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Member Since 2014
Benjamin L. Alterman
Research Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Astrophysicist
2024 - Present
Southwest Research Institute
Research Scientist
2020 - 2024
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
2019 - 2020
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
GSRA/Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
2014 - 2019
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Education
Macalester College
Bachelors
2012
High School
2008
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Doctorate
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Honors & Awards
Local Science Partners
Received January 2022
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received December 2018
Presentation Title: The Variation of Helium Across a Two Solar Cycles
Event: 2018 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Space Physics and Aeronomy
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AGU Abstracts
Variations in the He+ Pickup Ion Distributions inside 1 AU
SOLAR ORBITER: SUN–INNER HELIOSPHERE CONNECTIONS II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Antoinette B. Galvin, Lynn M. Kistler, Lorna Ellis...
Pickup ions (PUI) are generated when a neutral in the heliosphere is ionized and then is picked up by the local magnetic field . The single charge sta...
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Temperature Anisotropy and Alpha Abundance Features of Alfvénic Slow Solar Wind Observed by Parker Solar Probe, Helios, and Wind Missions
PARKER SOLAR PROBE’S FURTHEST DESCENT INTO THE SUN’S CORONA V POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Jia Huang, Davin E. Larson, Tamar Ervin, Oscar Ort...
The slow solar wind is typically characterized as having low Alfvénicity. However, Parker Solar Probe (PSP) has predominantly observed Alfvé...
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Suprathermal Ion Observations from Solar Orbiter: Status of Intercalibration between the Heavy Ion Sensor and Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph
SOLAR ORBITER: SUN–INNER HELIOSPHERE CONNECTIONS II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Benjamin L. Alterman, Robert C. Allen, Ryan M. Dew...
Suprathermal ions occupy the energy range of a few keV to MeV between the thermal solar wind and energetic particles that suffuse the interplanetary s...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2025
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Space Physics and Aeronomy Early Career Advisory Commitee
2021 - 2025
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Space Physics and Aeronomy Canvassing Committee