Experimental Space Plasma Group at UTD
Welcome
The experimental space plasma group, led by Dr. Xiaojia Zhang, is part of the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences (CSS) at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas). The focus of our group is charged particle (plasma) dynamics in Earth's and other planetary magnetospheres and how they connect the magnetospheres to the lower ionosphere and even the atmosphere.
PI's Profolio
Experience
Associate Professor, UT Dallas
Department of Physics, Center for Space Sciences, UT Dallas
August 2022 - Present
Associate Researcher, UCLA
Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA
July 2020 - July 2022
Assistant Researcher, UCLA
Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA
July 2014 - June 2020
Education
Ph.D., UCLA
Space Physics Major, Dissertation on the Excitation of Electron Cyclotron Harmonic (ECH) Wave in Earth's Magnetotail
September 2008 - June 2014
B.S., Peking University
Space Physics Major, Dissertation on the Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) Waves in the Plasmasphere Boundary Layer
September 2004 - July 2008
Awards and Honors
2021 Young Scientist Award in the International Union of Radio Science
Contact
WTC2706, William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences
17919 Waterview Pkwy, Richardson, TX 75080
xjzhang at utdallas.edu
972-883-2873