EMPLOYMENT

• 2015 - date      Research Professor, Solar Physics Group, Montana State University
• 2009 - 2015     Associate Research Professor, Solar Physics Group, Montana State University
• 2004 - 2009     Assistant Research Professor, Solar Physics Group, Montana State University
• 1998 - 2004     Research Scientist, Solar Physics Group, Montana State University
• 1997 - 1998     Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yohkoh Public Outreach Project, Montana State University

EDUCATION

• 1997     Ph.D., University of Delaware (Physics)
• 1993     M.S., University of Delaware (Physics)
• 1989     B.S., Christian Brothers University, Memphis (Physics)

AWARDS

• 2009     College of Letters and Science Award for Meritorious Research and Creativity, Montana State University

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Astronomical Society
• Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society (Treasurer)

PUBLICATIONS

• "Analysis of Flows Inside Quiescent Prominences as Captured by Hinode/Solar Optical telescope", by Freed, M.S., McKenzie, D.E., Longcope, D.W., and Wilburn, M. 2015, ApJ, 818, 57.

• "Inferring the Magnetohydrodynamic Structure of Solar Flare Supra-Arcade Plasmas from a Data Assimilated Field Transport Model", by Scott, R.B., McKenzie, D.E., & Longcope, D.W. 2016, ApJ, 819, 56.

• "Calibration of Hinode/XRT for coalignment", by Yoshimura, K., and McKenzie, D.E. 2015, Sol.Phys., 290, 2355.

• "Temperature and Electron Density Diagnostics of a Candle-Flame Shaped Flare", by Guidoni, S.E., McKenzie, D.E., Longcope, D.W., Plowman, J.E., and Yoshimura, K. 2015, ApJ, 800, 54.

• "Three-Year Global Survey of Coronal Null Points from Potential-Field-Source-Surface (PFSS) Modeling and Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Observations", by Freed, M.S., Longcope, D.W., and McKenzie, D.E. 2014, Sol. Phys., 290, 467.

• "The Space Public Outreach Team (SPOT): Adapting a Successful Outreach Programme to a New Region", by Williamson, K., Grimberg, I., Key, J., Heatherly, S.A., Des Jardins, A., Larson, S.L., Larson, M.B., and McKenzie, D., Communicating Astronomy to the Public, No. 16, December 2014, pp. 8-14. Link

• "Forward Modeling Transient Brightenings and Microflares around an Active Region Observed with Hi-C", by Kobelski, A.R., and McKenzie, D.E., 2014, ApJ, 794, 119.

• "Quiescent reconnection rate between emerging active regions and preexisting field, with associated heating: NOAA AR11112", by Tarr, L., Longcope, D., McKenzie, D., and Yoshimura, K. 2014, Sol. Phys., 289, 3331.

• "Plasma Dynamics Above Solar Flare Soft X-ray Loop Tops", by Doschek, G.A., McKenzie, D.E., and Warren, H.P. 2014, ApJ, 788, 26.

• "Modeling Active Region Transient Brightenings Observed with XRT as Multistranded Loops", by Kobelski, A.R., McKenzie, D.E., and Donachie, M. 2014, ApJ, 786, 82.

• "Calibrating Data from the Hinode/X-Ray Telescope and Associated Uncertainties", by Kobelski, A.R., Saar, S.H., Weber, M.A., McKenzie, D.E., & Reeves, K.K. 2014, Sol.Phys., 289, 2781.

• "Peristaltic Pumping in Post-Coronal Mass Ejection Supra-Arcade Current Sheets", by Scott, R.B., Longcope, D.W., & McKenzie, D.E. 2013, ApJ, 776, 54.

• "Turbulent Dynamics in Solar Flare Sheet Structures Measured with Local Correlation Tracking", by McKenzie, D.E. 2013, ApJ, 766, 39.

• "Experimental Flat-Field for Correction of XRT Contamination Spots", by McKenzie, D.E., Fox, J.L., and Kankelborg, C. 2012, in Hinode-3: The 3rd Hinode Science Meeting, Proceedings of the conference held 1-4 December 2009 at Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Edited by T. Sekii, T. Watanabe, and T. Sakurai. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 454. San Franciso: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.453.

• "Inferring Nonthermal Particle Characteristics from Thermal Emission Signatures", by Kobelski, A.R., McKenzie, D.E., and Winter, H.D. 2012, in Hinode-3: The 3rd Hinode Science Meeting, Proceedings of the conference held 1-4 December 2009 at Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Edited by T. Sekii, T. Watanabe, and T. Sakurai. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 454. San Franciso: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.333.

• "Shrinking Loops Observations for the 2008 April 9 Flare", by Savage, S.L., McKenzie, D.E., Reeves, K.K., and Forbes, T.G. 2012, in Hinode-3: The 3rd Hinode Science Meeting, Proceedings of the conference held 1-4 December 2009 at Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Edited by T. Sekii, T. Watanabe, and T. Sakurai. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 454. San Franciso: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.295.

• "Low-altitude Reconnection Inflow-Outflow Observations during a 2010 November 3 Solar Eruption", by Savage, S.L., Holman, G., Reeves, K.K., Seaton, D.B., McKenzie, D.E., and Su, Y. 2012, ApJ, 754, 13.

• "Measuring Uncertainties in the Hinode X-Ray Telescope", by Kobelski, A., Saar, S., McKenzie, D.E., Weber, M., Reeves, K., and DeLuca, E. 2012, in The Fifth Hinode Science Meeting. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 456, Proceedings of a conference held 10-14 October 2011 at Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Edited by Leon Golub, Ineke De Moortel and Toshifumi Shimizu. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.241.

• "Current Sheet and Reconnection Inflow-Outflow Observations During Solar Eruptions", by Savage, S.L., Holman, G., Reeves, K.K., Seaton, D.B., McKenzie, D.E., and Su, Y. 2012, in The Fifth Hinode Science Meeting. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 456, Proceedings of a conference held 10-14 October 2011 at Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Edited by Leon Golub, Ineke De Moortel and Toshifumi Shimizu. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.169.

• "Elemental Abundances as a New Source of Uncertainty of the Hinode/XRT Filter-ratio T and EM Analysis", by Takeda, A., Kobelski, A., McKenzie, D.E., and Yoshimura, K. 2012, in The Fifth Hinode Science Meeting. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 456, Proceedings of a conference held 10-14 October 2011 at Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Edited by Leon Golub, Ineke De Moortel and Toshifumi Shimizu. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.133.

• "A Multi-Wavelength Statistical Study of Supra-Arcade Downflows", by Savage, S.L., and McKenzie, D.E. 2012, ASP Conference Series, Vol 455, proceedings of a conference held 11-15 October 2010 in Palermo, Italy. Edited by Luis R. Bellot Rubio, Fabio Reale, and Mats Carlsson. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012, p.305.

• "Re-Interpretation of Supra-Arcade Downflows in Solar Flares", by Savage, S.L., McKenzie, D.E., and Reeves, K.K. 2012, ApJL, 747, L40 (PDF).

• "EUV Analysis of a Quasi-static Coronal Loop Structure", by Scott, J.T., Martens, P.C.H., and McKenzie, D.E. 2012, Solar Physics, 276, 113.

• "The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Education and Outreach (E/PO) Program: Changing Perceptions One Program at a Time", by Drobnes, E., Littleton, A., Pesnell, W.D., Buhr, S., Durscher, R., Hill, S., McCaffrey, M., McKenzie, D.E., Myers, D., Scherrer, D., Wawro, M., and Wolt, A. 2012, Solar Physics, 275, 391.

• "Initial Calibration of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)", by Boerner, P., and 20 coauthors, 2012, Solar Physics, 275, 41.

• "Observational Studies of Reconnection in the Solar Corona", by McKenzie, D.E. 2011, Phys. Plasmas, 18, 111205.

• "Distribution Functions of Sizes and Fluxes Determined from Supra-arcade Downflows", by McKenzie, D.E., and Savage, S.L. 2011, ApJ, 735, L6 (PDF).

• "Quantitative Examination of a Large Sample of Supra-arcade Downflows in Eruptive Solar Flares", by Savage, S.L., and McKenzie, D.E. 2011, ApJ, 730, 98.

• "Reconnection Outflows and Current Sheet Observed with Hinode/XRT in the 2008 April 9 'Cartwheel CME' Flare", by Savage, S.L., McKenzie, D.E., Reeves, K.K., Forbes, T.G., and Longcope, D.W. 2010, ApJ, 722, 329.

• "Reconstructing the Local Twist of Coronal Magnetic Fields and the Three-Dimensional Shape of the Field Lines from Corona Loops in EUV and X-Ray Images", by Malanushenko, A., Longcope, D.W., and McKenzie, D.E. 2009, ApJ, 707, 1044.

• "Resident Archive Services of the Yohkoh Legacy data Archive", by Takeda, A., Acton, L., McKenzie, D., Yoshimura, K., & Freeland, S. 2009, Data Science Journal, 8, pp. IGY1-5 (PDF).

• "Flare Physics in the Hinode Era (Keynote)", by McKenzie, D.E. 2009, The Second Hinode Science Meeting: Beyond Discovery -- Toward Understanding, ASP Conference Series, 415, 427 (PDF).

• "Detecting and Measuring Reconnection Outflows in the Hinode Era", by Savage, S.L., & McKenzie, D.E. 2009, Second Hinode Science Meeting, ASP Conference Series, 415, 455.

• "Quantitative Examination of Supra-Arcade Downflows in Eruptive Solar Flares", by McKenzie, D.E., & Savage, S. 2009, ApJ, 697, 1569 (PDF).

• "Hinode XRT observations of a long-lasting coronal sigmoid", by McKenzie, D.E., & Canfield, R.C. 2008, A&A Letters, 481, 65 (PDF).

• "Supra-Arcade Downflows: Results from Observational Analysis", by McKenzie, D.E., Savage, S.L., & Tolan, J.E. 2007, New Solar Physics with Solar-B Mission: The 6th Solar-B Science Meeting, ASP Conference Series, 369, 489 (PDF).

• "Observations of Separator Reconnection to an Emerging Active Region", by Longcope, D.W., McKenzie, D.E., Cirtain, J., & Scott, J. 2005, ApJ, 630, 596 (PDF).

• "Periodic Variations in X-Ray Emission Intensity of Coronal Loops", by D.E. McKenzie, E. Pollock, & C. Lane 2004, Proceedings of the SOHO 15 Workshop--Coronal Heating, St. Andrews, Scotland, 6-9 Deptember 2004, (ESA SP-575, December 2004).

• "Observations of 1000 km s^-1 Doppler Shifts in 10⁷ K Solar Flare Supra-Arcade", by D.E. Innes, D.E. McKenzie, & T. Wang 2003, Solar Physics, 217, 267 (PDF).

• "SUMER Spectral Observations of Postflare Supra-Arcade Inflows", by D.E. Innes, D.E. McKenzie, & T. Wang 2003, Solar Physics, 217, 247 (PDF).

• "Signatures of Reconnection in Eruptive Flares", Invited Review, by McKenzie, D.E., in Multi-Wavelength Observations of Coronal Structure and Dynamics, P.C.H. Martens and D.P. Cauffman, eds., COSPAR Colloquia Series, Elsevier Science Ltd. pub. (2002), 13, 155 (PDF).

• "The Yohkoh Public Outreach Project", by Larson, M.B., Slater, T., McKenzie, D.E., Acton, L., Alexander, D., Lemen, J., Freeland, S., & Metcalf, T., in Multi-Wavelength Observations of Coronal Structure and Dynamics, P.C.H. Martens and D.P. Cauffman, eds., COSPAR Colloquia Series, Elsevier Science Ltd. pub. (2002), 13, 117.

• "Downflows and Structure above LDE Arcades: Possible Signatures of Reconnection?", by McKenzie, D.E., and Hudson, H.S., in Proceedings of The University of Tokyo Symposium in 2000 on Magnetic Reconnection in Space and Laboratory Plasmas, M. Hoshino, R.L. Stenzel, and K. Shibata, eds. Earth Planets Space (2001), 53, 577 (PS).

• "Hard X-rays from Slow Flares", by Hudson, H.S., and McKenzie, D.E., in Proceedings of The University of Tokyo Symposium in 2000 on Magnetic Reconnection in Space and Laboratory Plasmas, M. Hoshino, R. L. Stenzel, and K. Shibata, eds. Earth Planets Space (2001), 53, 581.

• "Active Region Transient Brightenings: A Simultaneous View by TRACE, EIT, and SXT", by Berghmans, D., McKenzie, D., and Clette, F. 2001, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 369, 291.

• "Large Doppler shifts in X-ray plasma: an explosive start to coronal mass ejection", by Innes, D. E., Curdt, W., Schwenn, Solanki, S., Stenborg, G., and McKenzie, D. E. 2001, ApJ, 549, L249.

• "Observations of Solar Wave/Instability Phenomena as Imaged by EIT/SOHO, TRACE, and Yohkoh/SXT", by Berghmans, D., and McKenzie, D. 2000, in "Waves in Dusty, Solar, and Space Plasmas", AIP Conference Proceedings CP537, F. Verheest, ed., pg. 168.

• "Flare and CME onset: UV spectra show fast 3-D flow", by Innes, D.E., Curdt, W., Stenborg, G., Schwenn, R., McKenzie, D.E. 2001, in "Recent Insights into the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere: Highlights from SOHO and other Space Missions", Proceedings of IAU Symposion 203, P. Brekke, ed., p. 36. Abstract

• "Supra-arcade Downflows in Long-Duration Solar Flare Events", by D. E. McKenzie 2000, Solar Physics, 195, 381. Abstract: HTML; Full paper: PS; accompanying Movies

• "Hard X-rays from `Slow LDEs'", by Hudson, H. S., and McKenzie, D. E. in "High Energy Solar Physics: Anticipating HESSI", ASP Conference Series, Vol. 206, p. 221., 2000. R. Ramaty and N. Mandzhavidze, eds., p. 221.

• "X-Ray Observations of Motions and Structure Above a Solar Flare Arcade", by D. E. McKenzie and H. S. Hudson 1999, ApJ, 519, L93. Full paper: PS, PDF

• "Sigmoidal Morphology and Eruptive Solar Activity", by R. C. Canfield, H. S. Hudson, and D. E. McKenzie; Geophys. Res. Letters, March 15, 1999, vol. 26, no. 6, p. 627. Full paper: PDF

• "Multi-Imager Study of Transients and Propagating Disturbances in Active Region Loops (SOHO JOP80 Campaign)", by D. Berghmans, F. Clette, E. Robbrecht, and D. McKenzie 1999, in: "Ninth European Meeting on Solar Physics: Magnetic Fields and Solar Processes", ESA SP-448. A. Wilson (ed.), p. 115 Abstract

• "A Stable Filament Cavity with a Hot Core", by H. S. Hudson, L. W. Acton, K. Harvey, and D. E. McKenzie; 1999, ApJL, 513, L83. Full paper: PDF

• "A Space-Age Portrait of the Active Sun", by D. E. McKenzie and T. Slater; in The Physics Teacher, (October 1998). Full paper: HTML

• "Bringing Physics of the Sun to the Public" by T. Slater, M. B. Larson, and D. E. McKenzie; T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons in Education) (October 1998).

• "Using the WWW to Make Yohkoh SXT Images Available to the Public: The Yohkoh Public Outreach Project," by D. E. McKenzie, M. B. Larson, T. Slater, L. Acton, D. Alexander, S. Freeland, J. Lemen, and T. Metcalf; in Proceedings of the Fifth SOHO Workshop, `The Corona and Solar Wind near Minimum Activity', Oslo, Norway, 17-20 June 1997 (ESA SP-404, September 1997), pages 561-565.

• "Periodic Modulation of X-Ray Intensity from Coronal Loops: Heating by Resonant Absorption?" by D. E. McKenzie and D. Mullan 1997, Solar Physics, 176, 127.

CONTACT INFORMATION

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