Merav Opher

Merav Opher is an Associate Professor in the Astronomy Department at Boston University. Her research interests are magnetic field processes in space physics and astrophysics. In particular, her scholarship focuses on understanding the nature of our home in the galaxy by striving to unravel the structure and nature of the heliosphere, the cosmic bubble formed by the solar wind as the Sun moves through the interstellar medium. She has served previously in the American Astronomical Society Working Group on LGBTIQ Equality (WGLE). Merav was born in Israel and grew up in Brazil, and her other interests include opera, poetry and playing with her nine-year-old son.