Jasper S. Halekas

Jasper S. Halekas
Associate Professor

jasper-halekas@uiowa.edu

Education: 
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2003
Office: 
414 VAN
Office Phone: 
(319) 335-1929

http://homepage.physics.uiowa.edu/~jhalekas/

Research Interests: 
Experimental space physics.
Research: 
  • Space plasma physics around moons and planets and in the interplanetary medium
  • Development of spaceflight instrumentation to make high-resolution measurements of charged particles
  • On-campus facilities include a laboratory for spaceflight hardware assembly and calibration
  • Students participate in the development of spaceflight instruments, in collaboration with engineers, scientists, and technicians at Iowa and partner institutions
  • Students  also analyze spacecraft data from the Earth, the Moon, Mars, the Sun and solar wind, and outer planets
  • Students gain skills in spaceflight hardware development, programming, and data analysis
Area: 
Space Physics
Plasma Physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomical Instrumentation