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Phone:
(301) 286-0448
Fax:
(301) 286-1648
Email:
yongli.wang@nasa.gov
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Research Interests:
Dr. Wang's research interest and expertise include: solar-terrestrial relationships, plasmas physics in space, solar windmagnetosphere-
ionosphere-thermosphere coupling, large-scale modeling of magnetosphere, magnetosheath and magnetopause physics, FTEs, FACs, magnetotail dynamics, interplanetary shocks, Io Mass loading in Jupiter's magnetosphere, computational fluid dynamics, numerical methods and advanced simulation techniques (including adaptive mesh refinements), high performance computing, and multiplesatellite observational study.
Biography:
Dr. Yongli Wang graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in August 2003 with his Ph.D. degree in Planetary and Space Physics. During his graduate study, under the direction of Professor Christopher T. Russell and Dr. Joachim Raeder, Dr. Wang made an extensive study in interplanetary shocks, Io mass loading, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, magnetotail dynamics, geomagnetic substorms, and global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. In his thesis, the Plasma Depletion Layer (PDL), he used multi-spacecraft observations and global MHD simulations and made a systematic study of PDL mechanism, dynamics, and dependence on various solar wind conditions. After his graduation, he joined Space Science and Applications group at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Postdoc Research Associate in September 2003, where he worked with Dr. Richard C. Elphic and Dr. Joachim Birn on large-scale multi-spacecraft statistics of Flux Transfer Events (FTEs) using Cluster observations and magnetotail bubble dynamics using Birn magnetotail model. Dr. Wang joined SP Systems, Inc. in January 2006 as a Senior Scientist and was stationed at NASA/GSFC working with Dr. Guan Le and Dr. James A. Slavin on Space Technology 5 (ST-5) spacecraft data calibration, as well as Field-Aligned Current (FAC) and Flux Transfer Event (FTE) statistics. In November 2006, Dr. Wang joined UMBC/GEST as an assistant research scientist to continue his ongoing work and new investigations using NASA THEMIS mission data and space weather simulations. Dr. Wang's research interest and expertise include: solar-terrestrial relationships, plasmas physics in space, solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling, large-scale modeling of magnetosphere, magnetosheath and magnetopause physics, FTEs, FACs, magnetotail dynamics, interplanetary shocks, Io Mass loading in Jupiter's magnetosphere, computational fluid dynamics, numerical methods and advanced simulation techniques (including adaptive mesh refinements), high performance computing, and multiple satellite observational study. Dr. Wang has authored and co-authored 26 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and has made 67 presentations in national and international scientific meetings. He has served as a reviewer for Advances in Space Research, Annales Geophysicae, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Atmosphere and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, and Journal of Geophysical Research. He has also served as a proposal reviewer for NASA Geospace Sciences Program, NASA Living With a Star Program, NSF Geospace Environment Modeling Program, has served on the panel of NSF Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation Program.
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