Mehdi Benna, Assistant Research Scientist

GEST Research Group:

Heliophysics

GSFC Code:

699

Mailing Address:

Building 33, Room D220

Phone:

(301) 614-6392

Fax:

(301) 614-6406

Email:

mehdi.benna@nasa.gov

URL:

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Research Interests:

Biography:

Dr. Mehdi Benna received his degree in Electrical Engineering from the Engineering School of Tunis (ENIT) in 1999. After obtaining a M.Sc. in Radio-wave Telecommunication from the University of Tunis in 2000, he received in 2002 a Ph.D. in Space Science from the University of Toulouse in France. From 2002 to 2003, Dr. Benna was an associate scientist at the Planetary and Terrestrial Geophysics Laboratory (CNRS) in France. In 2003, he came to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as an NRC postdoctoral fellow where he remained for three years. In 2006, he joined the Goddard Earth Science and Technology Center as an assistant research scientist. Dr. Benna's main research interest is the numerical modeling of planetary magnetospheres. He also uses his engineering experience in supporting the development of several space-borne instruments (Rosetta-CONSERT, MSL-SAM, NIGMS). His publications include papers on MHD modeling of comets and icy moons of the solar system, radio tomography techniques, and ill-posed inverse problems.