ISR Seminar Series
The ISR Seminar Series typically takes place on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m., in the ISR Conference Room, 202 Kenny Cottle Hall, 885 Centre St., Newton Campus of Boston College (click here for directions). Please join us for light refreshments at 10:15 a.m. To be added to the email announcements for the current series, contact Kathleen Kraemer.
January 30, 2020
Julia Tilles, University of New Hampshire Space Science Center
Thunderstorm Radio Interferometry on Microsecond Timescales
Winter/Spring 2020
January 30, 2020
Julia Tilles, University of New Hampshire Space Science Center
Thunderstorm Radio Interferometry on Microsecond Timescales
March 5, 2020
Shunrong Zhang, MIT Haystack Observatory
March 26, 2020
Olusegun Jonah, MIT Haystack Observatory
April 16, 2020
Mari Paz Miralles, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
April 23, 2020
Luke Moore, Boston University Center for Space Physics
Fall 2019
September 26, 2019
Gregory Sloan, Space Telescope Science Institute
Organic Dust in the Interstellar Medium
October 10, 2019 (slides available here)
Vladym Paznukhov, Boston College Institute for Scientific Research
TID Climatologies in Antarctica and Europe Derived from HF and GNSS Observations
October 17, 2019
Majd Mayyasi, Boston University Center for Space Physics
Unraveling Present-day Mysteries of Mars using its Ionosphere
October 24, 2019
Sofia-Paraskevi Moschou, Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Stellar CMEs: What can We Learn from Historic Observations?
November 14, 2019 - 1 pm (NOTE SPECIAL TIME)
Jeremy Shakun, Boston College Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Arctic Permafrost Stability over the Past 1.5 Million Years Inferred from Cave Deposits
November 21, 2019
Shu Lai, Boston College Institute for Scientific Research
Principles and Applications of Retarding Potential Analyzers
December 5, 2019
Charlie Carrano, Pat Doherty, Rezy Pradipta, John Retterer, and Dave Webb, BC/ISR
AGU Previews
Winter/Spring 2019 Schedule
January 3, 2019
Fr. Daniel McNamara, Manila Observatory
Academic Developments at the Ateneo de Davao University and ISR
February 7, 2019
Charles Carrano, Boston College ISR (slides available here)
New Paradigms for Characterizing Ionospheric Scintillation and the Irregularities that Produce It
February 28, 2019
Raphaelle Haywood, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
Breaking the Stellar Activity Barrier to Characterizing Small Planets
March 7, 2019
Anthony Case, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
The Solar Probe Cup on the Parker Solar Probe
March 21, 2019
Keith Groves, Boston College ISR
Can a Pound of Samarium Vapor Suppress Ionospheric Irregularities?
March 28, 2019
James Stickney, USU SDL
Atom Interferometry based on Atom Chips and Applications in Inertial Navigation
April 4, 2019
Earle Williams, MIT Civil & Environmental Engineering
Progress in Understanding the Two Global Electrical Circuits
May 9, 2019
Susanna Finn, UMass Lowell, LoCSST
Observations of the Equatorial Arcs from LITES on the ISS
May 14, 2019 (NOTE SPECIAL DAY)
Evgeny Mishin, AFRL/RVBXC
Plasma Physics of the Subauroral Geospace (abstract)
May 16, 2019 - 11 AM
Anthea Coster, MIT Haystack Observatory
New Space Weather Measurements with MACAWS: Monitors for Alaskan and Canadian Auroral Weather in Space (abstract)
Fall 2018
September 20, 2018
Ofer Cohen, UMass Lowell, LoCSST
Extreme Space Weather on Exoplanets - Can Red-dwarf Terrestrial Exoplanets be Habitable?
September 27, 2018
Chia-Lin Huang, Univ. New Hampshire, EOS
Quantifying Radiation Belt Electron Precipitation And Its Effect on Atmospheric Chemistry
October 4, 2018
Amanda Bosh, MIT, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Centaurs and TNOs: the Search for Rings and Atmospheres
October 18, 2018
Larisa Goncharenko, MIT, Haystack Observatory
Longitudinal Differences in Ionospheric Response to Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
November 1, 2018
Andrew Mazzella
A Comparison of Jason-2 Plasmasphere Electron Content Measurements to Ground-based Measurements
November 8, 2018
Katharine Reeves, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
Energy Flows in Solar Eruptions
November 15, 2018
Shu Lai, Boston College, ISR
Facets of Spacecraft Charging; Dependence on Electron Temperature and Density
November 29, 2018
Carl Schmidt, Boston University, CSP
Io's Escaping Atmosphere and Plasma Torus
December 6, 2018
Paznukhov, Pradipta, Yizengaw, Doherty, Carrano, Webb, Boston College ISR
AGU Previews (presentations available by clicking on author names above)
2017-2018
September 5, 2017
Matthew Richter, UC Davis, Dept. of Physics
High-Resolution, Mid-IR Spectroscopy from the Ground and the Stratosphere
September 19, 2017 (pdf of slides available)
Dev Joshi, Boston College, ISR & Dept. of Physics
Spatial variations of low latitude irregularities in height and longitude as a function of
solar flux: Results from the C/NOFS satellite mission
October 3, 2017
Timothy Cook, UMass Lowell, LoCSST and the Dept. of Physics & Applied Physics
LITES: Ultraviolet Aeronomy from the Space Station
October 10, 2017
Toshi Nishimura, Boston University, Center for Space Physics & the Dept. of Elec. and Comp. Engineering
Auroral Imaging for Probing High-Latitude Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Processes
October 17, 2017
Olusegun Jonah, MIT, Haystack Observatory
Analyses of Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) Over South and North America
October 26, 2017 (Th)
Brian Walsh, Boston University, Dept. of Engineering & CSP
Small Satellites for Science
November 2, 2017 (Th)
Cecilia Garraffo, Harvard University, Center for Astrophysics
From Stars to Planets: Stellar Activity and Exoplanet Environments
November 9, 2017 (Th) (pdf of slides available)
David Webb, Boston College, ISR
CME Rates over 4 Solar Cycles
November 30, 2017 (pdf of slides available)
Shu Lai, Boston College, ISR
Deep Dielectric Charging and Physical Interpretation of Delays in Spacecraft Anomalies
December 7, 2017 (Th)
ISR Members
AGU Previews
2018
February 1, 2018 (1 pm)
Endawoke Yizengaw, Boston Colllege, ISR
Longitudinal Variability of Ionospheric Irregularities and Forcing from the Lower Thermosphere
February 6, 2018 (T)
Robin Wordsworth, Harvard University, Eng. & Appl. Sciences
Resolving the Status of Oxygen as a Biosignature to Aid the Search for Life on Extrasolar Planets
February 15, 2018
Rezy Pradipta, Boston Colllege, ISR (pdf of slides, movie for slide 10, and movie for slide 14)
Using the 'GRAIT Detrender' to Study Bubbles/Irregularities over South America and the Caribbean (and the Prospect for Southeast Asia-Pacific)
March 1, 2018
Shradha Mohanty, Boston Colllege, Fulbright Scholar & ISR (pdf of slides available here)
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for Ionospheric Scintillation Studies
March 15, 2018
Kerri Cahoy, MIT, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Laser Communication with CubeSats
March 29, 2018
Michael Hecht, Haystack Observatory
MOXIE: The Real-Life Oxygenator goes to Mars
April 19, 2018
Alexander Koloskov, Nat. Acad. Sciences of Ukraine, Inst. of Radio Astronomy
Space Weather Monitoring Using the Radio Spectrum from ELF to L-Band
May 10, 2018 (NEW DATE)
Sovit Khadka, Boston Colllege, ISR & Dept. of Physics
Abnormalities in the Dayside Low-Latitude Ionosphere
May 17, 2018, 10 am (NOTE SPECIAL TIME)
Olivier Obrou, Universite de Cocody, Côte d'Ivoire
Space Science Activites in Côte d'Ivoire
May 17, 2018
Wen Li, Boston University, Dept. of Astronomy & CSP
Understanding the Origin of Diffuse Aurora and Electron Butterfly Distributions at Jupiter: Initial Results from the Juno Mission
May 18, 2017 (pdf slides available)
Shu Lai, ISR, Boston College
Spacecraft Charging Mitigation using Mirrors and LEDs
April 13, 2017
Sally Wyman, Liason Librarian for the ISR, Chemistry, & Physics,
Barbara Mento, Data Librarian, and
Jane Morris, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Boston College Libraries
New BC Library Services - Dataverse, Scopus, and ORCID
March 21, 2017
Kathleen Kraemer, ISR, Boston College
Variable Stars in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds
March 9, 2017
Min Chang Lee, Boston University
Whistler Wave Interactions Experiments at Arecibo
January 26, 2017
Vadym Paznukhov, ISR, Boston College
TID Study in Antarctica: Field Results from New Instruments
Slides: Paznukhov_bc_20170126.pdf
January 19, 2017
Father Daniel McNamara, Manila Observatory
Fifty Years of Seismic Research at Davao, Manila
January 10, 2017
Carlos Martinis, Center for Space Physics, Boston University
Ionospheric studies using a network of all-sky imagers from equatorial to sub-auroral latitudes
Slides: Martinis_BC_SEMINAR_2016.pdf
December 06, 2016
Ryan McGranaghan, Dartmouth College.
Assimilative Specification of Three Dimensional Ionospheric Conductivity and Application to Global Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Modeling.
Abstract: McGranaghan_BostonCollegeSeminar_abstract.pdf
Slides: McGranaghan_BostonCollegeSeminar.pdf
December 01, 2016
Bodo Reinisch, Lowell Digisonde International
Groundbased Measurements of Earth’s Ionosphere and Real-time Ionospheric Modeling
Slides: Reinisch01Dec2016_Ionosphere_measuring_and_modeling.pdf
November 01, 2016 POSTPONED
Christopher Bartone, The Ohio State University
Bird Strike Mitigation for Aviation using Radar and Aviation Data Links
To be rescheduled at a later date.
October 27, 2016
Xiaoyan Zhou, UCLA
Shock Aurora and Corresponding TEC Enhancement
October 18, 2016
Archana Bhattacharyya, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
Ionospheric Irregularities
October 17, 2016 - MONDAY
Shaun Ard, ISR Boston College, Albuquerque, NM
Ion Chemistry of Metals in the Gas Phase: from Catalysis to Chemi-ionization
Slides: Ard_BC_Seminar_2016_Final.pdf
October 4, 2016
Bill Burke, ISR, Boston College
Some Hidden Treasure of the DMSP Database
Slides: Burke_BC-ISR-4-Oct-2016-J.pdf
September 22, 2016
Anthea Coster, MIT/Haystack Observatory
Lise Meitner and the Discovery of Fission
September 8, 2016
John Bosco Habarulema, SANSA, South Africa
New Results and Contribution of Low-latitude Electrodynamics to Mid-latitude Electron Density Changes
Slides: JB_Habarulema_BCseminar_Sept2016_presentation.pdf
August 9, 2016 at 11:00am
Segun Bolaji, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Solar Quiet Current Response in the African Sector Due to a 2009 Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event
Slides: Bolaji_BC_Presentation_10August2016.pdf.