Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Jared R Espley

(Chief)

Jared R Espley's Contact Card & Information.
Email: jared.r.espley@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.0445
Org Code: 695
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 695
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Research Interests


Solar System magnetospheres and ionospheres

Solar System: Magnetospheres


The magnetic environment of planetary surfaces and subsurfaces

Solar System: Geophysics

Current Projects


MAVEN

Mars

On MAVEN, Jared has been a science team co-investigator since 2010 and the magnetometer instrument lead since 2018. MAVEN has been collecting data at Mars since 2014.


Juno

Jupiter

On Juno, Jared helped with the development of the magnetometer starting in 2010. Since 2014, he has a part-time assignment to NASA HQ to serve as the Juno Program Scientist. Juno has been collecting data in orbit at Jupiter since 2016.

Positions/Employment


Planetary Magnetospheres Lab Chief

Goddard - Greenbelt

July 2021 - Present


Space Scientist

Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt

2009 - Present


Postdoctoral Research Associate

Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD

2006 - 2008

Education


2000 - B.A. in Astrophysics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
2003 - M.S. in Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas
2005 - Ph.D. in Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Selected Publications


Refereed

2018. "The Martian Magnetosphere: Areas of Unsettled Terminology." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics [10.1029/2018ja025278] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "The Three-Dimensional Bow Shock of Mars as Observed by MAVEN." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics [10.1029/2018ja025366] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Interplanetary coronal mass ejection observed at STEREO-A, Mars, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Saturn, and New Horizons en route to Pluto: Comparison of its Forbush decreases at 1.4, 3.1, and 9.9 AU." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 122 (8): 7865-7890 [10.1002/2017ja023884] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "The interplanetary magnetic field observed by Juno enroute to Jupiter." Geophysical Research Letters 44 (12): 5936-5942 [10.1002/2017gl073137] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "MAVEN observations of tail current sheet flapping at Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 122 (4): 4308-4324 [10.1002/2016ja023488] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "The Juno Magnetic Field Investigation." Space Science Reviews [10.1007/s11214-017-0334-z] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "The MAVEN Magnetic Field Investigation." Space Science Reviews 195 257-291 [10.1007/s11214-015-0169-4] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "MAVEN observations of the response of Mars to an interplanetary coronal mass ejection." Science 350 (6261): aad0210-aad0210 [10.1126/science.aad0210] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Magnetotail dynamics at Mars: Initial MAVEN observations." Geophys. Res. Lett. 42 [10.1002/2015GL065248] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission." Space Sci Rev 195 (1-4): 3-48 [10.1007/s11214-015-0139-x] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "A comet engulfs Mars: MAVEN observations of comet Siding Spring's influence on the Martian magnetosphere." Geophysical Research Letters 42 (21): 8810--8818 [10.1002/2015GL066300] [Journal Article/Letter]

2007. "Absorption of MARSIS radar signals: Solar energetic particles and the daytime ionosphere." Geophysical Research Letters 34 (9): [10.1029/2006gl028829] [Journal Article/Letter]

2006. "ULF waves in planetary magnetospheres." Geophysical Monograph Series 341-359 [10.1029/169gm22] [Article in Book]

2006. "Initial observations of low-frequency magnetic fluctuations in the Martian ionosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research 111 (E6): E06S22 [10.1029/2005je002587] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Mars Global Surveyor observations of the Halloween 2003 solar superstorm's encounter with Mars." Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) 110 A09S21 [10.1029/2004JA010881] [Journal Article/Letter]

2005. "Low-frequency plasma oscillations at Mars during the October 2003 solar storm." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 110 (A9): [10.1029/2004ja010935] [Journal Article/Letter]

2004. "Observations of low-frequency magnetic oscillations in the Martian magnetosheath, magnetic pileup region, and tail." Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics) 109 A07213 [10.1029/2003JA010193] [Journal Article/Letter]