Education:

Research Interests: ^top

Plasma transport in the ionosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth and other solar system bodies.

• Energetic particle transport in the Earth’s inner magnetosphere
• Electron and ion transport in the Mars space environment
• Kinetic theory and modeling
• Interactions between hot and cold plasma components
• Plasmaspheric dynamics and modeling
• Ring current dynamics and modeling
• Global magnetospheric dynamics and modeling
• Mars pick-up ion sources, motion, and fate
• Solar wind and photoelectrons in the strong crustal field region of Mars
• Plasma wave excitation and wave-particle interactions
• Giant planet plasma dynamics
• Solar wind electron physics

Biography: ^top

On the Meyers-Briggs personality test, I used to be an INTJ, but now I am an ENFJ, The Protagonist

Prospective PhD students: I typically have 3 or 4 PhD students at any one time, which means that I take a new grad student most years.  My current projects span global magnetospheric magnetospheric dynamics, energetic particle transport, and MI-coupling for the space environments of not only Earth but also other planets.

Prospective undergrad researchers: I typically have 1 or 2 undergrad students working on directed research projects, via SPACE 499. After a term or two, if the working relationship is mutually agreeable, then I will sometimes continue supporting an undergrad researcher as an hourly employee.

Professional Service: ^top

Some recent/big service roles:

• NASA Heliophysics Advisory Committee, September 2014 – present (vice-chair, 2015 – present)
• AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy Section Executive Committee, 2013 – present
• JGR-Space Physics Editor-in-Chief, December 2013 – present
  • JGR-Space physics website

• • AGU Journals website
  • JGR-Space Physics blog
• AGU Meetings Committee, 2017 – present
• NSF GEM Strategic Planning White Paper Task Force, 2012 – 2013
• NAS/NRC Decadal Strategy for Solar and Space Physics, SWMI Panel and Education Working Group, 2010-2011
• Chair, NSF GEM Steering Committee, 2009 – 2011
• NASA Living With a Star TR&T Steering Committee, 2007 – 2009
• Chair, NASA Geospace Management and Operations Working Group (G-MOWG), 2005 – 2007
• Research Area Coordinator, NSF GEM Program, Inner magnetoshpere/Storms Campaign, 2003 – 2009
• Chair, AOSS Graduate Program committee, 2009 – 2010
• Chair, Graduate student recruitment committee, AOSS Department, 2006 – 2012

Awards: ^top

• PhD committees chaired or co-chaired:  7 successfully defended (Xiaohua Fang, Jichun Zhang, Xia Cai, Raluca Ilie, Shannon Curry, Roxanne Katus, Shaosui Xu, Lois Smith, and Blake Johnson) and 6 in progress (Sinh Trung from Physics, Alicia Schooley, Abby Azari, Alex Shane, Brian Swiger, and Agnit Mukhopadhyay)
• U-M College of Engineering Monroe-Brown Foundation Education Excellence Award, 2018
• Outstanding Research Scientist Award, University of Michigan, 2002
• Awarded National Research Council Resident Research Associateship at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

• Refereed papers for leading peer-reviewed journals in space science and proposals for many agencies

Publications: ^top