Janet Luhmann

Short description: American physicist and researcher

Janet G. Luhmann

Nationality| American
Alma mater| B.S. Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. University of Maryland
Ph.D. University of Maryland
Scientific career
Fields| Geophysics
Heliophysics
Institutions| University of California, Berkeley
NASA
Website| Research profile

Janet G. Luhmann (born 1946) is an American physicist and senior fellow of the Space Sciences Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley.[1] She has made major contributions to a wide range of topics in planetary, solar, magnetospheric, and heliospheric physics. She is the principal investigator of the IMPACT instrument suite on the twin-spacecraft STEREO mission.[2] IMPACT stands for In-situ Measurements of Particles and Coronal mass ejection (CME) Transients. It consists of a, "suite of seven instruments that samples the 3-D distribution of solar wind plasma electrons, the characteristics of the solar energetic particle (SEP) ions and electrons, and the local vector magnetic field."[3]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Research career
* 3 Awards and honors
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Early life and education

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Luhmann holds a B.S. in physics from Carnegie-Mellon University and an M.S. and Ph.D in astronomy from the University of Maryland. She began her professional research career in 1974 as a member of technical staff in the Particles and Fields Department at the Space Sciences Laboratory in the Aerospace Corporation, California. In 1980, she took up a research geophysicist position at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1994, she was appointed as a senior fellow at the space sciences laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley.

## Research career

Luhmann's work focuses on the use of spacecraft observations and models to investigate solar wind interactions with the planets and the connections between the Sun and heliospheric conditions.[4] She has published approximately 500 refereed articles, with around 29,000 citations and a h-index of 88, making her one of the most prominent scientists in the field.[5]

She is the principal investigator (PI) for the In-situ Measurements of Particles and CME Transients (IMPACT) instrument suite on the twin-spacecraft STEREO mission.[6] IMPACT provides solar wind plasma and magnetic field measurements. Previously, Luhmann was Deputy PI of the MAVEN mission at Mars.[7] She has served as a co-investigator on the ASPERA plasma spectrometer team on both Mars Express and Venus Express, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter, and the POLAR mission, and a science team member on Cassini’s Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer Team, and the Phobos mission to Mars.

Luhmann led the heliospheric science activity for the National Science Foundation-sponsored Center for Space Weather Modeling.[8]

## Awards and honors

Selected by the National Academy of Science to chair the most influential committee in her field, the Committee on Solar and Space Physics (CSSP).[9]

Chair of the NRC Committee on Solar and Space Physics (CSSP).[10]

2021: Jean Dominique Cassini Medal & Honorary Membership of the European Geosciences Union.[citation needed]

In 2015, she was awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal Astronomical Society.[11]

In 2012, she was awarded the Space Science Award from the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).[12]

Also in 2012, Luhmann gave the American Geophysical Union's Eugene Parker Lecture, which is presented two out of every three years to a space scientist who has made significant contributions to the fields of solar and heliospheric science.[13]

2007: Awarded the John Adam Fleming medal of the American Geophysical Union for original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and related sciences.[10]

1998-2001: Editor in chief of Journal of Geophysical Research.[14]

1997: She was made a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.[15]

1994-1996: Appointed president of the American Geophysical Union Space Physics and Aeronomy Section.[16]

## See also

* List of women in leadership positions on astronomical instrumentation projects

## References

1. ↑ "Janet Luhmann » Planetary Members". 2018-08-25. https://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/science/groups/planetary-members/name/janet-luhmann/.
2. ↑ Luhmann, J. G.; Curtis, D. W.; Schroeder, P.; McCauley, J.; Lin, R. P.; Larson, D. E.; Bale, S. D.; Sauvaud, J.-A. et al. (April 2008). "STEREO IMPACT Investigation Goals, Measurements, and Data Products Overview". Space Science Reviews 136 (1–4): 117–184. doi:10.1007/s11214-007-9170-x. ISSN 0038-6308. Bibcode: 2008SSRv..136..117L.
3. ↑ "STEREO/IMPACT - About IMPACT". http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact/about_impact.html.
4. ↑ Luhmann, Janet G.; Pollack, James B.; Colin, Lawrence (1994). "The Pioneer Mission to Venus". Scientific American 270 (4): 90–97. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0494-90. Bibcode: 1994SciAm.270d..90L.
5. ↑ "Janet G Luhmann - Google Scholar Citations". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nvv94oMAAAAJ&hl=en.
6. ↑ "STEREO/IMPACT". http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/impact/.
7. ↑ Garner, Rob (2016-06-02). "MAVEN Team". http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/team/index.html.
8. ↑ "Center for Integrated Solar Weather Modeling". http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/cism/.
9. ↑ Climate, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and; Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and; Studies, Division on Earth and Life; Council, National Research (1998-11-05). The Atmospheric Sciences: Entering the Twenty-First Century. National Academies Press. ISBN 9780309517652. https://books.google.com/books?id=U7NuAgAAQBAJ&q=Committee+on+Solar+and+Space+Physics+luhmann.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Janet G. Luhmann". https://honors.agu.org/winners/janet-g-luhmann/.
11. ↑ "RAS Awards 2015RAS AWARDS". Astronomy & Geophysics 56 (1): 1.10–1.11. 2015-02-01. doi:10.1093/astrogeo/atv022. ISSN 1366-8781. https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/56/1/1.10/262379.
12. ↑ "Space Science Award | COSPAR". https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/awards/space-science-medal.
13. ↑ "Eugene Parker Lecture | AGU". https://www.agu.org/Honor-and-Recognize/Honors/Section-Awards/Parker-Lecture.
14. ↑ "Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics". doi:10.1002/(ISSN)2169-9402. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/21699402/previous-editors.
15. ↑ "Fellows Alphabetical List". https://honors.agu.org/fellows/fellows-alpha-list/.
16. ↑ "Portrait of Janet Luhmann Luhmann Janet A1". 2014-02-24. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/photos/luhmann-janet-a1.

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