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Member Since 2007
Rick D. Wilder
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington
Professional Experience
University of Texas at Arlington
Assistant Professor
2020 - Present
University of Colorado Boulder
Postdoctoral Researcher
Education
Doctorate
Current Roles
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee
Publications
Global Magnetic Reconnection During Sustained Sub‐Alfvenic Solar Wind Driving

When the solar wind speed falls below the local Alfvén speed, the magnetotail transforms into an Alfvén wing configuration. A Grid Agnost...

March 15, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Investigating the Dependence of the Relationship Between Traveling Atmospheric Disturbances (TADs) and Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (TIDs) on Storm and Solar Flux Variations with NASA GDC- Atmospheric Electrodynamics probe for THERmal plasma (AETHER)
SCIENCE IN THE GDC AND DYNAMIC ERA: ASSEMBLING A GREAT OBSERVATORY FOR THE ITM I ORAL
spa-aeronomy | 15 december 2023
Lauren Christenson, Naomi Maruyama, Laila Andersso...
The Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission will investigate the response of the Earths upper atmosphere to magnetic storms. It will fly six sat...
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Case Studies Of Particle Acceleration In Magnetosheath Turbulence
DAYSIDE MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS IV POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2023
Anansa Keaton-Ashanti, Frederick D. Wilder, Hector...
Turbulence in large scale plasma structures typically occurs either through magnetic reconnection, flow braking, or shock region energy transfer. In t...
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Study of turbulence, dissipation, and particle energization in Earth’s magnetosheath with a dedicated survey by the Magnetospheric MultiScale mission
ENERGY TRANSFER AND DISSIPATION IN SPACE PLASMAS: KINETIC TO GLOBAL SCALES II ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 13 december 2023
Alexandros Chasapis, Tien Vo, Francesco Pecora, So...
We present a survey of turbulence, dissipation, and particle energization in Earths magnetosheath using MMS data. In February and March 2023, a dedica...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2026
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee
2023 - 2025
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fellows Committee
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