Heliophysics Science: Energy, Momentum, and Particle Entry into the Magnetosphere

About the role

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Description

Recent spacecraft data are being investigated in an attempt to elucidate the mechanisms through which solar-wind, energy, momentum, and particles enter the Earth's magnetosphere. Topics include studies of the polar cusp, the magnetopause, the plasma sheet, the tail lobe, and the plasma mantle and various boundary layers. Such studies are conducted collaboratively using multipoint measurements of magnetic field, plasmas, and electromagnetic waves on a number of different spacecraft. Of special interest are the complex energy and momentum transfer processes that result in the formation and maintenance of the geomagnetic tail and embedded plasma sheet.

Location

Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland

Field of Science

Heliophysics Science

Advisors

• Guan Le
  guan.le-1@nasa.gov
  301-286-1087
• Adam Szabo
  adam.szabo-1@nasa.gov
  301-286-5726
• David Gary Sibeck
  David.G.Sibeck@nasa.gov
  301-286-5998
• Edward Sittler
  Edward.C.Sittler@nasa.gov
  301-286-9215
• George V. Khazanov
  George.V.Khazanov@nasa.gov
  301-286-9742
• John Dorelli
  John.Dorelli@nasa.gov
  301-286-9753
• Larry Kepko
  Larry.Kepko@nasa.gov
  301-286-2728
• Maria M. Kuznetsova
  Maria.M.Kuznetsova@nasa.gov
  301-286-9751
• Yihua Zheng
  Yihua.Zheng@nasa.gov
  301-286-0111
• Marilia Samara
  marilia.samara@nasa.gov
  301-286-2813
• Hyunju Kim Connor
  Hyunju.k.connor@nasa.gov
  301.286.7417

Eligibility

• U.S. Citizens;
• U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR);
• Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status; and,
• Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status

Questions

Please email npp@orau.org for questions about this opportunity.

Application Requirements

• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official doctoral transcript documents