The team
Research in the Semeter lab is carried out by an outstanding group of graduate students and colleagues. The cross-disciplinary nature of our work is enabled by a highly collaborative culture of Boston University, exemplified in the BU Center for Space Physics. Alumni of the Semeter Lab apply their skills and creativity in a rich variety of career paths, both within space science and beyond.
Joshua Semeter
Professor, ECE. Associate Director Center for Space Physics. Lab director. Google scholar.
Michael Hirsch
Research Scientist. Inverse problems and image reconstruction in auroral physics. Heliophysics software development. Google scholar.
Sebastijan Mrak
Ph.D. student. Application of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to studies of the ionosphere, atmosphere, and space environment. Google scholar.
Nithin Sivadas
Ph.D. student. Distributed sensing of particle penetration in the atmosphere, and its application to studies of the magnetosphere and solar wind. Google scholar.
Meghan Lemay
Ph.D. student. Effects of the aurora and space weather on satellite navigation.
Joaquin Diaz-Pena
Ph.D. student. Radar and optical studies of the effects of magnetic reconnection on the polar ionosphere.
Catriana PawU
Ph.D. student (co-advised with Brian Walsh)). Development of a space-based X-ray imaging system for studies of the solar wind and magnetosphere (LEXI project).
BU Collaborators
Yukitoshi (Toshi) Nishimura. Web site.
Brian Walsh. Web site.
W. Clem Karl. Web site.
Meers Oppenheim. Web site.
Michael Mendillo. Web site.
Jeffrey Baumbardner. Web site.
Alumni
Marcos Diaz
Matthew Zettergren
Thomas Butler
Chhavi Goenka
Hassan Akbari
John Swoboda
Michael Hirsch
Brent Parham
David Payne