Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, College of Engineering, University of Michigan

Michael W. Liemohn

Associate Professor

Office:
1436 SRB
Phone:
(734) 763-6229
Fax:
(734) 647-3083
Email:
liemohn@umich.edu
[ Link to website ]
Education:

Ph.D., M.S., Atmospheric and Space Science, University of Michigan, 1997

B.S., Physics and Math, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1992
Research:

Plasma transport in the ionosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth and other solar system bodies

Personal Introduction

Prospective PhD students: I typically have 3 or 4 PhD students at any one time, which means that I take a new grad student most years.  My current projects span global magnetospheric magnetospheric dynamics, energetic particle transport, and MI-coupling for the space environments of both Earth and Mars.

Specializations and Research Interests

  • Energetic particle transport in the Earth's inner magnetosphere
  • Electron and ion transport in the Mars space environment
  • Kinetic theory and modeling
  • Interactions between hot and cold plasma components
  • Plasmaspheric dynamics and modeling
  • Ring current dynamics and modeling
  • Global magnetospheric dynamics and modeling
  • Mars pick-up ion sources, motion, and fate
  • Solar wind and photoelectrons in the strong crustal field region of Mars
  • Plasma wave excitation and wave-particle interactions

Honors, Awards and Accomplishments

  • PhD committees chaired or co-chaired:  4 successfully defended (Xiaohua Fang, Jichun Zhang, Xia Cai, and Raluca Ilie) and 4 in progress (Shannon Curry, Roxanne Katus, Blake Johnson, and Shaosui Xu)
  • Awarded National Research Council Resident Research Associateship at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Awarded NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship
  • Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union
  • Refereed papers for leading peer-reviewed journals in space science and proposals for many agencies

Professional Service

  • NSF GEM Strategic Planning White Paper Task Force, 2012 - 2013
  • NAS/NRC Decadal Strategy for Solar and Space Physics, SWMI Panel and Education Working Group, 2010-2011
  • Chair, NSF GEM Steering Committee, 2009 - 2011
  • NASA Living With a Star TR&T Steering Committee, 2007 - 2009
  • Chair, NASA Geospace Management and Operations Working Group (G-MOWG), 2005 - 2007
  • Research Area Coordinator, NSF GEM Program, Inner magnetoshpere/Storms Campaign, 2003 - 2009
  • Chair, AOSS Graduate Program committee, 2009 - present
  • Chair, Graduate student recruitment committee, AOSS Department, 2006 - present

Publications

As of February 2013, author or co-author of 131 peer-reviewed publications in print, press, or submitted (45 first author) and 398 scientific presentations (69 invited).

Please see my CV (link above) or my detailed work website (also a link above) for more information about my publications and research activities.

My ISI Web of Science ResearcherID number is H-8703-2012.

Updated: 2013-03-18