Space Physics Faculty Research Interests

Jules Aarons: Ionospheric and magnetospheric physics and radio stars

Sunanda Basu: Physics; plasma structures and irregularities

Supriya Chakrabarti: Experimental astrophysics; spectral imaging; astrophysics from space; planetary atmospheres; interplanetary, interstellar and intergalactic media

Jiasheng Chen: Magnetospheric physics and dynamics, space plasmas and energetic particles, solar-terrestrial relations

John Clarke: Planetary atmospheres; UV astrophysics; FUV instruments for remote observations

Timothy Cook: Ultraviolet and soft x-ray instrumentation; tomography; interstellar medium; intergalactic medium; ionospheric remote sensing

Nancy Crooker: Solar wind, space weather, and solar wind - magnetosphere coupling

Theodore Fritz: Space plasma physics; magnetospheric physics; magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling; substorms; charged particles and compositions; rocket and satellite experiments

Charles Goodrich: Space physics, structure and dynamics of the solar terrestrial system

Jeffrey Hughes: Space physics, solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and dynamics

Michael Mendillo: Space physics; planetary atmospheres; observations and models

William Oliver: Radar studies of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere; Modeling and simulation; Global change in the upper atmosphere

Meers Oppenheim: Computational and theoretical space plasma physics; dymanics of the E-region ionosphere and the electrojet; particle-wave interactions in the auroral ionosphere and magnetosphere; physics of meteor trails

Jack Quinn: Magnetospheric plasma transport and energization; space instrumentation

Nathan Schwadron: Solar wind, coronal and heliospheric magnetic field, energetic particle sources, cometary x-rays

Joshua Semeter: Remote sensing of the Earth's ionosphere and near-space environment using radar and passive optical techniques

George Siscoe: Space physics including solar wind, magnetospheres, and space weather

Harlan Spence: Theoretical and experimental space plasma physics; heliospheric, planetary magnetospheric, and auroral physics