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Member Since 1981
Dave J. McComas
Vice President, Princeton University
Professional Experience
Hazelyn and Harrold McComas Charitable Trust
2012 - Present
Princeton University
Vice President
Education
Doctorate
1986
Honors & Awards
Eugene Parker Lecture
Received December 2018
James B. Macelwane Medal
Received December 1993
Union Fellow
Received January 1993
Publications
Ion Precipitation Into Io's Poles Driven by a Strong Sub‐Alfvenic Interaction

Juno performed two close flybys of Io and found enhanced field‐aligned proton fluxes are absorbed by Io. These protons are absorbed at mass i...

July 29, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Expected Scientific Contributions of the Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) onboard the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) Mission
CONNECTING FUNDAMENTAL PLASMA PROCESSES AT 1 AU TO IMAGING NEUTRAL ATOMS FROM THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE: IBEX AND IMAP PERSPECTIVES I ELIGHTNING
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 15 december 2023
Mihaly Horanyi, Zoltan Sternovsky, Jamey R. Szalay...
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is scheduled to launch in 2025, to be stationed at the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point with a combi...
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Overview of the Parker/ISʘIS Observations at 15 RS During the 5 September 2022 SEP Event
ACCELERATION AND TRANSPORT OF SUPRATHERMAL AND ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE INNER HELIOSPHERE: OBSERVATIONS AND MODELING III POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 15 december 2023
Christina Cohen, Eric R. Christian, Alan C. Cummin...
The 5 September 2022 event is one of the largest solar energetic particle (SEP) events observed by Parker Solar Probe (Parker) inside of 20 RS. Parker...
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PSP Observations of a Ubiquitous Suprathermal Spectrum within 1 au
ACCELERATION AND TRANSPORT OF SUPRATHERMAL AND ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE INNER HELIOSPHERE: OBSERVATIONS AND MODELING III POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 15 december 2023
Maher A. Dayeh, Michael J. Starkey, Radoslav Bucik...
The suprathermal (ST) particle population with energies just above the thermal solar wind (SW) energy is of significant interest in heliospheric physi...
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Volunteer Experience
2006 - 2008
Member
Honors and Recognition Committee
2002 - 2004
Member
Honors and Recognition Committee
2000 - 2002
Member
Honors and Recognition Committee
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