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The MSU Solar Physics group was featured in the fall 2010 issue of Mountains & Minds, Montana State University's magazine. Read about the history of the solar physics group and the people who made it what is is today. Read the article
Meet MSU Solar Physics:

Solar Physics Faculty

Loren W. Acton, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Office: Cobleigh Hall 418
Phone: (406) 994 – 6072
E-mail: acton@physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://www.physics.montana.edu/people/facdetail.asp?id_PersonDetails=102
Select honors:
Hale Prize for lifetime achievement in solar physics, 2000

Angela Des Jardins, Ph.D.
Director of Montana Space Grant Consortium
Office: 413 Cobleigh Hall
Phone: (406) 994-6172
E-mail: Desjardins@physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/angela/

Sarah A. Jaeggli, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Office: EPS 242
Phone: (406) 994-6072
E-mail: jaeggli@solar.physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/jaeggli/

Charles Kankelborg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: EPS 260C
Phone: (406) 994-7853
E-mail: kankel@solar.physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/kankel/
Select honors:
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2008

David M. Klumpar, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Director of Space, Science & Engineering Lab
Office: Cobleigh 419
Phone: (406) 994-6169
E-mail:
Faculty website:
http://www.physics.montana.edu/people/facdetail.asp?id_PersonDetails=88

Robert Leamon, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor
Office: EPS Room 264
Phone: (301) 286-8958
E-mail:
Faculty website:
http://www.physics.montana.edu/people/facdetail.asp?id_PersonDetails=139

Dana Longcope, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: EPS Room 260D
Phone: (406) 994-7851
E-mail: dana@physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/dana/
Select honors:
Karen Harvey Prize, 2003
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2000
Faculty Early Career Development Grant from the National Science Foundation, 1998

Anna Malanushenko, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher

Piet Martens, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Office: EPS Room 247
Phone: (406) 994-4470
E-mail:
Faculty website:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/martens/

David McKenzie, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
Office: EPS Room 245
Phone: (406) 994-7843
E-mail: mckenzie@physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/mckenzie/

Eric Priest, Ph.D.
Affiliate Professor
Office: St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland
E-mail:epriest@physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://www.physics.montana.edu/people/facdetail.asp?id_PersonDetails=170
Select honors:
Hale Prize for lifetime achievement in
solar physics, 2002
Fellow of the Royal Society

Jiong Qiu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office: EPS Room 221
Phone: (406) 994-7253
E-mail: qiu@physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/qiuj/
Select honors:
Karen Harvey Award, 2007

Larry Springer
Senior Research Engineer
Office: Cobleigh 418
Phone: (406)-994-6012
E-mail:
Faculty website:
http://www.physics.montana.edu/people/facdetail.asp?id_PersonDetails=110

Aki Takeda, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Office: EPS Room 256
Phone: (406) 994-7848
E-mail: takeda@mithra.physics.montana.edu
Faculty website:
http://solar.physics.montana.edu/takeda/about_akt.html

Keiji Yoshimura, Ph.D.
Research Scientist

Solar Physics Graduate Students
Current and former MSU graduate students share their experiences
- Ernest Amouzou
- Shane Atwood
- Sean Brannon
- Hans Courrier
- Ricky Egeland
- Alec Engell
- Michael Freed
- Adam Kobelski
- Erica Lastufka
- Wenjuan Liu
- Chris Lowder
- Jake Plovanic
- Tom Rust
- Roger Scott
- Lucas Tarr
Solar Physics Alumni
| Dr. Richard Canfield | 2009 | Retired |
| Dr. Jonathan Cirtain* PECASE Award, 2011 |
2005 | Project Scientist, NASA MSFC |
| Dr. Angela Des Jardins | 2007 | Director, Montana Space Grant Consortium |
| Dr. J. Lewis Fox | 2011 | Post Doc, National Solar Observatory |
| Dr. Silvina Guidoni | 2011 | Post Doc, NASA GSFC |
| Dr. Brian Handy | 1999 | Flight Instructor, Guam |
| Dr. Maria Kazachenko | 2010 | SHINE Post Doc, UC Berkeley |
| Dr. Brian Larsen | 2007 | Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Lab |
| Dr. Anna Malanushenko | 2010 | Post Doc, Lockheed Martin |
| Dr. Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo | 2010 | Post Doc, Harvard CfA |
| Dr. Sabrina Savage | 2010 | Deputy Project Scientist, NASA MSFC |
| Dr. Jason Scott | 2012 | Research Associate, Montana State University |
| Dr. Mark Weber | 1999 | Astrophysicist, Harvard CfA |
| Dr. Brian Welsch* Karen Harvey Award, 2010 |
2002 | Research Scientist, UC Berkeley |
| Dr. Meredith Wills-Davey | 2003 | Astrophysicist, Harvard CfA |
| Dr. Henry (Trae) Winter | 2009 | Astrophysicist, Harvard CfA |

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