Dr. James A. Slavin is the Director of the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2005 - ). Previously, he was the Head of the Electrodynamics Branch (1989 2005), Discipline Scientist for Magnetospheric Physics at NASA Headquarters (1986-7), and a Staff Scientist at the California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1982-7). Dr. Slavin has served or is presently serving as a Science Investigator on 19 Heliophysics and Planetary Science missions including the on-going WIND, Cluster, and MESSENGER missions and the Magnetospheric MultiScale and BepiColombo missions that are currently in development with NASA and ESA JAXA, respectively. He is the author or co-author of over 270 scientific articles concerning the solar wind interaction with planets and comets, the structure and dynamics of planetary magnetospheres, and magnetospheric substorms. Dr. Slavin has supervised seven post-doctoral fellows while at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and frequently participates in the organization of scientific meetings and in editorial capacities for various journals and monographs. He is a recipient of the NASA Medal for Exceptional Achievement in 2004 and a University of California Regent's Fellow in Space Physics for 2005-6.
Education
B.S., Physics, Case Institute of Technology, 1976
M.S., Space Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978
Ph.D., Space Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1982
Publications
Lepping, R. P., M. A. Acuna, L. F. Burlaga, W. M. Farrell, J. A. Slavin, K. H. Schatten, F. Mariani, N. F. Ness, F. M. Neubauer, Y. C. Whang, J. B. Byrnes, P. V. Panetta, J. Scheifele, and E. M. Worley (1995); The Wind Magnetic Field Instrument, Space Sci. Rev., 71, 207 (413 Citations)
Slavin, J. A., E. J. Smith, D. G. Sibeck, D. N. Baker, R. D. Zwickl, and S. I. Akasofu (1985); An ISEE 3 Study of Average and Substorm Conditions in the Distant Magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 10,875 (228 Citations)
Hones, E. W., Jr., D. N. Baker, S. J. Bame, W. C. Feldman, J. T. Gosling, D. J. McComas, R. D. Zwickl, J. A. Slavin, E. J. Smith, and B. T. Tsurutani (1984); Structure of the Magnetotail at 220 Re and Its Response to Geomagnetic Activity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 5 (177 Citations)
Riedler, W., K. Schwingenschuh, H. Lichtenegger, D. Mohlmann, J. Rustenbach, Ye. Yeroshenko, J. Achache, J. Slavin, J. G. Luhmann, and C. T. Russell (1991); Interaction of the Solar Wind with the Planet Mars: Phobos 2 Magnetic Field Observations, Planet. Space Sci., 39, 75 (146 Citations)
Balogh, A., M. W. Dunlop, S. W. H. Cowley, D. J. Southwood, J. G. Thomlinson, K. H. Galssmeier, G. Musmann, H. Luhr, S. Buchert, M. H. Acuna, D. H. Fairfield, J. A. Slavin, W. Reidler, K. Schwingenschuh, M. G. Kivelson, and the Cluster Magnetometer Team (1997); The Cluster Magnetic Fields Investigation, Space Sci. Rev., 79, 65 (132 Citations)
Holzer, R. E., and J. A. Slavin (1978); Magnetic Flux Transfer Associated with Expansions and Contractions of the Dayside Magnetosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 83, 3,831 (121 Citations)
Slavin, J. A., and R. E. Holzer (1981); Solar Wind Flow about the Terrestrial Planets, Modeling Bow Shock Position and Shape, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 11,401 (120 Citations)
Smith, E. J., B. T. Tsurutani, J. A. Slavin, D. E. Jones, G. L. Siscoe, and D. A. Mendis (1986); ICE Encounter with Giacobini Zinner: Magnetic Field Observations, Science, 232, 382, (118 Citations)
Zwickl, R. D., D. N. Baker, S. J. Bame, W. C. Feldman, J. T. Gosling, E. W. Hones, Jr., D. J. McComas, B. T. Tsurutani, and J. A. Slavin (1984); Evolution of the Earth's Distant Magnetotail: ISEE 3 Electron Plasma Results, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 11,007 (116 Citations)
Feldman, W. C., S. J. Schwartz, S. J. Bame, D. N. Baker, J. Birn, J. T. Gosling, E. W. Hones, Jr., D. J. McComas, J. A. Slavin, E. J. Smith, and R. D. Zwickl (1984); Evidence for Slow mode Shocks in the Deep Geomagnetic Tail, Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 599 (103 Citations)
Peredo, M., J. A. Slavin, E. L. Mazur, and S. A. Curtis (1995); The 3-D Position and Shape of the Bow Shock and their Variation with Ma, Ms, Mms and IMF Orientation, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 7,907 (91 Citations)
Slavin, J. A., B. T. Tsurutani, E. J. Smith, D. E. Jones, and D. G. Sibeck (1983); Average Configuration of the Distant Magnetotail: Initial ISEE 3 Magnetic Field Results, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 973 (90 Citations)
Slavin, J. A., E. J. Smith, B. T. Tsurutani, D. G. Sibeck, H. J. Singer, D. N. Baker, J. T. Gosling, E. W. Hones, and F. L. Scarf, Substorm Associated Traveling Compression Regions in the Distant Tail: ISEE 3 Geotail Observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 657, 1984. (89 Citations)
Russell, C.T., R.C. Elphic, and J.A. Slavin (1979); Initial Pioneer Venus Magnetic Field Results: Dayside Observations, Science, 203, 745 (85 Citations)
Southwood, D. J., M. G. Kivelson, R. J. Walker, and J. A. Slavin (1980); Io and its Plasma Environment, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 5,959 (81 Citations)
Baker, D. N., R. C. Anderson, R. D. Zwickl, and J. A. Slavin (1987); Average Plasma and Magnetic Field Variations in the Distant Magnetotail Associated with Near Earth Substorm Effects, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 71 (79 Citations)
Sibeck, D. G., G. L. Siscoe, J. A. Slavin, E. J. Smith, B. T. Tsurutani, and R. P. Lepping (1985); The Distant Magnetotail's Response to a Strong IMF By: Twisting, Flattening, and Field Line Bending, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 4,011 (77 Citations)
Slavin, J. A., M. F. Smith, E. L. Mazur, D. N. Baker, T. Iyemori, and E. W. Greenstadt (1993); ISEE-3 Observations of Traveling Compression Regions in the Earth's Magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 15,425 (74 Citations)
Slavin, J. A., R. E. Holzer, J. R. Spreiter, S. S. Stahara, and D. S. Chaussee, Solar Wind Flow about the Terrestrial Planets, 2. Comparisons with Gasdynamic Theory and Implications for Solar Planetary Interactions (1983); J. Geophys. Res., 88, 19 (68 Citations)
Slavin, J. A., D. N. Baker, J. D. Craven, R. C. Elphic, D. H. Fairfield, L. A. Frank, A. B. Galvin, W. J. Hughes, R. H. Manka, D. G. Mitchell, I. G. Richardson, T. R. Sanderson, D. J. Sibeck, H. J. Singer, E. J. Smith, and R. D. Zwickl (1989); CDAW 8 Observations of Plasmoid Signatures in the Geomagnetic Tail: An Assessment, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 15,153 (68 Citations)
Slavin, J. A., and R. E. Holzer (1982); The Solar Wind Interaction with Mars Revisited, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 10,285 (62 Citations)
