Hui Zhang
Biographical Sketch:
Present Research Interests:
- Structure and dynamics of the Earth's dayside magnetosphere including the magnetosheath, magnetopause, boundary layer, cusp
- Energetic particle acceleration by magnetic reconnection
- Diffusion Region Physics
- Interaction of interplanetary shocks with the Earth's bow shock, magnetosphere, and the global effects resulting from the interaction, such as particle accelerations in the inner magnetosphere and magnetic pulsations on the ground
- Foreshock phenomena such as Hot Flow Anomalies and foreshock cavities
- MHD simulations
Professional Memberships and Awards:
- Awards
- 2010, Principal Investigator for proposal titled "Multi-Spacecraft Investigation of Hot Flow Anomalies" funded by National Science Foundation for 3 years
- 2010, Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Dr. Nick Omidi) for proposal titled "Bow Shock-Magnetopause Coupling Processes as a Function of IMF Orientation" funded by National Science Foundation for 5 years
- 2008, NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2007, Outstanding Student Paper Awards in American Geophysical Union 2007 Fall Meeting
- 2006, Outstanding Student Paper Awards in American Geophysical Union 2006 Spring Meeting
- Memberships
- Member of the American Geophysical Union 2002 – Present
- Member of Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM), 2002 – Present
- Member of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 2005 – Present
Positions Held:
- 2010-Present - Assistant Professor, Physics Department & Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- 2008-2010 - Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Selected Publications:
- Zhang, H., D. G. Sibeck, Q.-G. Zong, J. P. McFadden, S. B. Mende, K. H. Glassmeier, and K. Yumoto, "Global Magnetospheric Response to an Interplanetary Shock: THEMIS Spacecraft and Ground Magnetometer Observations", contributed talk at THEMIS SWG meeting, Annapolis, MD, September 14-16, 2009.
- Zhang, H., Q.-G. Zong, D. G. Sibeck, T. A. Fritz, J. P. McFadden, K. H. Glassmeier, D. Larson, "Dynamic Motion of Bow Shock and Magnetopause and the Magnetospheric Response-THEMIS Observations", invited talk at Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 6nd annual meeting, Singapore, 11-15 August 2009.
- Zhang, H., D. G. Sibeck, Q.-G. Zong, J. P. McFadden, K.-H. Glassmeier, J. W. Bonnell, A. Roux, "THEMIS Observations of A Series of Hot Flow Anomalies", contributed talk at 2009 GEM workshop, Snowmass, CO, June 21-26, 2009.
- Zhang, H., D. G. Sibeck, Q.-G. Zong, J. P. McFadden, K.-H. Glassmeier, J. W. Bonnell, A. Roux, "THEMIS Observations of A Series of Hot Flow Anomalies", contributed talk at THEMIS SWG meeting, Boulder, CO, March 23-25, 2009.
- Zhang, H., Q.-G. Zong, D. G. Sibeck, T. A. Fritz, J. P. McFadden, K. H. Glassmeier, D. Larson, "Dynamic Motion of Bow Shock and Magnetopause and the Magnetospheric Response-THEMIS Observations", contributed talk at 2008 GEM workshop, Midway, Utah, 22-27 June 2008.
- Zhang, H., T. A. Fritz, Q.-G. Zong, G. L. Siscoe, A. J. Ridley, J. Raeder, "Multiple Cusps under Northward IMF Conditions: Observations and MHD Simulations Compared", invited talk at 2008 Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 27-30 May 2008, Abstract SM54A-01.
- Zhang, H., Q.-G. Zong, D. G. Sibeck, T. A. Fritz, "Dynamic Motion of Bow Shock and Magnetopause Observed by THEMIS", contributed talk at THEMIS 7th Science Working Team meeting, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 9-11 April 2008.
- Zhang, H., Q.-G. Zong, D. G. Sibeck, T. A. Fritz, "Energetic Particles in Low Latitude Boundary Layer THEMIS Observations", contributed talk at THEMIS 7th Science Working Team meeting, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 9-11 April 2008.
- Zhang, H., Q.-G. Zong, T. A. Fritz, S. Y. Fu, S. Schaefer, K. H. Glassmeier, P. W. Daly, H. Reme, A. Balogh, "Cluster Observations of Collisionless Hall Reconnection at High-Latitude Magnetopause" contributed talk at EARTH-SUN SYSTEM EXPLORATION ENERGY COUPLING WITHIN AND BETWEEN PLASMA REGIMES, Kona, Hawaii, USA, January 14-18, 2008.
