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Geoffrey Crowley President, Chief Scientist PhD, Ionospheric Physics, University of Leicester, UK, 1985 Curriculum Vitae Email: (@astraspace.net) gcrowley Dr. Crowley has diverse interests, including modeling and simulation, data analysis and instrument development for the atmospheres of Earth and Mars. He has authored (or co-authored) over 60 publications in refereed journals, ranging from the magnetosphere to the mesosphere. His current interests include the energy inputs to the thermosphere-ionosphere system, and their effects on the neutral density and composition; the high latitude convection pattern, it’s specification, and penetration to lower latitudes; atmospheric waves. |
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Gary S. Bust Senior Scientist PhD, Physics, University of Texas Austin, Texas, 1989 Curriculum Vitae Email: (@astraspace.net) gbust Dr. Bust has worked for ASTRA since 2006 and has a background in Electromagnetic Propagation, EM Dynamo theory, Fluids and plasmas, Inverse Theory, Tomography and Imaging, and Data Assimilation. |
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Fabiano S. Rodrigues Research Engineer PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, 2008 Email: (@astraspace.net) frodrigues Dr. Rodrigues has worked for ASTRA since June 2008 and has a background in radar remote sensing of the ionosphere and ionospheric effects on GPS. |
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S. M. Irfan Azeem Research Scientist PhD, Space Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, MI. 1999 Email: (@astraspace.net) iazeem Dr. Azeem leads research projects in Optical Remote Sensing and Space Climate studies funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA. His current research interests include mesospheric dynamics, cusp auroral dynamics, and terrestrial airglow and auroral measurements. He is a research scientist at Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates in San Antonio, TX. Prior to joining ASTRA in August 2009 he was an Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach FL. At Embry-Riddle he was the recipient of NSF’s prestigious Early CAREER award University’s Researcher of the Year award. He holds a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering and Space Sciences from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. |
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Frederick D. Wilder Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, VA, 2011 Email: (@astraspace.net) rwilder Dr. Wilder has been working with ASTRA since 2011. His research interests include magnetospheric physics, magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling, system science, radar remote sensing of the ionosphere, data assimilation, global positioning systems, and radio occultation. He currently holds the NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (AGS-PRF) at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in the University of Colorado, Boulder, and continues to collaborate closely with ASTRA. |
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Marcin Pilinski Research Engineer PhD, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, 2011 Dr. Pilinski’s current research focus is in the areas of thermospheric physics, satellite drag, and gas-surface interactions (GSI) in the free-stream and transition regimes. His work includes the computation of specific drag coefficient values for aeronomic spacecraft such as CHAMP as well as the evaluation and development of general GSI models appropriate for flight through the earth’s thermosphere. He has analyzed satellite drag data collected by the Air Force Space Command and compared it with Monte Carlo analyses. |
