John Olson

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Phone: 
(907) 474-7559
Fax: 
(907) 474-7290
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics

 

Professional Memberships and Awards: 
  • American Geophysical Union
  • Acoustical Society of America
  • IEEE Signal Processing Society
Links: 
Space Physics & Aeronomy Faculty Page
Geophysical Institute Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Group
J Olson Home Page

Hans Nielsen

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-5667
Fax: 
(907) 474-7290
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics

A Professor of Geophysics Emeritus and Associate Director of the Geophysical Institute, Professor Nielsen received his M.Sc. in 1965 from the Royal Technical University of Denmark. Professor Nielsen has a research background primarily in auroral and magnetospheric physics. At the institute, he has worked on optical auroral research and ionospheric and magnetospheric active experiments, notably the barium shaped-charge program.

Links: 
Space Physics & Aeronomy Faculty Page
Geophysical Institute Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Group

Chung-Sang Ng

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-7367
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics

 

Professional Memberships and Awards: 
  • Honors
    • 1994 - The Outstanding Research Award, Physics Department, Auburn University (for the best research by a student in that year)
    • 1990 - The First Year Graduate Physics Award, Physics Department, Auburn University (for the best academic performance)
  • Memberships
    • Phi Kappa Phi
    • The American Physical Society
    • American Geophysical Union
Positions Held: 

 

  • (2008 – Present) Associate Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • (2006 – 2008) Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Maryland University College
  • (2003 – 2008) Research Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire
  • (2002 – 2003) Associate Research Scientist, University of Iowa
  • (1996 – 2002) Assistant Research Scientist, University of Iowa
  • (1994 – 1996) Research Investigator, University of Iowa
  • (1989 – 1994) Research/Teaching Assistant, Auburn University
  • (1988 – 1989) Full-time Teaching Assistant, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • (1986 – 1988) Graduate Teaching Assistant, Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Present Research Interests: 
  • Theoretical/Computational Plasma Physics, with Applications in Space and Fusion Plasmas
  • MHD Turbulence
  • Heating of The Solar Corona
  • Heating of The Solar Wind
  • Landau Damping
  • BGK Modes
  • Magnetic Reconnection
  • Dusty Plasmas
  • Field-Line Resonances in Ionosphere/Magnetosphere
  • Hydrodynamic Singularities
  • Free-Electron Laser
  • Mode Conversion in Fusion Plasmas
  • Classical Electrodynamics
Selected Publications: 

 

  • C. S. Ng, S. J. Soundararajan, and E. Yasin, Electrostatic Structures in Space Plasmas: Stability of Two-dimensional Magnetic Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal Modes, submitted to AIP Conf. Proc. [http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.4073] (2011).
  • A. R. Soto Chavez, A. Bhattacharjee, and C. S. Ng, Whistler Amplification: A Free Electron Laser in the Earth's Magnetosphere, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2011).
  • C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee, High-Lundquist Number Scaling in Three- Dimensional Simulations of Parker’s Model of Coronal Heating, submitted to Astrophys. J. [http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0515] (2011).
  • C. S. Ng, and S. Ragunathan, High-Lundquist Number Resistive MHD Simulations of Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection with Secondary Island Formation and Enhanced Reconnection Rate, ASP Conference Series, in press, [http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0521], (2011).
  • C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, D. Munsi, P. A. Isenberg, and C. W. Smith, The Effect of Magnetic Turbulence Energy Spectra and Pickup Ions on the Heating of the Solar Wind, AIP Conf. Proc., 1302, 174 [http://arxiv.org/abs/1106.0528] (2010).
  • C. S. Ng, L. Lin, and A. Bhattacharjee, Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Parker’s Model of Solar Coronal Heating: Lundquist Number Scaling due to Random Photospheric Footpoint Motion, ASP Conference Series, 429, 201 (2010).
  • C. S. Ng and A. Bhattacharjee, Response to “Comment on ‘Weakly collisional Landau damping and three-dimensional Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal modes: New results on old problems’”, Phys. Plasmas 17, 054701 (2010).
  • C. S. Ng, A. Bhattacharjee, D. Munsi, P. A. Isenberg, and C. W. Smith, Kolmogorov versus Iroshnikov-Kraichnan spectra: Consequences for ion heating in the solar wind, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A02101 (2010).
  • X. H. Deng, M. Zhou, S. Y. Li, W. Baumjohann, M. Andre, N. Cornilleau, O. Santolı ́k, D. I. Pontin, H. Reme, E. Lucek, A. N. Fazakerley, P. Decreau, P. Daly, R. Nakamura, R. X. Tang, Y. H. Hu, Y. Pang, J. Büchner, H. Zhao, A. Vaivads, J. S. Pickett, C. S. Ng, X. Lin, S. Fu, Z. G. Yuan, Z. W. Su, and J. F. Wang, Dynamics and waves near multiple magnetic null points in reconnection diffusion region, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A07216, doi:10.1029/2008JA013197 (2009).

 

Extended Publication List: 
http://www.gi.alaska.edu/~chungsangng/Ng-latest-cv.pdf
Links: 
Space Physics & Aeronomy Faculty Page
Chung-Sang Ng's Home Page

David Newman

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-7858
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics
Present Research Interests: 

 

  • Dynamics and Control of SOC Systems (Sandpiles, Power Transmission, Communications, Traffic, Plasmas)
  • Basic Plasma and Fluid Turbulence
  • The Interaction Between Sheared Flows and Turbulence
  • Modeling Transitions in Plasma Transport
  • Dynamics of Atomistic Flows in Carbon Nanotubes
  • Development of Higher Order Characteristic Measures of Dynamical Systems

 

Selected Publications: 

 

  • Recurrence quantification analysis of simulations of near-marginal dissipative-trapped-electron-mode turbulence J. A. Mier, R. Sanchez, L. Garcia, J. Varela, and D. E. Newman, Phys. Plasmas 18, 062306 (2011).
  • Exploring complex systems aspects of blackout risk and mitigation, D.E. Newman, B.A. Carreras, V.E. Lynch, I. Dobson, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Reliability in 2011.
  • Parallelization in time of numerical simulations of fully-developed plasma turbulence using the parareal algorithm, D. Samaddar, D.E. Newman, R. Sanchez, Journal of Computational Physics, Volume 229, Issue 18, 1 September 2010, Pages 6558-6573.
  • A simple model for the reliability of an infrastructure system controlled by agents, B.A. Carreras, D.E. Newman, I. Dobson, M. Zeidenberg Forty-third Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 2010.
  • The impact of risk-averse operation on the likelihood of extreme events in a simple model of infrastructure. B. A. Carreras, D E Newman, I Dobson, M Zeidenberg, Chaos, Vol 19, 4, 043107  Dec 2009.
  • On the nature of radial transport across sheared zonal flows in electrostatic ion-temperature-gradient gyrokinetic tokamak plasma turbulence  R. Sánchez, D. E. Newman, J.-N. Leboeuf, B. A. Carreras, and V. K. Decyk, Phys. Plasmas 16 055905 (2009).
  • A simple model for the reliability of an infrastructure system controlled by agents, B.A. Carreras, D.E. Newman, I. Dobson, M. Zeidenberg Forty-second Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 2009.
  • Validation in Fusion Research: Towards Guidelines and Best Practices, P. W. Terry, M. Greenwald, J.-N. Leboeuf, G. R. McKee, D. R. Mikkelsen, W. M. Nevins, D. E. Newman, and D. P. Stotler, Phys. Plasmas 15, 062503 (2008).
  • Characterization of non-diffusive transport in plasma turbulence via a novel Lagrangian method, J.A. Mier, R. Sánchez, L. Garcia, B. A. Carreras, B.A. and D. E. Newman, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101, no. 16, 165001, Oct. 2008.
  • On the nature of transport in near-critical dissipative trapped electron turbulence: effect of a subdominant diffusive channel, Mier, J.A., Sánchez, R., Garcia, L., Newman, D.E. and Carreras, B.A., Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 15, 112301, Nov 2008.
  • On the nature of transport across sheared zonal flows in electrostatic, toroidal gyrokinetic plasma turbulence, R. Sánchez, D. E. Newman, J. N. Leboeuf, V. K. Decyk and B. A. Carreras, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 101, no. 20, 205002, Nov 2008.
  • Evaluating the effect of upgrade, control and development strategies on robustness and failure risk of the Power Transmission Grid, Newman, D.E., B.A. Carreras, V.E. Lynch, and I. Dobson, 41th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, Jan. 2008.

 

Extended Publication List: 
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/papers.newman.html
Links: 
David Newman's Home Page

Roman Makarevich

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-7075
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics
Professional Memberships and Awards: 

Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Positions Held: 

 

  • Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, US (2011 – Present)
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Australia, (2009 – 2010)
  • Lecturer, Department of Physics, La Trobe University, Australia (2005 – 2008)
  • Research Associate, Department of Communication Systems, Lancaster University, UK (2003 – 2005)

 

Present Research Interests: 
  • Naturally Occurring Plasma Irregularities
  • Global Plasma Convection
  • Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling
  • Energetic Particle Precipitation
Selected Publications: 

 

  • Makarevich, R. A., A. C. Kellerman, J. C. Devlin, H. Ye, L. R. Lyons, and Y. Nishimura, SAPS intensification during substorm recovery: A multi-instrument case study, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A11311, doi:1029/2011JA016916, 2011.
  • Kumar, V. V. , R. A. Makarevich, T. A. Kane, H. Ye, J. C. Devlin and P. L. Dyson, On the spatiotemporal evolution of the ionospheric backscatter during disturbed periods as observed by the TIGER Bruny Island HF radar, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 73, 1940-1952, 2011.
  • Kellerman, A. C., and R. A. Makarevich, The response of auroral absorption to substorm onset: Superposed epoch and propagation analyzes, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A05312, doi:1029/2010JA015972, 2011.
  • Kosch, M. J., C. Anderson, H.-C. I. Yiu, A. C. Kellerman, R. A. Makarevich, A. Aruliah, M. Conde, E. Griffin, T. Davies, I. McWhirter, and P. L. Dyson, First observations of simultaneous interhemispheric conjugate high-latitude thermospheric winds, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A09328, doi:10.1029/2009JA015178, 2010.
  • Kane, T. A., and R. A. Makarevich, HF radar observations of the F-region ionospheric plasma response to Storm Sudden Commencements, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A07320, doi:10.1029/2009JA014974, 2010.
  • Makarevich, R. A., On the occurrence of high-velocity E-region echoes in SuperDARN observations, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A07302, doi:10.1029/2009JA014698, 2010.
  • Carter, B. A., and R. A. Makarevich, On the diurnal variation of the E-region coherent HF echo occurrence, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 72, 570-582, 2010.
  • Kosch, M. J., C. Anderson, R. A. Makarevich, B. A. Carter, R. A. D. Fiori, M. Conde, P. L. Dyson, and T. Davies, First E-region observations of meso-scale neutral wind interaction with auroral arcs, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A02303, doi:10.1029/2009JA014697, 2010.
  • Koustov, A. V., G. Ya. Khachikjan, R. A. Makarevich, and C. Bryant, On the SuperDARN cross polar cap potential saturation effect, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3755-3764, 2009.
  • Makarevich, R. A. and B. A. Carter, HF echo types revisited: aspect angle attenuation effects, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3065-3075, 2009.
  • Fiori, R. A. D., A. V. Koustov, D. Boteler, and R. A. Makarevich, PCN magnetic index and average convection velocity in the polar cap inferred from SuperDARN radar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A07225, doi:10.1029/2008JA013964, 2009.
  • Makarevich, R. A., Coherent radar measurements of the Doppler velocity in the auroral E region, Radio Science Bulletin, 327, 33-46, 2009.
  • Makarevich, R. A. , A. C. Kellerman, Y. V. Bogdanova, and A. V. Koustov, Time evolution of the subauroral electric fields: A case study during a sequence of two substorms, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A04312, 10.1029/2008JA013944, 2009.
  • Kellerman, A. C., R. A. Makarevich, F. Honary, and T. L. Hansen, On the relationship between auroral absorption, electrojet currents and plasma convection, Ann. Geophys., 27, 473-486, 2009.
  • Carter, B. A., and R. A. Makarevich, E region decameter-scale plasma waves observed by the dual TIGER HF radars, Ann. Geophys., 27, 261-278, 2009.

 

Extended Publication List: 
http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/~romanmak/publications.html
Links: 
Home Page: Dr. Roman Makarevich

Joseph Kan

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-7513
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics

Joe Kan is an Emeritus Professor and Dean at UAF. Dr. Kan earned his Ph.D degree from the University of California at San Diego in 1969, went on fo Dartmouth College to do postdoctoral research for two years. He joined the faculty at the Geophysical Institute of University of Alaska in 1972. Joe's research goal is to understand geomagnetic storm and substorm in the Earth's magnetosphere.

Professional Memberships and Awards: 

Member of American Geophysical Union since 1968.   

Member of European Geophysical Union since 2011.

Positions Held: 

Dean of UAF Graduate School, Emeritus 2003 to present. 

Dean of UAF Graduate School 1994 - 2003.  

Associate Director of Geophysical Institute for Research 1991-1994.    

Professor Emeritus, UAF, 2003 to Present.  

Professor of Physics, UAF, 1981-2003.  

Associate Professor of Physics, UAF, 1976- 1981.  

Assistant Professor of Physics, UAF, 1972-1976.

Present Research Interests: 

Seeking Inspired Creativity to Achieve Personal Goals in Life. 

Space Science: Geomagnetic Storm and Substorm  

Links: 
Geophysical Institute Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Group
Space Physics & Aeronomy Faculty Page

Thomas Hallinan

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-7454
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics

 Dr. Hallinan has been interested primarily in the mechanisms responsible for the characteristic shapes of auroral forms. To study these shapes, he has developed systems for auroral imaging using low-light-level television cameras. His other interests include rocket-borne electron accelerators, electron beam experiments in large vacuum chambers (> 20 m path lengths) and barium shaped-charge injections. He has conducted auroral imaging experiments from rockets and from the Space Shuttle. 

Links: 
Space Physics & Aeronomy Faculty Page

Charles Deehr

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-7473
Fax: 
(907) 474-7290
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics

 

Positions Held: 
  • Prof. Emer. Phys., Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, 1988-present.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Alaska Space Grant Program, 1991-2000.
  • Member, Station Science Board, Nordlysstasjonen, Svalbard .1996-2008.
  • Research Professional Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998-2008.        
  • Scientific Director of Poker Flat Research Range, April 1989 - 1998.
  • Senior Research Consultant to the Director, Geophysical Institute   Jan 1988-April 1989.
  • Professor Emeritus of Physics, 1988
  • Sabbatical Leave, University of Oslo, Dept. of Physics, 1985-1986.
  • Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, U of Alaska, July 1981-Jan 1988.
  • Sabbatical Leave, University of Oslo, Dept. of Physics, 1979-1980.
  • Coordinator, External Degree Program in Geophysics, 1977-1978.
  • Chairman, Academic Council, Rep.to State Committee on Academic Policy, 1976-1978.
  • Associate Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, July 1969-July 1981.
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Technical Research, University of Oslo, July 1969-July 1971
  • Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, July 1968-July 1969.
  • Assistant Geophysicist, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska 1964-1968.
  • Senior Research Assistant, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 1961-1964.
  • Graduate Assistant, University of Washington, 1960-1961.
  • Graduate Assistant, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 1958-1960.

                                     

Selected Publications: 
  • Deehr, C. S. and M.H. Rees, The eclipse of July 20, 1963, spectrophotometry of atmospheric emissions, Planet. Space Sci., 12, 875-888, 1964.
  • Deehr, C. S., The twilight enhancement of the auroral and nebular lines of neutral atomic oxygen, Ann. Geophys., 25, 881, 1969.
  • Deehr, C. S., A. Egeland, K. Aarsnes, R. Amundsen, H.R. Lindalen, F. S¯raas, P. Stauning, H. Borg, G. Gustafsson, L.-A. Holmgren, W. Riedler, J. Raitt, G. Skovli, T. Wedde, R. Dalziel, P. A. Smith, G. R. Thomas and R. Jaeschke, Particle and auroral observations from the ESRO 1/AURORAE satellite, J. Atmo. Terr. Phys., 35, 1979-2011, 1973.
  • Deehr, C. S., G.G. Sivjee, A. Egeland, K. Henriksen, P.E. Sandholt, R. Smith, P. Sweeney, C. Duncan and J. Gilmer, Ground-based observations of F-Region aurora associated with the magnetospheric cusp, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 2185-2182, 1980.
  • Deehr, C. S., A relation between the altitude of the aurora and solar activity, J. Geophys. Res., 88, No. Al, 395-397, 1983.
  • Deehr, C.S., D.A. Lorentzen, F. Sigernes, and R.W. Smith,  Dayside auroral hydrogen emission as an aeronomic signature of magnetospheric boundary layer processes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, No. 12, 2111-2114, 1998.
  • Deehr, C.S., and D Lummerzheim, Ground-based optical observations of hydrogen emission in the auroral substorm, J. Geophys. Res. 106(A1), 33-44, 2001.
  • Deehr, C., M.H. Rees, A.E. Belon, G.J. Romick, and D. Lummerzheim, Influence of the ionosphere on the altitude of discrete auroral arcs. Ann. Geophys., 2005. 23(3): p. 759-766.

               

Links: 
Space Physics & Aeronomy Faculty Page

John Delano Craven

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-5888
Fax: 
(907) 474-7290
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics

Dr. Craven is associate dean of the College of Natural Science at Mathematics, Director of the college’s Engineering, Science and Technology Experiment Station, and an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, following retirement in February 2009. Prior to retirement he was a tenured professor of physics, where he held a joint appointment in the Geophysical Institute and the Department of Physics. He was chair of the Physics Department from 2003 to 2009.

Professional Memberships and Awards: 

Membership in Societies

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Geophysical Union
  • Society of the Sigma Xi
  • European Geophysical Society (former member)

Professional Activities, Development

  • Member, Provost’s Academic Leadership Institute  (2000-2001 academic year)
  • Associate editor, Journal of Geophysical Research  (1988-90; 1997-2001)
  • Member, Management Operations Working Group, Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Mesosphere Branch, Space Physics, Division, NASA  (1993-1996; chair, 1995-96)
  • Member, NASA Sounding Rocket Working Group  (2005-2008)
  • Member of numerous NASA committees over 35 years for the review of research proposal

 UAF Academic Teaching Activities

  • General Physics 211 (S92, S98, S04, S08)
  • General Physics 212 (F92, F99, S02, F08)
  • Mechanics 311,312 (98-99, 00-01, 05-06, S07)
  • Physics Laboratory 381,382 (93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98, 02-03, 04-05, F06)
  • Geometric and Physical Optics 462 (F91)
  • Space Physics 673 (S93, S95, S00, F01, F03, F07)

  UAF Service Activities (Selected)

  • (May 2011 – June 2012) Member, UAF Core Review Committee
  • (2011 - 2012) Chair, UAF Usibelli Award Committee
  • (July 2003 – January 2009) Chair, UAF Physics Department
  • (February – June 2003) Interim Chair, UAF Physics Department
  • (May 2002  2009) Chair, UAF Appeals Board
  • (July 2001-2006) Member, UAF Master Planning Committee
  • (2003-2006) Member, MPC’s Circulation and Parking Subcommittee
  • (November 1999  2001) Member, UAF 2001 Accreditation Steering Committee
  • (June 1999 – May 2000) Member, Search Committee, UA Vice President for Finance and Planning
  • (July 1998  July 2001) Chair, UAF Master Planning Committee
  • (March – May, 1998) Member, Board of Regents’ Evaluation Committee for 
  • UA Presidential Search
  • (March 1998 ) Member, UAF Provost Screening Committee
  • (August 1997 to August 1998) UAF Chancellor’s representative, UA President’s Resource Allocation Task Force
  • (August – September 1997) Member, UA President’s Ad Hoc Advisory Committee On RIP replacements
  • (July 1997 – June 1998) Ex-Officio member, UA Foundation
  • UAF representative, UA System Governance Council
  • (1995 – 1998) Member, Provost’s Ad Hoc Committee on Distance 
  • Delivery and Technology Enhanced Education 
  • (May 1997 – May 1998) President, UAF Faculty Senate
  • Ex-Officio member, all Faculty Senate committees
  • (March 1997 – June 1998) Chair, UA Faculty Alliance
  • (July 1996  June 1999) Member, UA Faculty Alliance
  • (May 1996  May 1998) Member UAF Governance Coordinating Committee
  • (May 1996 – May 1997) President elect, UAF Faculty Senate
  • Chair, Senate Executive Committee
  • (1994 – 1996) Member, UAF Senate Curricular Affairs Committee
  • (1993  1998) Member, UAF Faculty Senate

 

Positions Held: 
  • (2009-Present) UAF Emeritus Professor of Physics
  • (2009-2012) Associate Dean, UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics
  • (2009-2012) Director, UAF/CNSM Engineering, Science and Technology Experiment Station 
  • (2003-2009) Chair, UAF Physics Department
  • (1991-2009) Professor of Physics, Geophysical Institute and Physics Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • (1989-1990) Adjunct Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • (1982-1989) Research Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • (1975-1982) Associate Research Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • (1971-1975) Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • (1969-1971) Research Associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • (1968-1969) Instructor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • (1966-1968) U. S. Steel Research Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • (1963-1966) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graduate Trainee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
  • (1963) Research Physicist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
  • (1960-1963) Undergraduate Research Aide Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
Selected Publications: 

Research Reports

  • Craven, J.D., and K.L. Ackerson, The Explorer 25 (Injun 4) Satellite: Subsystems and Data Reduction, Un. of Iowa Res. Rep., 69-9, 1969.
  • Craven, J.D., The Injun 4 Plastic Scintillator and 6213 GM Tube Particle Experiments, Un. of Iowa Res. Rep., 69-51, 1969.
  • Frank, L.A., J.B. Sigwarth and J.D. Craven, A Hypothesis Concerning the Inner Oort Disk and Its Relationship to Comet Showers and Extinction of Species, Un. of Iowa Res. Rep,. 88-8, 1988.
  • Frank, L.A., J.B. Sigwarth and J.D. Craven, An Atomic Hydrogen Torus around the Sun from a Large Population of Small Comets, Un. of Iowa Res. Rep., 88-9, 1988.

Books Edited

  • Substorms 2, Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Substorms, March 7-11, 1994, ed. J. R. Kan, J. D. Craven, and S.-I. Akasofu, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1994.

Research Publications

  • Frank, L.A., J.A. Van Allen, W.A. Whelpley and J.D. Craven, Absolute Intensities of Geomagnetically Trapped Particles with Explorer 14, J. Geophys. Res., 68, 1573–1579, 1963.
  • Frank, L.A., J.A. Van Allen and J.D. Craven, Large Diurnal Variations of Geomagnetically Trapped and of Precipitated Electrons Observed at Low Altitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 69, 3155–3167, 1964.
  • Craven, J.D., Temporal Variations of Electron Intensities at Low Altitudes in the Outer Radiation Zone as Observed with Satellite Injun 3, J. Geophys. Res., 71, 5643–5663, 1966.
  • Craven, J.D., A Survey of Low-Energy (E > 5 keV) Electron Energy Fluxes over the Northern Auroral Regions with Satellite Injun 4, J. Geophys. Res., 75, 2468–2480, 1970.
  • Craven, J.D., and L.A. Frank, Observations of Angular Distributions of Low Energy Electron Intensities over the Auroral Zones with Ariel 4, Proc. R. Soc. Lond., A 343, 167–188, 1975.
  • Craven, J.D., and L.A. Frank, Electron Angular Distributions Above the Dayside Auroral Oval, J. Geophys. Res., 81, 1695–1699, 1976.
  • Craven, J.D., and L.A. Frank, Energization of Polar Cusp Electrons at the Noon Meridian, J. Geophys. Res., 83, 2127–2132, 1978.
  • Kurth, W.S., J.D. Craven, L.A. Frank and D.G. Gurnett, Intense Electrostatic Waves Near the Upper Hybrid Resonance Frequency, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 4145–4164, 1979.
  • Frank, L.A., J.D. Craven, K.L. Ackerson, M.R. English, R.H. Eather and R.L. Carovillano, Global Auroral Imaging Instrumentation for the Dynamics Explorer Mission, Space Sci. Inst., 5, 369–393, 1981.

Links: 
Geophysical Institute Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Group
Space Physics & Aeronomy Faculty Page

Mark Conde

Office Information
Phone: 
(907) 474-7741
Research Group(s): 
Space Physics
Positions Held: 

 

  • (2007 – Present) Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • (2004 – 2006) Senior Lecturer in Physics, La Trobe University (Australia)
  • (2001 – 2004) Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • (1999 – 2001) Research Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • (1995 – 1999) Research Associate, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • (1993 – 1995) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • (1992 – 1993) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, La Trobe University (Australia and Antarctica)
  • (1990 – 1992) Computer programmer for marine science, Australian Antarctic Division
  • (1984 – 1988) Professional Officer (Physicist), Australian Antarctic Division, and Ph.D. Student, University of Adelaide. Spent 33 months working as a physicist in Antarctica during this period.

 

Present Research Interests: 
  • Thermospheric wind, temperature, and composition field’s fields, with an emphasis on how these are disturbed by the space weather
  • Optical instrumentation, with an emphasis on imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometers
  • Sounding rocket studies of the upper atmosphere
  • Computational geophysical fluid dynamics
  • Ionospheric radio tomography
Links: 
Geophysical Institute Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Group
Mark Conde's Home Page

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