Fall 2025

 

Date Title/Subject Speaker Affiliation
9/4/2025 Kinetic theory, dynamics, and thermodynamics of cosmic plasmas in magnetic fields: some thoughts on where we are and what’s next Alex Schekochihin University of Oxford
9/11/2025 Dynamic structures in solar flare above-the-loop-top (ALT) regions Xiaoyan Xie Harvard CfA
9/18/2025 Decipher the icy satellites: from the ice shell geometry to the ocean dynamics Wanying Kang MIT
9/25/2025 No seminar
10/2/2025 No seminar
10/9/2025 Catastrophe Theory of Solar Eruptions and the Application to the Magnetic Eruptive Phenomena in the Other Astrophysical Environments Jun Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
10/16/2025 Next-Generation Realism in Extreme Astrophysical Plasma Simulations Jens F. Mahlmann Dartmouth
10/23/2025 How do Geomagnetic Storms Affect Terrestrial Weather Jimmy Raeder UNH
10/30/2025 Fluidic Fabrication of Optics for Astronomy Valeri Frumkin Boston University
11/6/2025 Plasma Acceleration, Transport, and Heating: A Journey in Energy and Space Jerry Goldstein SwRI
11/13/2025 Two Things I am Excited to Learn from the NASA/IMAP mission Joe Giacalone University of Arizona
11/20/2025 The electron diffusion region of magnetic reconnection Kevin Genestreti UNH
11/24/2025 Thanksgiving
12/4/2025 Magnetic Moon Mysteries: Rethinking Lunar History Through Impact plasmas and Dynamo Rona Oran MIT