Heliophysics Coalition Advocacy in Washington DC
Aurora Discussion with Elementary School
Discussion with elementary school students from PS 372, Brooklyn NY
2025
News Article
Quoted in KKCO 11News story describing the Aurora seen in Colorado in November 2025: “The science behind the aurora borealis”
News Article
Co-author on “Space Plasma Physics: A Review”, which was awarded the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science Best Paper Award (Tsurutani et al. 2024)
K-12 Presentation
Presentation on Parker Solar Probe and Space Science to 5th grade classes (Mr. Sanchez, Mr. Stone, Ms. Fernandez) at Ryan Elementary school (Lafayette CO).
News Article
Parker Solar Probe makes closest solar approach ever.
9News – Parker Solar Probe Close Approach (interview / TV segment)
Denver Gazette – Parker Solar Probe close approach (link)
News Article
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Team was awarded the Collier Trophy (News Article). This award has previously been given to Orville Wright (1913) and the Apollo 11 crew (1969)
2024
News Article
Chemical and Engineering News Article
“NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to fly through sun’s corona”
News Article
Colorado Sun News Article
“Colorado company is building its own WALL-E as it reimagines trash disposal, recycling in outer space”
News Article
News Article in Space.com
” Tragedy of the commons’ in space: We need to act now to prevent an orbital debris crisis, scientists say”
Public Talk
Public talk at LASP’s Artist in Residence Program Exhibition.
” Empty Space explores the forces that bind science, art, and our community together. In addition to the art exhibition, Empty Space will host live performances by our artists and a science Q&A session with LASP scientists.”
Panelist
Panelist in press conference discussing the debris environment near Earth – American Geophysical Union fall meeting – Dec. 2024 – Washington DC
“Space Debris: Preventing the Runaway ‘Kessler Syndrome”
Panelist
Panelist on Panel on space exploration, diverse collaborations, and ethical policies during the 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting
” Under pressure: Space exploration in our time. A new paradigm is taking shape in the space industry as the countries and entities accessing space continue to grow and diversify. This dynamic landscape creates both competition and potential for scientific collaboration, as well as the challenges and opportunities of progress.”
2023
Radio Show
Science Friday: Venus Lighting Debate Gets Lit
“A study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters last month used data from the Parker Solar Probe to argue that the whistler waves around Venus may have a different cause. Research scientist Dr. Harriet George and space plasma physicist Dr. David Malaspina of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder join guest host Flora Lichtman to talk about the finding, and what it could tell us about planets elsewhere in the galaxy.”
Public Talk
This talk introduces the NASA Decadal Survey process, discusses its successes and challenges, and describes the PILOT mission concept, which is just one of LASP’s many contributions to expanding the frontiers of space exploration.
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Ryan Elementary STEAM Night
Ryan families are invited to have fun exploring the many worlds of our solar system. Learn about the Sun and how its ocean of solar wind plasma flows through the solar system. Learn about NASA’s robotic explorers and the amazing worlds they have discovered. Use your art, engineering, and life science skills to picture how life might adapt to worlds beyond Earth, create your own planetary magnetic shield, and design future robotic explorers.
BLOG POST
Advanced Space
Advanced Space LLC describes their role in the PILOT mission concept (Malaspina PI).
2022
2021
NEWS
Hypervelocity dust impacts on a spacecraft produce plasma explosions and debris clouds
NEWS
Researchers led by undergraduate discover river of dust around the sun
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Ryan Elementary School
Presentation on the Sun, to 2nd grade classes (Ms. Box, Ms. Stout, Ms. Sanders, Ms. Kingsley) , Ryan Elementary School, Lafayette CO
2020
NEWS
Space.com
Interview for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, including sonification of Parker Solar Probe data, story picked up by space.com
NEWS
Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine
OUTREACH
CU On the Weekend Series
Watch my public lecture on Parker Solar Probe for the CU On the Weekend series
2019
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Ryan Elementary
Presentation on the Sun, to Ms. Box’s 2nd grade class, Ryan Elementary School, Lafayette CO
2018
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LASP Public Lecture
Parker Solar Probe: The First Mission to Our Nearest Star
2017
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Ryan Elementary School
Presentation on the Sun, to Ms. Lewendowski’s kindergarten class, Ryan Elementary School, Lafayette CO
2016
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Northern Colorado Astronomical Society
Presented public lecture hosted by the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society, Fort Collins, CO, “Earth’s Aurora and Radiation Belts: Exploration on the Edge of Space”
2015
NEWS
Denver Channel 9 News
Gave video interview about the Solar Probe Plus mission. Interview aired on local TV.
NEWS
850 AM
Gave live interview on 850 AM local talk radio station about the Solar Probe Plus mission
2014
OUTREACH
LASP
Hosted question and answer session with middle-school students at LASP about what it’s like to be a space scientist
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Northern Colorado Astronomical Society
Presented a public lecture hosted by the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society: “The Solar Wind and Solar Probe” in Fort Collins, CO
2013
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Students in Lebanon, New Hampshire
Skype presentation to middle school class in Lebanon, New Hampshire on Plasma and the Solar Wind
2012
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LASP Public Lecture
“Solar Probe Plus and the Solar Wind”