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Position
Retired Program Director
Affiliation
National Science Foundation
Department
Office of Polar Program
Research Interests
PhD in Physics with specialization in space physics, geomagnetism, and the interaction between solar winds and Earth's magnetosphere, as well as magnetospheric and ionospheric physics. Developed the first data-driven models of ionospheric plasma convection and field-aligned currents for both the Northern and Southern Polar Regions. Devised a computing code for the corrected geomagnetic coordinates based on the International Geomagnetic Field Reference Model and extended this coordinate model to include external magnetospheric currents. From 2002 to 2025, managed the Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences Program and oversaw the IceCube Neutrino Observatory construction and maintenance, as well as other scientific instrumentation deployed at the South Pole Station and across the Antarctic Plateau.
Antarctic Research Location(s)
McMurdo Station
Palmer Station
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Other
Other Antarctic Research Location(s)
Visited Antarctic stations Molodezhnaya, Mawson, Vostok, and Mirny for fieldwork and completed a snow traverse from Mirny to Dome C and back.
Research Keywords
astrophysics, cosmic microwave background, coordinate reference systems, geomagnetism, geospace,
NSF Antarctic Program
Antarctic Astrophysics and Geospace Sciences
Other NSF Antarctic Programs
Antarctic Earth Sciences
Antarctic Integrated System Science
Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Polar Cyberinfrastructure
SCAR Science Group Affiliation
Physical Sciences Group
Current SCAR Group Participation
AAA and AGATA