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Planetary Magnetospheres Laboratory


Dr. Jared Espley

Planetary Magnetospheres Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 695
Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 286-5441

FAX: (301) 286-1433

Email: Jared.R.Espley@nasa.gov

Current Position

Space Scientist, Planetary Magnetospheres Laboratory
Solar System Exploration Division
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Education

2000 - B.A. in Astrophysics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
2003 - M.S. in Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas
2005 - Ph.D. in Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Academic Service

    Reviewer for Annales Geophysicae, Icarus, Planetary and Space Science, and Space Science Reviews
    Reviewer for NASA research and analysis program peer review panels 2005, 2007, 2008
    Session chair, All poster sessions, Chapman Conference on the Solar Wind Interaction with Mars, San Diego, CA, Jan. 2008
    Session Co-chair, "Mars Atmosphere Posters", Session P23A, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2006, San Francisco, CA, December 2006
    Session Co-chair, "Mars Space Weather and Upper Atmosphere Science III Posters", Session SA31A, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting 2004, Montreal, Canada, May, 2004
    Session Co-chair, "Planetary Ionospheres and Magnetospheres I Posters", Session P32A, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2003, San Francisco, CA, December, 2003

Professional Societies and Selected Awards

    NASA Postdoctoral Fellow (formerly the NRC postdoc program), 2006-
    William F. Marlar Scholar, Rice University, 2005
    AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award, Dec., 2004
    AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award, May, 2004
    NASA Graduate Student Research Program recipient, 2003-2005
    Echols Scholar (University Honors Program), University of Virginia, 1994-2000

Professional Experience

NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Advisor: Jack Connerney, Goddard SFC, 2006-
Graduate Student Research Assistant, Paul Cloutier, Rice University, 2001-2005
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Roger Chevalier, Univ. of Virginia, 1999-2000
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Rob Preece, Marshall SFC, 1999

Field Experience

Prototype testing of a passive low frequency electromagnetic sounder, led by Greg Delory,
Craters of the Moon, Idaho, USA, May 2006.
Data retrieval from the Magnetometer Array on the Greenland Ice Cap (MAGIC), led by Robert Clauer,
Raven Skiway, Greenland, June 2002.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, Rice University, 2001-2004 Classes: Introductory Physics for Majors, Physics Lab for Engineering Majors, Astronomy Majors Lab, Introductory Atmospheric Science
Private Tutor, Houston, TX 2000-2004 College Physics, Calculus, Algebra, High School Physics, Spanish
Telescope Operator for Public Nights, McCormick Observatory, University of Virginia, 2000

Research Interests

The Martian interaction with the solar wind and its effect on climate change
The electromagnetic environment of the Martian ionosphere, surface, and sub surface
Space plasma physics throughout the Solar System

Recent Research Projects


Analyzing low frequency plasma waves throughout the Martian magnetosphere
Observing meteoric effects on the Martian ionosphere
Studying the possibility of magnetotellurically probing the Martian subsurf ace
Processing the Martian crustal magnetic field observations to improve their spatial resolution
Modeling the distribution of ionizing radiation throughout the Martian atmosphere and surface
Attempting to observe the theoretically predicted dust rings at Mars

Recent Publications

2008 Farrell, W. M., S. M. Clifford, S. M. Milkovich, J. J. Plaut, C. J. Leushen, G. Picardi, D. A. Gurnett, T. R. Watters, A. Safaeinili, A. B. Ivanov, R. J. Philips, E. R. Stofan, E. Heggy, S. A. Cummer, and J. R. Espley, MARSIS subsurface radar investigations of the south polar reentrant Chasma Australe, J. Geophys. Res., 113, E4, doi:10.1029/2007JE002974.

2007 Espley, J. R., W. M. Farrell, D. A. Brain, D. D. Morgan, B. Cantor, J. J. Plaut, M. H. Acuña, G. Picardi, Variations in the Martian ionosphere: MARSIS subsurface sounder observations, Geophys. Res. Lett, 34, L09101, doi:10.1029/2006GL028829.

2006 Glassmeier, K.-H., and J. R. Espley, ULF waves in planetary magnetospheres, in Magnetospheric ULF Waves: Synthesis and New Directions, edited by Takahashi et al., AGU, Washington, D. C.

2006 Espley, J. R., G. T. Delory, and P. A. Cloutier, Initial observations of low-frequency magnetic fluctuations in the Martian ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E06S22, doi:10.1029/2005JE002587.

2006 Hausman, B. A., F. C. Michel, J. R. Espley, P. A. Cloutier, and M. H. Acuña, Measuring noise in magnetometers: An example using the MGS magnetometers, J. Geophys. Res., 111, A11208, doi:10.1029/2005JA011470.

2006 Winningham, J. D., R. A. Frahm, J. R. Sharber, A. J. Coates, D. R. Linder, Y. Soobiah, E. Kallio, J. R. Espley, S. Barabash, R. Lundin, and the ASPERA-3 Team, Electron Oscillations in the Martian Sheath, Icarus, 182, 360-370.

2005 Espley, J. R., Low frequency plasma waves at Mars, Ph. D. thesis, 107 pp., Rice University, Houston, TX, December 2005.

2005 Crider, D.H., J. R. Espley, D. A. Brain, D. L. Mitchell, J. E. P. Connerney, M. H. Acuña, Mars Global Surveyor observations of the October 2003 solar superstorm's encounter with Mars, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A09S21, doi:10.1029/2004JA010881.

2005 Espley, J. R., P. A. Cloutier, D. H. Crider, D. A. Brain, , M. H. Acuña, Low frequency plasma oscillations at Mars during the October 2003 solar storm, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A09S33, doi:10.1029/2004JA010935.

2004 Hausman, B. A., F. C. Michel, J. R. Espley, and P. A. Cloutier, On determining the nature and orientation of magnetic directional discontinuities: Problems with the minimum variance method, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A11102, doi:10.1029/2004JA010670.

2004 Espley, J. R., P. A. Cloutier, D. A. Brain, D. H. Crider, M. H. Acuña, Observations of low frequency magnetic oscillations in the Martian magnetosheath, magnetic pileup region, and tail, J. Geophys. Res., 109, A07213, doi:10.1029/2003JA010193.

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