Joint Physics Dept.–Inst. for Space Weather Sci. Colloquium

January 21, Thursday (** SPECIAL DAY**)

Support for Research and Education in Solar and Space Physics at NSF in 2021

Dr. Ilia I. Roussev

Program Director, National Science Foundation

(Solar & Terrestrial Physics, Host: Wang)

Time: 1pm - 2pm (**SPECIAL TIME**)

*Webex Meeting ID: 120 263 2079

Password: check email or request from kenahn@njit.edu

Abstract:

Traditionally, the Geospace Section (GS) in the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) has been providing a dedicated support to the solar and space physics community across the Nation to enable new emerging areas of research – Space Weather in particular – advance the frontiers of existing areas of research, and train the next generation of scientists in the field. This talk summarizes key accomplishments of the GS in the past fiscal year, and it highlights new funding opportunities that exist Agency-wide

for the solar and space physics research community in the new year.

Brief Bio:

Dr. Roussev received his PhD from the Queen’s University at Belfast in 2001 on numerical investigations of explosive events in the Sun’s transition region. He the worked at the University of Michigan – first as a postdoc and then as a research scientist – until 2006, where he conducted numerical studies of coronal mass ejection and solar energetic particles. In 2006, he began a tenure-track faculty appointment at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) in Hawai’i, where he established and led the Center for Computational Heliophysics in Hawaii (C2H2). The C2H2 was heavily involved not just in basic research of solar eruptive phenomena, but also in compelling educational and public outreach activities. In 2013, Dr. Roussev was offered the opportunity to join the NSF as a program director for the Solar-Terrestrial Research program in the Division of AGS; he remains in this role up to present day. He has been an author or co-author on more than 65 peer-reviewed publications, and he served as the PI or Co-PI on several federal grants from NASA and NSF, while leading the C2H2 at the IfA in Hawai’i.