Organization and People

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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

  • Raeder, Jimmy (Chair, 2006 - 2009)
  • Spasojevic, Maria (2007 - 2010) [IMS]
  • Onsager, Terry (2007 - 2010) [CGCM]
  • Kessel, Mona (2005 - 2008) [Dayside]
  • Ergun, Robert (2006 - 2009) [MIC]

Steering Committee Liaison Members

  • Blanco-Cano, Xochitl (Liaison to Mexico)
  • Fraser, Brian (Liaison to Australia)
  • Moretto, Therese (Liaison to Denmark)
  • Kawano, Hedi (Liaison to Japan)
  • Donovan, Eric (Liaison to Canada)
  • Baker, Kile (Liaison to NSF)
  • Ramona Kessel (NASA)
  • Singer, Howard (Liaison to NOAA)
  • Shepherd, Simon (Liaison to CEDAR)
  • Russell, Chris (Liaison to SHINE)
  • Moldwin, Mark (Liaison to DASI)

Student Represenatives

  • Katherine Garcia (2008 - 2009, BU)
  • Dan Welling (2007 - 2008, Michigan)

Communications Coordinator

  • Russell, Christopher (UCLA)

Workshop Organizers

  • Clauer, Bob (2007 - 2010)
  • Toffoletto, Frank (2001 - 2006)
  • Cantu, Umbe (2001 - 2007)

Research Areas

Research Area Coordinators

  • Dayside, including boundary layers and plasma/energy entry. (Dayside)
    • David Sibeck (2006 - 2009)
    • John Dorelli (2006 - 2012)
  • Inner magnetosphere and storms. (IMS)
    • Mike Liemohn (2006 - 2009)
    • Rainer Friedel (2006 - 2012)
  • Tail, including plasma sheet and substorms. (Tail)
    • Frank Toffoletto (2006 - 2009)
    • Mike Henderson (2006 - 2012)
  • Magnetosphere - ionosphere coupling, aurora. (MIC)
    • Hughes, Jeff (2003 - 2009)
    • David Murr (2006 - 2012)
  • GGCM
    • Mike Wiltberger (2006 - 2009)
    • Stan Sazykin (2006 - 2012)

Focus Groups

Focus Groups and their research areas (RA)

  1. GGCM Metrics and Validation (2005 - 2010, M. Kusnetzova & A. Ridley, RA: GGCM) Attach:GEM-FGProposal-Ridley.pdf (ridley@umich.edu,Maria.M.Kuznetsova.1@gsfc.nasa.gov)
  2. GGCM Modules and Methods (2005 - 2010, M. Shay & J. Dorelli, RA: GGCM) Attach:GEM-FG-2006-ModulesMethodsProposal.pdf (shay@udel.edu, john.dorelli@unh.edu)
  3. Foreshock, bowshock, magnetosheath (2004 - 2009, N. Omidi, RA: Dayside) Attach:GEM-FGproposal-Omidi.pdf (omidi@adelphia.net)
  4. Plasma Entry and Transport into and within the Magnetotail (2006-2011, S. Wing, J. Johnson, and A. Otto, RA: Tail) Attach:GEM-FGProposal-Otto.pdf (ao@how.gi.alaska.edu, Simon.Wing@jhuapl.edu, jrj@pppl.gov)
  5. Component versus Anti-parallel Reconnection (2004 - 2009, J. Berchem, RA: Dayside) Attach:GEM-FGProposal-Berchem.pdf (jberchem@igpp.ucla.edu)
  6. Cusp Physics (2006 - 2010, K-H. Trattner, RA: Dayside) Attach:GEM-FGProposal-Trattner.pdf.pdf (karlheinz.j.trattner.dr@lmco.com)
  7. MIC Electrodynamics (2003 - 2008, J. Semeter & B. Lotko, RA: MIC) Attach:GEM-FGProposal-Semeter_MICET_proposal_v3.pdf (william.lotko@Dartmouth.EDU)
  8. Near Earth Magnetosphere: plasma, fields, and coupling (2006 - 2011, S. Zacharia, S. Sazykin, B. Lavraud, RA: IMS, Tail) Attach:GEM_FGProp-2006-NearEarth.pdf (sazykin@rice.edu, Benoit.Lavraud@cesr.fr)
  9. Space Radiation Climatology (2006 - 2011, P. O'Brien and G. Reeves, RA: IMS) Attach:GEM_FG_06_SpaceRadiationClimatology_final.pdf (Paul.OBrien@aero.org, reeves@lanl.gov)
  10. Diffuse Auroral Precipitation (2006 - 2011, R. Thorne and J. Borovsky, RA: MIC, IMS) Attach:GEM-FGProposal-2006-Thorne.pdf (jborovsky@lanl.gov, rmt@atmos.ucla.edu)
  11. Plasmasphere-Magnetosphere Interactions (2008 - 2013, J. Goldstein and J. Borovsky, RA:IMS) Attach:GEM-FGproposal-2007-Goldstein.pdf (Jerry.Goldstein.Adv00@Alum.Dartmouth.ORG, jborovsky@lanl.gov)
  12. Substorm Expansion Onset (2008 - 2013, V. Angelopoulos, S. Ohtani, K. Shiokawa, RA:Tail) Attach:GEM-FGProposal-2007-exp-onset-v2.pdf (vassilis@ucla.edu, Shin.Ohtani@jhuapl.edu)
  13. Modes of Solar WInd-Magnetosphere Energy Transfer (2008 - 2013, B. McPherron, L. Kepko, RA:Tail) Attach:GEM-FGProposal-2007-McPherron-response.pdf (rmcpherron@igpp.ucla.edu, Larry.Kepko@unh.edu)

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