Muhammad Rafiq successfully sat his PhD Preliminary Exam on Wednesday, November 1 before a committee of six professors. Muhammad has authored and co-authored several papers on the drivers of ionospheric plasma convection at high latitudes and is currently leading on research into the nature of convection at subauroral latitudes using data from the mid-latitude SuperDARN radars. He is advised by Drs. Jo Baker and Mike Ruohoniemi. Muhammad now passes into PhD candidate status.

Congratulations, Muhammad!

Photo shows Muhammad pointing to a poster that describes some of his findings at subauroral latitudes (credit: Shibaji Chakraborty)