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Merav OpherAssistant Professor |
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Photo by Melody Komyerov/BU Photography |
H ![]() ![]() 2allDepartment of Astronomy Boston University CAS Bldg, Room 514B PHONE: (617) 358-6385 FAX: (617) 353-5704 mopher@bu.edu Announcements
PAWARDED the 2007 PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award) Movie as part of the American Museum of Natural History "Journey to Stars Show" - link here to see a short version Read NASA Press Release on Strong Interstellar Magnetic Field Read NASA Press Release on Bubbles at the Edge of the Solar System Read the story featured in Boston Globe video |
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| Research:
Magnetic Field Processes in Space |
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My research interests are magnetic field processes in space physics and
astrophysics, particularly how magnetic field affect the
interstellar medium, disks around young stars, solar, stellar
winds, jets and the early universe. I am using sophisticated state-of-the-art
numerical modeling as experiments in conjunction with
new theoretical approaches and observational
data. I am also interested in developing new computational models (such as coupling Kinetic-MHD models; PIC Codes-MHD; new AMR techniques, etc). Voyager 1 and 2, the most distant man-made
objects are right now probing the confines of the
solar system. It is believed that Voyager 1 in
December 15, 2004 has exited the Termination Shock,
the first boundary of the solar system, and now is
going through the turbulent region the Heliosheath
where magnetic effects are crucial. Voyager 2 in the
August of 2007 crossed the shock going southward
from Voyager 1. to learn more..
Merav Opher's interests are in how
plasma and magnetic effects reveal themselves in
astrophysical and space physics environments. In
particular, in how stars interact with the
surrounding media, how the solar system
interacts with the local interstellar medium,
and the interaction of extra-solar planets with
their host stars. Her other interests are in how
magnetic disturbances are driven and propagate
from the Sun to Earth. She uses state-of the art
3D computational models to investigate these
phenomena. Dr. Opher was awarded the prestigious
NSF CAREER award and the Presidential Early
Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
(PECASE) for studies of shocks in interplanetary
space. She also received the Mason Emerging
Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award. She is
actively involved in several leadership roles in
the Space Physics and Astronomy community.
She obtained her PhD in University in Sao Paulo
in 1998. Dr. Opher had her postdoctoral training
at the Plasma Group of the Physics Dept of UCLA
from 1999-2001 and was a Caltech Scholar at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory and at University of
Michigan from 2001-2004. Before coming to Boston
University, from 2005-2010 she was an associate
professor at George Mason University. See
full CV... Selected Recent Publications
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