Antti Pulkkinen, Associate Research Scientist

GEST Research Group:

Heliophysics and Solar System Divisions

GSFC Code:

674.0

Mailing Address:

Heliophysics Division
Building 21, Room 159
NASA GSFC, Code 674.0
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 286-0652

Fax:

Email:

antti.a.pulkkinen@nasa.gov

URL:

http://www.anttipulkkinen.net/

Most Recent Publication:

Pulkkinen, A., R. Pirjola, and A. Viljanen (2008), Statistics of extreme geomagnetically induced current events, Space Weather, 6, S07001, doi:10.1029/2008SW000388.

Research Interests:

Space weather, electrodynamics, complex systems.

Biography:

Dr. Pulkkinen is currently Associate Research Scientist in the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center operated at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Pulkkinen received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki, Finland in 2003. Subsequently he joined the nonlinear dynamics group at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to carry out his postdoctoral research during years 2004-2006. His PhD and postdoctoral research involved studies on both ground effects of space weather and complex nonlinear dynamics of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system. He has been both leading and participating numerous space weather-related projects where scientists have been in close collaboration with industrial partners. In most of these projects, Dr. Pulkkinen's work has involved general geomagnetic induction modeling and modeling of space weather effects on pipelines and power transmission systems. Recently he has been working on utilizing the established modeling capabilities in semi-operational nowcasting and forecasting of space weather. Dr. Pulkkinen is the main or co-author of more than 40 peer-reviewed scientific articles.