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Member Since 1998
Elizabeth MacDonald
Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Experimental space plasma physicist
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Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientist
2014 - Present
Los Alamos National Laboratory
2012 - Present
Los Alamos National Laboratory
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Education
University of New Hampshire Main Campus
Doctorate
2004
Honors & Awards
Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach (SPARC) Award
Received December 2021
Current Roles
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Canvassing Committee
Publications
The Mysterious Green Streaks Below STEVE
Strong thermal emission velocity enhancement (STEVE) is an optical phenomenon of the subauroral ionosphere arising from extreme ion drift speeds. S...
November 09, 2020
Early Ground-Based Work by Auroral Pioneer Carl Størmer on t...
February 28, 2020
Low-Resource Technique for Measurement of H+ and O+ in the T...
November 26, 2019
Identifying STEVE's Magnetospheric Driver Using Conjugate Ob...
November 21, 2019
The Evolution of the Plasma Sheet Ion Composition: Storms an...
December 11, 2017
AGU Abstracts
What does the STEVE phenomena reveal about the role of turbulence in Magnetosphere-Ionosphere interactions?
UNION SESSION: SCIENCE FOR ALL—INFRASTRUCTURES AND RESOURCES FOR OPEN SCIENCE II POSTER
union sessions | 15 december 2023
Francesca Di Mare, Elizabeth MacDonald, Michael Hu...
Turbulence is a complex and ubiquitous phenomenon characterizing space plasmas dynamics.The presence of fluctuations and nonlinear behavior at a broad...
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Fostering Diversity in Space Science: Insights from the Nomination Task Force's Ongoing Efforts in Recognizing Underrepresented Scientists
EFFORTS TO SUPPORT AND INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE WORKFORCE II ORAL
education | 14 december 2023
Muhammad Fraz Bashir, Dogacan S. Ozturk, Amy M. Ke...
Nomination Task Force (NTF) is a volunteer-based group operating within the Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA) section of the American Geophysical Union...
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Magnetospheric Auroral Asymmetry eXplorer: observing the auroral to uncover how energy flows in space
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE MISSIONS: SCIENCE TARGETS, GAPS, AND OPPORTUNITIES II ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2023
Alexa J. Halford, Michael W. Liemohn, Aaron J. Rid...
The Magnetospheric Auroral Asymmetry Explorer (MAAX) mission makes a major leap forward in determining how magnetosphere-ionosphere electrodynamic cou...
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Volunteer Experience
2022 - 2025
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Canvassing Committee
2021 - 2021
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fall Meeting Program Committee
2021 - 2021
Member
Fall Meeting Program Committee
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