Sven Simon

Adjunct Professor

Education

• 2012 - Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Geophysics (PD Dr. habil.), University of Cologne, Germany
• 2007 - Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Braunschweig, Germany
• 2004 - Diploma Degree in Physics, University of Braunschweig, Germany

Research

• Space plasma physics/theoretical physics
• Magnetospheres of the outer planets, large-scale magnetospheric dynamics
• Moon-magnetosphere interactions at Jupiter and Saturn
• Interactions of the Terrestrial Planets with the solar wind
• Plasma environments of small bodies (asteroids, comets)
• Computational space plasma physics
• Analytical models of fundamental processes in space plasmas
• Analysis techniques for spacecraft magnetic field data

Papers

Recent publications from the GT Space Plasma Physics group can be found here:

https://svensimon.gatech.edu/publications/