA | Coronal heating and solar wind acceleration. MHD turbulence and kinetic phenomena in low-beta plasmas. Solar-stellar connection. |
| view | Dr. Katharine Reeves | SAO | Cambridge, MA | I am primarily interested in modeling and observation of dynamic coronal phenomena, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections. My research thus far has focused on modeling the soft X-ray and EUV emission due to heating and cooling processes present in solar flares and comparing these models to observations of flare evolution. I am interested in using a variety of instruments to inform these models, including imaging telescopes such as the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE), the Soft X-ray Telescope on Yohkoh, the X-Ray Telescope on Hinode and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on SDO. | |
| view | Dr. Maria Spasojevic | Stanford University | Electrical Engineering | Palo Alto, CA | |
| view | Dale W Griffin | U.S. Geological Survey | Florida Integrated Science Center | St. Petersburg, FL | Desert dust fertilization of surface waters. Atmospheric transport of microorganisms in clouds of desert dust. Modeling of microbial, nutrient, and pollutants associated with desert dust clouds |
| view | Gang Li | UAHuntsville | Huntsville, AL | Particle acceleration and transport in the heliosphere | |
| view | Jacob` Bortnik | UCLA | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | Los Angeles, CA | I am primarily interested in the physics of the inner magnetosphere, the radiation belts, and the intricacies of the excitation, propagation, and wave-particle interactions that control radiation belt dynamics. I deal with both numerical simulation and data analysis (ground and space-based). |
| view | Dr. Bernard Jackson | UCSD | Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences | La Jolla, CA | Heliospheric and solar physics and space weather. In particular, exploratory 3D tomography with existing heliospheric data sets and their use in research and solar wind forecasting using existing ground-based, NASA facilities and SMEI. Collaboration with Japan, UK, India, Asian, and Mexican ground-based analysis systems. |
| view | Mark Moldwin | UM | Atmos, Oceanic & Space | Ann Arbor, MI | Heliospheric, Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Physics Especially interested in the coupling between regions |
| view | Eberhard Moebius | UNH | Space Science Center & Physics Department | Durham, NH | My research interest is centered on the acceleration of particles in and their transport through the heliosphere with the help of composition sensing ion and neutral atom sensors. Using pickup ions in the solar wind (SOHO, ACE, and STEREO) and energetic neutral atoms that originate in the interstellar gas and in the heliospheric boundary regions (IBEX), we are studying the inflow of interstellar gas into the solar system, its interaction with the solar wind, and further acceleration of its products to higher energy. With these tools we scope out the outermost shield of the Earth against cosmic rays and lay the groundwork to understanding short and long time variations of the heliosphere. In addition, interstellar and inner source pickup ions form a suprathermal particle population that serves as an effective source for the generation of energetic particles at interplanetary shocks, which contribute significantly to the energetic particle environment of the Earth. |
| view | Marc Lessard | Univ New Hampshire | Space Science Center | Durham, NH | Two main interests. One is ionosphere-related, including thermosphere coupling (small-scale), auroral phenomena, etc. The other is EMIC (electro-magnetic ion cyclotron) waves, including their generation, propagation to the ground and interactions with Earth's radiation belts. |
| view | Dr. Delores Jane Knipp | University of Colorado | Aerospace Engineering Sciences | Boulder, CO | Effects of solar wind structures on energy deposition in the coupled magnetosphere -ionosphere-thermosphere system. Particular interest in effects of interacting solar wind structures (CME-shock, CME -CME, CME-High Speed Stream) on thermospheric and ionospheric perturbations. |
| view | Professor Jeffrey M Forbes | University of Colorado | Aerospace Engineering Sciences | Boulder, COLORADO | Professor Forbes' research interests include the upper atmosphere environments of Earth, Mars, and other planets; coupling of these environments to lower altitudes and to solar variability; geomagnetic storm effects on satellite drag variability; the vertical propagation of tides and planetary waves in planetary atmospheres, and their electrodynamic and chemical effects; utilization of accelerometer, satellite drag, and satellite remote sensing data to elucidate atmospheric variability, and to test, validate and develop upper atmosphere models. |
| view | Scot R Elkington | University of Colorado | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics | Boulder, COLORADO | My research has focused on techniques leading to a quantitative physical understanding of energetic particle dynamics in the inner magnetosphere and central plasma sheet during geomagnetically active periods. Central to this study is the use of the Lyon-Fedder-Mobarry MHD code to model magnetospheric configuration in response to both real and idealized solar wind conditions. Analytical magnetospheric field models are also used, where necessary, to examine relevant physical processes under simplified conditions. Finally, observational data are used both as a tool for providing realistic initial conditions within the models, and for verifying the validity of the simulations. The fundamental intent of this work is to gain a better physical understanding of the processes playing roles in storm-time radiation belt dynamics. However, all work is undertaken with an eye toward fitting these approaches within the larger framework of a global magnetospheric circulation model, and providing valid predictive tools for space weather forecasting. |
| view | Prof. Jonathan J Makela | University of Illinois | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Urbana, IL | My research interests lie in multi-technique remote sensing of the Earth's ionosphere. He works with ground- and satellite-based instrumentation to study both the quiet-time and storm-time behavior of this region at low- and mid-latitudes. To accomplish this, he develops, tests and deploys suites of sensors to sites around the world. These instruments include portable imaging systems, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, and Fabry-Perot interferometers. My research group is currently working on developing new techniques and algorithms to simultaneously analyze these multiple datasets to better understand the underlying electrodynamics of instability processes in the equatorial and mid-latitude ionosphere. These instabilities can cause problems for satellite navigation and communication signals that have to propagate through them. Understanding how and when they develop will lead to more robust systems. |
| view | Dr. Gregory G. Howes | University of Iowa | Physics and Astronomy | Iowa City, IA | Analytical and numerical modeling of turbulence in the solar wind and solar corona. The primary investigative strategy is the use of high-performance computing to model turbulence in kinetic plasmas. |
| view | Noe Lugaz | University of New Hampshire | Space Science Center | Durham, NH | Coronal Mass Ejection Propagation and interaction - MHD simulation - Shock formation and properties - CME initiation - SECCHI and LASCO observations of CMEs |
| view | Harald Kucharek | University of New Hampshire | Space Science Center and Department of Physics | Durham, NH | My research interests in space physics span the broad range of topics including plasma transport, shock and foreshock physics, and particle acceleration. In particular, I am interested to understand the kinetic-scale processes that are determine macro-scale plasma dynamic. I have dedicated a significant fraction of my research effort towards understanding kinetic processes associated with space plasma shocks, which I find particularly appealing due to their universality; shocks are ubiquitous throughout the cosmos, and the associated particle acceleration is a key contributor to the production of cosmic rays, for example. |
| view | Fabiano Rodrigues | UTD | William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences | Richardson, TX | Ionospheric irregularities, ionospheric electrodynamics, techniques for remote sensing of the upper atmosphere, and effects of the upper atmosphere/ionosphere on global navigation satellite systems. |
| view | Thomas Ward Gorczyca | Western Michigan University | Department of Physics | Kalamazoo, MI | Theoretical Atomic Physics Photoionization Dielectronic Recombination |
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