Steven R. Spangler

Steven R. Spangler
Professor

steven-spangler@uiowa.edu

Education: 
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1975
Office: 
705 VAN
Office Phone: 
(319) 335-1948
Lab: 
666A VAN

http://astro.physics.uiowa.edu/~srs/

Research Interests: 
Radio astronomy; plasma astrophysics; space plasma physics.
Research: 
  • Solar corona, solar wind, interstellar medium
  • Students use the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope
  • Students also encouraged to carry out instrumentation-development projects with the 4.5 meter instructional radio telescope on roof of Van Allen Hall
  • Students develop skills in numerical methods, writing code in Python and other languages
Area: 
Space Physics
Plasma Physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Interstellar Medium and Galactic Center
Solar and Planetary Astronomy
Plasma Astrophysics