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Mark Moldwin
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering and Applied Sciences
University of Michigan
Education/Degree:
1 Astronomy (Boston University)
About
Mark Moldwin is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of climate and space sciences and engineering and applied physics within the University of Michigan's Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering within the College of Engineering and affiliated with the Space Physics Research Laboratory, the Robotics Institute, the African Studies Center, the Engineering Education Research program, and the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. He is currently the faculty director of M-Engin, a program within U-M's M-STEM Academy to support undergraduates academically and professionally. Prior to joining the faculty of U-M in July of 2009, Dr. Moldwin was a professor of space physics in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA (2000-2009), professor of physics and space sciences at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne (1994-2000) and a postdoctoral research fellow in the space and atmospheric sciences and non-proliferation and international security groups at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Moldwin joined the lab in 1992 after receiving his PhD in astronomy/space physics from Boston University (1993). He was awarded a BA in physics with honors from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks in 1987.
Current Work
Dr. Moldwin's primary research interests are magnetospheric, ionospheric, and heliospheric plasma physics, magnetic sensor development, and pre-college and college space science education and outreach. He has published over 160-refereed scientific articles and a textbook on these subjects. Dr. Moldwin was a NASA/ASEE Kennedy Space Center faculty fellow, a Los Alamos National Laboratory Associated Western Universities faculty fellow, and a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center visiting scientist. Professor Moldwin is a National Science Foundation CAREER Award winner and a Research Corporation Cottrell scholar. Professor Moldwin is or has been the principal or co-investigator of over 75 externally peer-reviewed scientific projects including building the magnetometers to fly on NASA's Space Technology — 5 satelli,EST the upcoming Air Force DSX mission satellite, and ground-based magnetometer deployment in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Antarctica. He is a co-founder of A2 Motus LLC an education technology company developing devices to enable teachers and students to better understand complex systems through kinesthetic activities.
Research Area Keyword(s)
first-year programs, Undergraduate recruitment and retention