Doug Rabin studies the structure and dynamics of the solar corona and enjoys pursuing that science through new instrumentation and mission development. He was principal investigator of the Extreme Ultraviolet Normal Incidence Spectrograph (EUNIS) sounding rocket investigation through three successful flights that probed the variability of the corona and transition region on timescales as short as 20 seconds. He is deputy project scientist for the TSIS (Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor) mission operating on the International Space Station since 2018, as well as the TSIS-2 mission in development.
Doug is currently focused on spectral imaging of the corona with ultrahigh spatial resolution (less than 100 km on the Sun). To that end, he is a co-investigator on NSF's VISORS (Virtual Super Optics Reconfigurable Swarm) mission slated for launch in 2025 and leads a team developing the Coronal Microscale Observatory mission concept.
Doug Rabin also serves as associate director for staff development in the Heliophysics Science Division and senior project scientist for the Heliophysics Science Support Office. He has served on numerous NASA and NSF committees and advisory groups and is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the International Astronomical Union.