Research Team

• Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU).
• Researcher at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP).

Research Topics:

• Sounding rocket instrument development
• Ionospheric density structure and evolution

Research Topic:

• Lightning-generated plasma waves in planetary magnetospheres

Fellowship:

• George Ellery Hale Graduate Fellowship

Research Topic:

• Plasma wave instabilities in the near-Sun solar wind

Research Topic:

• Ion acoustic waves in the near-Sun solar wind with Parker Solar Probe
• Plasma waves near Venus Parker Solar Probe

Awards:

• Best Poster Award: Geophysics Environmental Modeling meeting - Summer 2026
• Charles A. Barth Scholarship for undergraduate space research

Research Topic:

• Quantum computation-ready machine learning models
• Electrostatic solitary waves in the solar wind

Research Topic:

• Zodiacal dust detection in the near Sun solar wind

Research Topic:

• DUSTER / RESOLVE Instrument Development

Dissertation Title:

• Quiescent Regions: Origins and Evolution of Parker-Like Solar Wind Streams in the Near-Sun Environment

Won:

• NASA FINESST Grant (Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology)

Awarded:

• John T. Gosling  Fellowship

Post-Group Position:

• Space Magnetometer Scientist at CU CIRES / NOAA

Research Topic:

• Interstellar dust flux through the inner heliosphere

Awarded:

• CU STEM-Routes Research Grant
• LASP Charles A. Barth Scholarship
• Stephen Halley White Undergraduate Research Award, the Highest Honor for Undergraduates in Physics

Post-Group Position:

• Organic Farm CEO

Research Topic:

• Low-frequency plasma waves in the Venus induced magnetosphere
• Spacecraft charging in the near-Sun environment

Awards:

• Charles Barth Scholarship
• Best Poster - CU Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium

Post-Group Position:

• Astrophysics PhD Student at Boston University

Research Topic:

• Current sheets in the near Sun solar wind

Awarded:

• CU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant

Post-group Position:

• Park Ranger and Night Sky Guide at Glacier National Park

Research Topic:

• Magnetic signatures of hypervelocity dust impacts on spacecraft

Awarded:

• CU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant

Post-group Position:

• Graduate student at University of Arizona

Research Topic:

• Interplanetary dust variability in the inner heliosphere

Post-group Position:

• Graduate student at Lund University, Sweden

Research Topic:

• Machine learning identification of lightning generated whistler mode waves in Earth’s magnetosphere

Research Topic:

• Interplanetary dust populations detected by Parker Solar Probe

Post-group Position:

• Graduate Student at University of California, Berkeley

Press Releases on Anna's Publication:

• University of Colorado
• Princeton
• NASA/APL

Research Topic:

• Interplanetary dust variation in the near-Sun solar wind

Post-group Position:

• Engineering/Physics student at Colorado School of Mines

Research Topic:

• Currents and Waves in Earth’s Magnetic Field

Post-group Position:

• Satellite Test Engineer at General Atomics

Research Topic:

• The Influence of Plasmapause Location on Radiation Belt Particle Populations

Post-group Position:

• Graduate Student at UCLA Astronomy & Astrophysics program

Research Topic:

• Variation of Whistler-mode Chorus Waves with Solar Wind Driving Conditions

Post-group Position:

• Cardinal Financial Company

Research Topic:

• Re-interpretation of STEREO dust data based on laboratory dust accelerator testing

Post-group Position:

• Apollo Flight Labs, developing Jet-Powered Flying Motorcycle

Research Topic:

• Hypervelocity dust impacts on the Wind spacecraft

Post-group Position:

• Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp

Research Topic:

• Interplanetary dust populations & directionality in the inner heliosphere detected by Parker Solar Probe

Awarded:

• CU Esteemed Scholars Award (scholarship)

Post-Group Position:

• Graduate Student in Aerospace Engineering (Masters, CU Boulder)
• Test Engineer at Redwire Corporation

Research Topic:

• DENTS Debris detector instrument development

Research Topic:

• Ion acoustic waves in the Solar wind
• Sonification of plasma wave data

Research Topic:

• Ion acoustic waves in the near-Sun solar wind with Parker Solar Probe

Awards:

• Best Speaker: Colorado Undergraduate Physics Conference (2025)
• Graduated Magna cum laude honors from Physics and Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Post-Group Position:

• PhD student in UT Dallas Physics Department

Research Topic:

• Low Earth orbit debris orbital analysis for DENTS debris detector

Post-Group Position:

• BAE Systems aerospace company

Research Topic:

• Machine-learning identification of plasma waves in Earth's inner magnetosphere

Post-Group Position:

• Commercial Government Contractor: Machine learning-based data analyist

Research Topics:

• Solar wind interaction with Venus
• VLF wave activity in Earth’s radiation belts
• Plasma waves in the Uranus magnetosphere
• Plasma injections in Earth's magnetosphere

Post-Group Position:

• Researcher at Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF)

Research Topics:

• Plasma waves at boundaries in the inner magnetosphere, including dipolarization fronts
• Driving of the STEVE auroral form
• Machine learning applied to inner magnetospheric processes

Post-group Position:

• Research Scientist at CU/LASP

Research Topics:

• Wave-particle interactions in the near-Sun solar wind
• Frequency-varying ion acoustic waves near the Earth’s bow shock
• Statistical studies of ion-scale plasma waves in the near-Sun solar wind.

Post-group Position:

• Data Scientist at SFL Scientific – AI Consulting

Research Topics:

• Ion acoustic waves in the solar wind
• Electron precipitation from Earth's radiation belts

Post-Group Position:

• Geophysics researcher in Chile