Organization and People

Current personnel

The terms in the following begin after the summer workshop of the first year and end with the summer workshop of the last year.

NSF Program Manager

• Baker, Kile

Steering Committee Regular Members (Voting Members)

• Liemohn, Mike (Chair, 2009 - 2011)
• Sibeck, David (Chair-elect, 2011 - 2013)
• Omidi, Nick (2008 - 2011)
• Wiltberger, Mike (2009 - 2012)
• MacDonald, Liz (2011 - 2013)
• Spanswick, Emma (2011 - 2013)
• Research Area Coordinators (see below)
• Meeting Organizer (see below)

Steering Committee Liaison Members

• Baker, Kile (Liaison to NSF)
• Blanco-Cano, Xochitl (Liaison to Mexico)
• Donovan, Eric (Liaison to Canada)
• Fraser, Brian (Liaison to Australia)
• Hesse, Michael (Liaison to CCMC)
• Kawano, Hedi (Liaison to Japan)
• Kessel, Ramona (Liaison to NASA)
• Lavraud, Benoit (Liaison to Europe)
• Moretto, Therese (Liaison to NSF)
• Russell, Chris (Liaison to SHINE)
• Ruohoniemi, Michael (Liaison to CEDAR)
• Singer, Howard (Liaison to NOAA)

Meeting Organizer

• Clauer, Bob (2007 -)

Communications Coordinator

• Chi, Peter (2009 - 2014)

Student Represenatives

• Walsh, Brian (2010 - 2011)
• Kissinger, Jennifer (2011 - 2012)

Research Areas

Research Area Coordinators

• Dayside, including boundary layers and plasma/energy entry. (Dayside)
  • Berchem, Jean (2009 - 2012)
  • Trattner, Karl-Heinz (2009 - 2015)
• Inner magnetosphere and storms. (IMS)
  • Friedel, Reiner (2006 - 2012)
  • Chan, Anthony (2009 - 2015)
• Tail, including plasma sheet and substorms. (Tail)
  • Henderson, Mike (2006 - 2012)
  • Kepko, Larry (2009 - 2015)
• Magnetosphere - ionosphere coupling, aurora. (MIC)
  • Murr, David (2006 - 2012)
  • Lysak, Bob (2009 - 2015)
• GGCM
  • Sazykin, Stan (2006 - 2012)
  • Merkin, Slava (2009 - 2015)

Focus Groups

Active Focus Groups and Their Research Areas (RA)

• Plasma Entry and Transport into and within the Magnetotail (2006-2011; S. Wing, J. Johnson, and A. Otto; RA: Tail)
• Near Earth Magnetosphere: plasma, fields, and coupling (2007 - 2012; S. Zaharia, S. Sazykin, B. Lavraud; RA: IMS, Tail)
• Space Radiation Climatology (2006 - 2011; P. O'Brien and G. Reeves; RA: IMS)
• Diffuse Auroral Precipitation (2006 - 2011; R. Thorne and J. Borovsky; RA: MIC, IMS)
• Plasmasphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (2008 - 2013; J. Goldstein and J. Borovsky; RA:IMS)
• Substorm Expansion Onset (2008 - 2013; V. Angelopoulos, S. Ohtani, K. Shiokawa; RA:Tail)
• Modes of Solar WInd-Magnetosphere Energy Transfer (2008 - 2013; B. McPherron, L. Kepko; RA:Tail)
• Dayside FACs and Energy Deposition (2010 - 2012; D. Knipp, G. Crowley, S. Eriksson, R. Lopez; RA:Dayside)
• Radiation Belts and Wave Modeling (2010 - 2014; Y. Shprits, S. Elkington, J. Bortnik, C. Kletzing; RA:IMS)
• The Magnetosheath (2010 - 2014; S. Petrinec, K. Nykyri; RA:Dayside)
• Metrics and Validation (2011 - ; M. Kuznetsova, A. Ridley, T. Guild, L. Rastaetter, H. Singer; RA:GGCM)
• The Ionospheric Source of Magnetospheric Plasma--Measuring, Modeling and Merging into the GEM GGCM (2011 - ; R. Schunk, R. Chappell, D. Welling; RA: )
• Scientific Magnetic Mapping & Techniques (2011 - ; E. Donovan, E. MacDonald, R. Millan; RA: )

Past Focus Groups

• GGCM Metrics and Validation (2005 - 2010; M. Kusnetzova & A. Ridley; RA: GGCM)
• GGCM Modules and Methods (2005 - 2010; J. Dorelli, M. Shay, B. Sullivan; RA: GGCM)
• Cusp Physics (2006 - 2010; K-H. Trattner; RA: Dayside)
• Foreshock, bowshock, magnetosheath (2004 - 2009; N. Omidi; RA: Dayside)
• Dayside Magnetopause Reconnection (2004 - 2009; J. Berchem; RA: Dayside)
• MIC Electrodynamics (2003 - 2008; J. Semeter & B. Lotko; RA: MIC)