Member Since 1999
Katariina Nykyri
Nykyri is a research astrophysicist at NASA GSFC. Her research interests involve physics of the solar wind and solar wind -magnetosphere interactions, focusing on physics of waves and instabilities and cross-scale energy and plasma transport in planetary magnetospheres. Nykyri is a recipient of the NSF's CAREER award in 2009 and was a member of GEM steering committee in 2012-18, and National Academies Committee in 2019 for the Heliophysics midterm assessment.
Professional Experience
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Professor of Physics, Director of Space Weather at the Centre for Space and Atmospheric Research
2007 - 2024
Education
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Doctorate
2002
Current Roles
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee
Publications
On the Importance of the Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability on Magnetospheric and Solar Wind Dynamics Duri...
The secondary processes driven by the velocity shear driven Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability (KHI) in the magnetized plasmas have been shown to b...
April 14, 2024
Statistical Study of the Energetic Electron Microinjections ...
October 11, 2023
Magnetosonic ULF Waves With Anomalous Plasma–Magnetic Field ...
August 22, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Defining the Middle Corona
FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND INNER HELIOSPHERE IV POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 15 december 2023
Matthew J. West, Daniel B. Seaton, David Wexler, J...
The middle corona, the region roughly spanning heliocentric distances from 1.5 to 6 solar radii, encompasses almost all of the influential physical tr...
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Statistical Study of Solar Wind Current Sheet Properties as Identified by Seven Sisters Instrumentation
TURBULENCE, MAGNETIC RECONNECTION, PARTICLE ENERGIZATION, AND FUNDAMENTAL PLASMA PROCESSES IN SPACE PLASMA I POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 14 december 2023
Yu-Lun Liou, Katariina Nykyri
The Seven Sisters mission is a multi-spacecraft solar wind mission concept dedicated for the study of the fundamental physical processes and solar win...
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Impact of Solar Wind and IMF Fluctuations on Magnetosphere Dynamics
TURBULENCE, MAGNETIC RECONNECTION, PARTICLE ENERGIZATION, AND FUNDAMENTAL PLASMA PROCESSES IN SPACE PLASMA I POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 14 december 2023
Shiva Kavosi, Katariina Nykyri, Yu-Lun Liou, Xuany...
Solar wind (SW) is a highly structured, predominantly supermagnetosonic plasma that includes large-scale transients, meso-scale density structures, as...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2026
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee
2017 - 2019
Member
Spilhaus Award Committee
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