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Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti


(MENAFN- The Conversation)
  • Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan
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Research Interests:
>> Plasma instabilities, leading to the formation of magnetic discontinuities in the solar wind
>> 3D characteristics and temporal evolution of mesoscale solar wind structures
>> Solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling during geomagnetic storms
>> Non-thermal emission by orbital debris

Activities:
>> Principal Investigator of Space Weather Investigation Frontier (SWIFT)
>> Institutional Principal Investigator of the Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instrument aboard NASA's flagship Parker Solar Probe
>> Co-Investigator of the Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) project
>> Team member of the Global Dynamics Constellation (GDC) magnetometer instrument
>> Team member of the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) mission
>> Principal Investigator of SunRISE Ground Radio Lab, engaging 2,500 high school students nationwide in hands-on STEM activities to promote space sciences and engineering

Translational R&D:
>> 3D Photovoltaics for solar and power beaming applications
>> On-demand mobile electric vehicle charging service

Experience
  • –present Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer in Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
Education
  • 2020 University of Michigan, PhD/Space Plasma Physics

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