Evan's research has benefited from guidance provided by Drs. Anthea Coster, Phil Erickson, John Foster, and Shun-Rong Zhang of MIT Haystack Observatory. He also acknowledges the mentorship of Dr. Keisuke Hosokawa of the University of Electro-Communications and the assistance provided by Jun Sakai (University of Electro-Communications), Satoshi Taguchi (Kyoto University), Kazuo Shiokawa (Nagoya University), and Yuichi Otsuka (Nagoya University). Evan's research program benefited from participation in an ISR summer school and meetings sponsored by NSF, an award from the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, and an NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute experience.
Evan Thomas successfully defends his doctoral dissertation
By: miker on: Sat., Feb. 20, 2016 11:20 AM EST (7945 Reads)
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VT SuperDARN student Evan Thomas defended his doctoral disseration on Tuesday, February 16, to an examining committee of six professors. He is advised by Drs. Jo Baker and Mike Ruohoniemi. Evan is especially well known for his work in applying GPS/TEC and SuperDARN data to study ionospheric plasma structuring at mid and high latitudes. His research has involved significant collaborations with scientists at MIT Haystack Observatory and with scientists in Japan. Evan is now preparing to take up an NSF postdoctoral fellowship at Dartmouth College working with Dr. Simon Shepherd. The title of Evan's thesis is 'Morphology and dynamics of storm-time ionospheric density structures'. He is eligible to walk in graduation ceremonies in May, 2016.
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