Martin Mlynczak (NASA)
Title: Senior Research Scientist
Mission/Project/Group: SABER, FORUM, NICEcube
Technical Focus Area: Climate Science, Atmospheric Composition, Flight Projects, Airborne Science, Space Physics and Aeronomy
Study Topics: Whole atmosphere climate change; solar variability of the upper atmosphere; space weather forecasting; water vapor and related climate feedbacks associated with the far-infrared
Email: m.g.mlynczak@nasa.gov
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PDFs:
- CV // SPIE PROCEEDINGS // INVITED LECTURES // PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- Fall 2014 AGU Poster(SA43A-4081) : Middle Atmosphere Sounder and Thermal Emission Radiometer - MASTER
Professional Experience:
- NASA Langley Research Center (1986 – present)
- Senior Research Scientist College of William and Mary (1995-2000)
- Adjunct Professor of Applied Science Christopher Newport University (2016 – present)
- Adjunct Professor of Physics/Capstone Mentor
Publications:
Virtual Presentations:
- 2021 CEDAR Prize Lecture, Energy Balance and Long-Term Change in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere [YouTube]
- AGU Press Conference, The Weak Solar Cycle and Its Consequences [YouTube]
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NASA ScienceCasts, The Surprising Power of a Solar Storm [YouTube]
Notable Awards:
- Rhodes Scholarship Candidate, 1980
- Outstanding Graduate Student Award, University of Michigan, 1988
- Affiliate Scientist, NCAR High Altitude Observatory, 2000-present
- Alumni Society Merit Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004
- World Meteorological Organization Norbert Gerbier-Mumm Award, 2005
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Missouri–St. Louis, Dept. of Physics, 2006
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Missouri–St. Louis, 2007
- Marcus O’Day Memorial Award, for best paper, Air Force Research Laboratory, 2009
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal, 2012 (This is the highest honor NASA bestows)
- NASA Exceptional Service Medal, 2009
- NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, 2003
- Eight (8) NASA Group Achievement Awards
- NASA Langley H.J.E. Reid Award, Best Center-wide Research Publication, 2015 and 1995
- NASA Langley J.D. Lawrence Award, Best Science Directorate Publication, 2010; 2015
- NASA Langley Floyd Thompson Fellowship, 1998-1999 (Sabbatical at NCAR HAO)
- Two (2) NASA Langley Team Awards (FORGE and INFLAME Projects, 2010)
- NASA Langley Center Director’s Award, 2012
- Eight (8) NASA Langley Certificates of Outstanding Performance
- Fourteen (14) NASA Langley Superior Accomplishment Awards
Professional Memberships:
- American Geophysical Union
- Sigma Xi
- The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Education:
- Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, U. Michigan, 1989
- M. S., Meteorology, U. Wisconsin, 1984
- B. S., Physics, summa cum laude, 1981
National/International Positions:
- Principal Investigator, SABER instrument, NASA TIMED satellite
- Mission Advisory Group to the European Space Agency for the FORUM satellite mission
- Editor, Remote Sensing, Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration
Hobbies/Interests:
Hiking; Home brewing; raising cacti and succulents; weather watching
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