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Natalia G Andronova
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Climate, climate change, climate dynamics, climate sensitivity, methane emissions, wetlands, atmospheric chemistry, radiation, system and feedback... (more) |
Spiro Antiochos
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Brian Arbic
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Sushil Atreya
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Planetary and Space Science |
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John R Barker
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Computational chemical kinetics and dynamics |
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Jeremy N. Bassis
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Joseph E. Borovsky
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Structure of the solar-wind plasma. Solar-wind/magnetosphere coupling. Magnetospheric dynamics. |
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Stephen W Bougher
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Comparative Planetary Upper Atmospheres |
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John P Boyd
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Analytical and numerical studies of waves and wave-related phenomena |
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Mary Anne Carroll
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Atmospheric chemistry and atmosphere-biosphere interactions |
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Michael R Combi
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Planetary Science and Cometary Physics |
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Jason Daida
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Theory and application of computational intelligence technologies that support open-ended problem solving, discovery, and innovation. This work... (more) |
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Roger D. De Roo
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Microwave Remote Sensing |
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Darren De Zeeuw
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Multiscale MHD on solution adaptive grids. Visualization and graphics. Web design. Code development. |
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R. Paul Drake
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Experimental, theoretical and computer simulation of laboratory, space and astrophysical plasmas |
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Anthony (Tony) W. England
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Land surface and cryosphere thermophysical models / Microwave radiometry / Radiobrightness models for prairie and arctic terrains; and the... (more) |
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Lennard A Fisk
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Solar and Heliospheric Physics |
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Mark Flanner
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Richard A. Frazin
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I have always been fascinated by how scientists learn about the Universe we all share. After all, no one can measure the ... (more) |
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Bruce Fryxell
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Natalia Ganjushkina
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Jason A Gilbert
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Space Hardware/instrumentation, specifically ion optics and mass spectrometry. Characteristics of the solar wind, pickup ions, and other... (more) |
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Brian E Gilchrist
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Plasma electrodynamics for space propulsion technology; plasma diagnostics |
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George M. Gloeckler
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Properties of the local interstellar medium, such as its magnetic field, density and composition of its gas, and its interaction with the solar... (more) |
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Tamas I Gombosi
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Planetary science, space weather, heliospheric and magnetospheric physics, high-performance scientific computing |
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Kenneth C Hansen
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Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of comets and the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn |
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Xianglei Huang
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Infrared radiative transfer and remote sensing; diagnostic analysis of satellite observations and climate simulations; hydrological cycle and its... (more) |
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Christiane Jablonowski
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Xianzhe Jia
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Modeling of planetary magnetospheres and magnetosphere-moon interactions; Magnetic properties of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn |
Paul A Keiter
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Margaret G. Kivelson
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Theory and data analysis of fields and particles in the solar system: properties of the internal magnetic fields of moons and planets,... (more) |
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Janet U. Kozyra
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Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere - Ionosphere - Atmosphere Coupling Processes, Earth and Planetary Aeronomy |
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Carolyn C. Kuranz
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Enrico Landi
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1 - Solar physics (transition region, corona, solar wind, CMEs, flares, abundances etc) |
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Susan T. Lepri
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Solar wind composition; MHD modeling; solar and heliospheric physics |
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Michael W. Liemohn
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Plasma transport in the ionosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth and other solar system bodies |
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Ward (Chip) B Manchester
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Solar physics, space weather modeling and coronal mass ejections |
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Frank J Marsik
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Synoptic and Boundary Layer Meteorology; Weather Forecasting; Air Quality |
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Darren McKague
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Research interests include geophysical remote sensing - particularly passive microwave and inversion techniques - microwave radiometer design, and... (more) |
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Guy A Meadows
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Physical oceanography,ocean engineering, ocean remote sensing, autonomous marine vehicles |
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Mark Moldwin
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Eric S. Myra
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Computational astrophysics; radiation hydrodynamics; shock waves; high-energy-density physics; numerical analysis; ... (more) |
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Richard J Niciejewski
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Laboratory and remote field site investigations of the thermodynamics of the terrestrial upper atmosphere, including the mesosphere and... (more) |
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Christopher Parkinson
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Hydrodynamic escape from planetary atmospheres; photochemistry in extrasolar gas giant planetary atmospheres |
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Joyce E Penner
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Cloud and aerosol interactions and cloud microphysics, climate and climate change, global tropospheric chemistry and budgets,model... (more) |
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Derek J Posselt
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Climate change effects on clouds and precipitation; clouds and precipitation associated with tropical convective cloud clusters and midlatitude... (more) |
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Christopher J Poulsen
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Earth System History; paleoclimatology and paleoceanography |
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Nilton O. Renno
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Thermodynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, and instrument development |
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Aaron Ridley
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Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling |
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Richard B Rood
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I teach a class on climate change and the interface of climate change with all aspects of society. This has evolved into a class on climate change... (more) |
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Martin Rubin
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Christopher Ruf
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Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing |
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Perry Samson
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Chemical meteorology; computer simulation of atmospheric transport and chemistry of contaminants, applications of meteorological and air pollution... (more) |
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Sanford Sillman
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Tropospheric chemistry, models for global transport of chemically active species, urban and regional air quality, mathematical modeling for... (more) |
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Wilbert Skinner
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Remote sensing of the atmospheres of the Earth and planets, particularly with optical techniques |
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James A. Slavin
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Solar System Magnetic Fields
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Igor Sokolov
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Allison L Steiner
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Biosphere-atmosphere interactions |
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Quentin F. Stout
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Parallel computing, algorithms, software, scientific and statistical computing, adaptive designs, mathematics |
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Valeriy Tenishev
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Gabor Toth
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Algorithm and code development for space and plasma physics simulations.
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Bart van der Holst
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Timothy Wallington
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Daniel Welling
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Michael H Wong
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Shasha Zou
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Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling; Substorms; Inner Magnetospheric Electrodynamics; Ionospheric Electrodynamics; Aurora Physics |
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Thomas Zurbuchen
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Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Experimental Space Research |
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| Katie Abdou | Administrative Assistant |
1134 SRB | katcarew@umich.edu Ph: 936-7775 |
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| Rick Baker | Operations Manager |
2209 SRB | rtbaker@umich.edu Ph: 764-9461 |
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| Jan Beltran | Sr. Administrative Assistant to the CRASH Director |
1414 SRB | jbeltran@umich.edu Ph: 734 936-0494 |
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| Jacob Brabbs | 2116 | jrbrabbs@umich.edu Ph: |
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| Darla Briggs | Research Administrator |
2243 SRB | darla@umich.edu Ph: 647-0496 |
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Darren Britten-Bozzone | Desktop Support Specialist |
2215 | dbritten@umich.edu Ph: 615-6314 |
| Linda G. Chadwick | SPRL Proposal Manager |
1134 SRB | lchadw@umich.edu Ph: 647-9683 |
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| Yiben Chin | Research Computer Specialist |
roychen@umich.edu Ph: |
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| Dhammika Dewasurendra | Grants/Contract Accountant |
2239 | dhamdewa@umich.edu Ph: 734-764-9463 |
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Deborah K Eddy | Administrative Assistant / Assistant Editor |
2436 SRB | dkeddy@umich.edu Ph: 647-3590 |
| Michael Grosskopf | Engineer in Research SR. |
1210 | mikegros@umich.edu Ph: 734-763-5419 |
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| Shun Han | Applications Programmer |
2241 SRB | shunhan@umich.edu Ph: 647-0472 |
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| Kristi Hansen | Assistant to the Chair; Senior Administrative Assistant |
1521A SRB | kristikh@umich.edu Ph: 764-7221 |
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| Sandee Hicks | Communications Assistant / Undergraduate Student Services |
2237 SRB | sandee@umich.edu Ph: 764-3282 |
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| Cheri Johnson | Research Administrator |
2208 SRB | hovater@umich.edu Ph: 763-6218 |
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Sallee R. Klein | Engineer in Research |
1210 | salleer@umich.edu Ph: (734) 763-5419 |
| Rachel Long | Human Resources Coordinator |
2207 SRB | rklong@umich.edu Ph: 647-3340 |
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| Barb Lupi | Administrative Assistant |
2517 | blupi@umich.edu Ph: 734-615-3297 |
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Allison Lyons | Marketing and Communications Specialist |
1521 SRB | adlyons@umich.edu Ph: |
| Donna Marion | Engineering Tech |
1210 SRB | dcmarion@umich.edu Ph: 763-5419 |
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| Marie McKnight | Research Administrator |
2205 | mjmck@umich.edu Ph: 734-764-9462 |
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| Laurie Miller-Raven | Grants and Contracts Accountant |
1134 SRB | laurieam@umich.edu Ph: 734-936-2073 |
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| Marti Moon | Facilities Manager | 2510 SRB | mamoon@umich.edu Ph: 647-3420 |
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| Mary Nehls-Frumkin | Department & Communications Manager |
1521C SRB | maryln@umich.edu Ph: 763-7305 |
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Kathy Norris | Center Administrator Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics |
1428 SRB | norris@umich.edu Ph: 734-936-7745 |
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Faye Ogasawara | IT Manager |
2118 SRB | fko@umich.edu Ph: 615-7616 |
| Sandra Pytlinski | Administrative Assistant |
1549 SRB | sanpyt@umich.edu Ph: 763-6234 |
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| Margaret Reid | Student Services Coordinator |
2204 SRB | margreid@umich.edu Ph: 936-0482 |
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| Erica Rutter | Research Technician |
1210 SRB | ruttere@umich.edu Ph: 734-763-5419 |
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Mark Stakhiv | Research Computer Specialist |
2127 | mstakhiv@umich.edu Ph: |
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Melissa Terwilliger | Data Security Analyst |
2116 SRB | techess@umich.edu Ph: 647-3565 |
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Eidilia Thomas | Administrative Assistant Inter |
Rm 1432 | eidiliat@umich.edu Ph: 734-615-3583 |
| Jonathan Wesley Thomas | Research Computer Specialist |
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| Marcia Wallin | Research Area Specialist Drake Lab/CSEM |
2215 SRB | mwallin@umich.edu Ph: 615-6314 |
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Sande Wetmore | Web Services |
2241 SRB | swetmore@umich.edu Ph: (734) 647-0498 |
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Bryan White | Desktop Support Specialist |
2117 SRB | bkwhite@umich.edu Ph: 764-5141 |
| Engineers | Title | Skills | |
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Kenneth Arnett | Electronics Engineer | Analog electronics, low-voltage power supplies, high voltage power supplies. |
| Bruce Block | Engineer in Research Lead | Mass spectrometry, project management, systems engineering, vacuum engineering, high-speed and RF analog circuit design, FPGA design, software design for embedded and realtime applications, mechanical design, design of integration and test flows. |
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| David Boprie | Senior Electronics Technician |
NASA flight electronics/mechanical fabrication and custom magnetics components. |
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Michael Chou | Engineer |
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Simon Clemens | Analog Engineer |
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| Curt Cooper | Electronics Design Engineer | Analog circuit designs, VHDL FPGA logic design, and digital circuit design. | |
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Marie Cooper | Programmer, Analyst, Sr. Mission Operations Engineer |
Scientific and analytic software design/production; software design and maintenance; web programming; PERL; Javascript; Java; FORTRAN; C/C++; IDL. |
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John Eder | Research Project Engineer/Safety Manager |
Spaceflight materials, processes, contamination control, quality assurance, EEE parts, safety. |
| Charles Edmonson | Assistant Director for Technical Operations |
Responsible for project management, engineering, manufacturing, space instrument operations, and quality management for the Space Physics Research Laboratory, performing space research and space instrumentation development. |
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| Robb Gillespie | Senior Mechanical Technician III |
Builder of flight hardware, laboratory instrumentation, and rapid prototyping. |
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Michael Long | Senior Electronics Technician |
Custom electronics fabrication and testing. |
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Robert Lundgren | Engineer in Research Lead |
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Alan Marshall | Senior Programmer/Analyst |
Optical Sensing of the Winds, Temperatures, and Constituents of the Middle Atmosphere |
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Ryan Miller | Engineer in Research-Lead |
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Stephen Musko | Engineer in Research Lead |
Real-time programming; real-time operating systems; C, C#, and C++ assembly languages; software design, coding and testing; autonomous data acquisition and communications systems; .NET, Perl, Python, Matlab, Linus, Qt, PHP assembly languages. |
| Charles Navarre | Senior Instrument Maker II. |
Mechanical Design & Fabrication, CNC Programming, NC Machining Specialization, Journeyman Tool Maker, ID/OD/Surface Grinding Specialist. |
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| Damen Provost | Engineer Space Physics Research Laboratory |
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Jim Raines | Lead Mission Operations Engineer Doctoral student, Atmospheric and Space Science |
Mission operations and data analysis for plasma mass spectrometers on MESSENGER, ACE, WIND, and Ulysses. Development and validation of production data. Composition and dynamics studies of space plasmas. |
| Ronald Rizor | Electrical/Mechanical Designer |
AutoCAD and PADS |
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| Steven Rogacki | Senior Engineer in Research |
Time-to-digital conversion, instrument design |
| Research Fellows | Title | Office | Phone | |
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| Xiuhong Chen | Research Fellow |
1213 SRB | 734-647-3670 | |
| Lars Daldorff | Research Fellow |
1429 SRB | ||
| Justin Edmondson | Research Fellow |
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Alex Gardner | Research Fellow |
1211 SRB | 734-763-6241 |
| James Kent | 1211 | 734-763-6241 | ||
| Guy Malamud | Research Fellow |
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| German Martinez | Research Fellow |
2215 | ||
| Lam Nguyen | Research Fellow |
1218 | 936-0518 | |
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Martin O'Leary | Research Fellow |
1214 | 734-647-5401 |
| Dhilip Kumar Thogluva Janardhana | 1218 SRB | |||
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Paul Ullrich | Research Fellow |
2133 SRB | 734-936-5503 |
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Erdal Yiğit | Research Fellow |
1429 Space Research Building | 001 734 763 6248 |
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Cheng Zhou | Research Fellow, Adjunct Lecturer |
1214 SRB | 734-647-5401 |



























