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:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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