Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Director of UM's Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
mmoldwin@umich.edu
Office Information:
1418 CSRB (Climate & Space Research Building)
2455 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143
phone: 734.647.3370
Applied Physics Program
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. Boston University (Jeff Hughes, Advisor), 1993,
M. A. Boston University, 1990
B.A. University of Alaska – Fairbanks, 1987
About
Research Interests:
- Space Plasma Physics
- Magnetospheric and Heliospheric Physics
- Upper Atmospheric Electricity
- Magnetometer Sensor Development
- Pre-College Space Science Education
- Education Activities
Professional Service:
- Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, 2004-2006
- Editor-in-Chief, Reviews of Geophysics, 2009-2017
- Member, AGU SPA Executive Committee
- Member, AGU Publications Committee,2013-2014, 2015-2016
- Member, AGU Ethics Task Force
- Member, NRC-CSSP Decadal Study: Panel on Solar Wind – Magnetosphere Interactions, 2010-2012
Professional Memberships
- American Geophysical Union
- COSPAR
- National Science Teachers Association
- American Society for Engineering Education
Awards:
- UM Raymond J. and Monica E. Schultz Outreach and Diversity Award, 2013
- UM Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award, 2014
- UM Provost Teaching Innovation Award, 2014
- AGU Waldo Smith Union Award, 2016
- UM John F. Ulrich Educational Excellence Award, 2017
- 162) Carter, B. A., E. Yizengaw, R. Pradipta, J. M. Weygand, M. Piersanti, A. Pulkkinen, M. B. Moldwin, R. Norman, and K. Zhang (2016), Geomagnetically induced currents around the world during the 17 March 2015 storm, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 10,496–10,507, doi:10.1002/2016JA023344.
- 163) Sarno-Smith, L. K., Michael W. Liemohn, Ruth M. Skoug, Ondrej Santolik, Steven K. Morley, Aaron Breneman, Brian A. Larsen, Geoff Reeves, John R. Wygant, George Hospodarsky, Craig Kletzing, Mark B.Moldwin, Roxanne M. Katus, and Shasha Zou (2016), Hiss or equatorial noise? Ambiguities in analyzing suprathermal ion plasma wave resonance, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 9619–9631, doi:10.1002/2016JA022975.
- 164) Moldwin, M. B., Zou, S., and Heine, T.: The story of plumes: the development of a new conceptual framework for understanding magnetosphere and ionosphere coupling, Ann. Geophys., 34, 1243-1253, doi:10.5194/angeo-34-1243-2016, 2016.
- 165) Heine, T. R. P., M. B. Moldwin, and S. Zou (2017), Small-scale structure of the midlatitude storm enhanced density plume during the 17 March 2015 St. Patrick’s Day storm, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JA022965.
- 166) Thielen, Joanna, Sara M. Samuel, Jake Carlson, Mark Moldwin (2017), Developing and Teaching a Two-Credit Data Management Course for Graduate Students in Climate and Space Sciences, Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, DOI:10.5062/F42Z13HQ