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

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:

• Google Scholar

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]

• 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
  • https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/sectioneditors/satellite_missions

Hobbies/Interests:

Hiking; Home brewing; raising cacti and succulents; weather watching

Need to get in touch with Martin Mlynczak? Fill out the contact form below.