The team
Research in the Semeter's 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. Director, Center for Space Physics (CSP). Lab director. Google scholar.
Michael Hirsch
Research Scientist. Inverse problems and image reconstruction in auroral physics. Heliophysics software development. Github.
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 ionospheric dynamics driven by magnetospheric processes.Personal web site.
Nina Servan-Schreiber
Ph.D. student. Crowd-sourced studies of ionospheric variability.Personal web site.
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).
Kshitij Duraphe
M.S. student. Application of image reconstruction and sensor fusion techniques to the study of optical emissions from the ionosphere. Personal web site.
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.
Alumni
Marcos Diaz
Matthew Zettergren
Thomas Butler
Chhavi Goenka
Hassan Akbari
John Swoboda
Michael Hirsch
Brent Parham
David Payne