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General Information

Full Name Xiangning Chu
Languages English, Chinese

Education

  • 2015
    Ph.D.
    University of California, Los Angeles
    • Major
      • Geophysics and Space Physics
    • Dissertation
      • Configuration and Generation of Substorm Current Wedge
  • 2009
    M.S.
    Peking University
    • Major
      • Space Physics
  • 2006
    B.S.
    Peking University
    • Major
      • Space Physics

Experience

  • 2018 - present
    Research Associate
    Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
  • 2016 - 2018
    Postdoc
    Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

Academic Interests

  • Magnetospheric substorms
    • Inversion model for Substorm current wedge (SCW)
    • Substorm onsets
    • Solarwind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
    • Configuration and generation mechnisms of substorm current wedge
  • Steve (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement)
    • Magnetospheric driver of STEVE
    • Morphological Characteristics of STEVE
  • Machine learning for science discovery
    • Electron fluxes in Earth's Radiation belts
    • Electromagnetic waves in Earth's radiation belt
    • Coupled model of machine learning models and numerical simulations for radiation belt dynamics
  • Cold plasma in Earth's plasmasphere
    • Electron density and Cold ion densities in the inner magneotsphere
    • Erosion and refilling of the plasmasphere
    • Coupled model of machine learning models and numerical simulations for plasmaspheric dynamics
    • Mission design for Earth's plasmasphere