Heliophysics Science Division
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Marc Swisdak
Institute for Plasma Research
College Park, MD 20742-3511
Work Phone: (301) 405-1596
FAX: (301) 405-1678

  • B.S. degrees in Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy from the University of Maryland in 1994.
  • Ph.D., 1999, from the University of Colorado. Dr. Ellen Zweibel was the advisor for the 1999 thesis entitled "The Effects of Large-Scale Solar Convection on Solar Eigenfrequencies".
  • now working in Jim Drake's group at the University of Maryland on simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection.