Seminar Series

Spring 2026

DateSpeakerTitleAffiliation
January 29Fatemeh BagheriProbing Exoplanet Magnetospheres: From Models to DetectionNASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
February 5Luisa CapannoloElectromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) - Driven Electron Precipitation: Findings from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ObservationsBoston University
February 12Katelynn GreerMid-latitude Quiet-time Longitude Variations of Thermospheric Composition and Ionospheric DensityUniversity of Colorado Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
February 19Sam BadmanExploring the Sun's Alfvén Surface in the era of Parker Solar ProbeCenter for Astrophysics
February 26Ryan MaguireRadio Science Data with CassiniMassachusetts Institute of Technology
March 5To be announced.To be announced.
March 19Nirupam RoyMultiphase Atomic Interstellar Medium (ISM): Lessons from Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) SimulationsUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell Fulbright Program
March 26Lynn KistlerTo be announced.University of New Hampshire
April 2Shany DanieliObservational Frontiers in Dwarf Galaxies: Probing Dark Matter and Galaxy Formation on Small ScalesTel Aviv University
April 9Lana TilkeTo be announced.Arizona State University
April 16Paul HortonFrom System Design to Realtime Analysis: End-to-End Integration with ASTHROSUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell
April 23Anhar Uddin BhuiyanMicroelectronicsUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell
April 30   Frank WhiteTo be announced.

For the Spring 2026 semester, seminars will begin at 11 a.m. on Thursdays via Zoom or in person at the Wannalancit Business Center, room 305, unless otherwise noted.

The seminar on February 12 on Mid-latitude Quiet-time Longitude Variations of Thermospheric Composition & Ionospheric Density will be fully remote.

If you are interested in attending in person or via Zoom, please email Lynne_Schaufenbil@uml.edu 

To see seminars we've held previously, please visit our Past Seminars page.

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