Leon Ofman
Education
1992			Ph. D., Plasma Physics, University of Texas at Austin
1988			M. Sc., Plasma Physics, Tel-Aviv University
1986			B. Sc., Physics, Tel-Aviv University 

Work Experience:
 2001 - present	        Research Associate Professor, Catholic University of America
 1999 - 2001		Chief Scientist, Raytheon ITSS Corporation at NASA GSFC
 1997 - 1999		Chief Scientist, Hughes STX Corporation at NASA GSFC
 1996 - 1997		Principal Scientist, Hughes STX Corporation at NASA GSFC
 1994 - 1995		Senior Scientist, Hughes STX Corporation at NASA GSFC
 1992 - 1994		National Research Council Research Associate at NASA GSFC
 1989 - 1992		Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin
 1989 - 1989		Physicist, Orbot Instruments Ltd., Israel
 1984 - 1988		Research Assistant, Tel-Aviv University

Membership in professional organizations:
American Astronomical Society - Solar Physics Division, American Geophysical Union, 
American Physical Society - Division of Plasma Physics, International Astronomical Union, 
Committee on Space Research.

Research Areas: Solar plasma physics; Magnetohydrodynamics; Fluid waves and instabilities; Kinetic
waves and instabilities; Numerical MHD; Hybrid kinetic models; Solar active regions; Coronal Mass
Ejections; Coronal heating; Solar wind; EUV observations.

Publications: More than 80 research papers in refereed journals, and in conference proceeding.

Selected recent publications:

Xie, H., Ofman, L., and Vinas, A.F., Multiple Ions Resonant Heating and Acceleration by
Alfven/Cyclotron Fluctuations in the Corona and the Solar Wind, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109,
A08103, doi:10.1029/2004JA010501, 2004.

Ofman, L., Coronal Heating in Open vs. Closed Field, Proceedings of the 15th SOHO Workshop, Coronal
Heating, ESA SP-575, pp. 41-49, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 2004.

Ofman, L., Three fluid model of the heating and acceleration of the fast solar wind, Journal of
Geophysical Research, 109, A07102, doi:10.1029/2003JA010221, 2004.

Terradas, J., and Ofman, L., Loop Density Enhancement By Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, The
Astrophysical Journal, 610, 523, 2004.

Ofman, L., Wang, T.J., Hot Coronal Loop Oscillations Observed by SUMER: Slow Magnetosonic Wave 
Damping by Thermal Conduction, The Astrophysical Journal, 580, L85, 2002.

Ofman, L., Thompson, B.J., Interaction of EIT Waves with Coronal Active Regions, The Astrophysical
Journal, 574, 440, 2002.

Ofman, L., M. J. Aschwanden, Damping Time Scaling of Coronal Loop Oscillations Deduced from TRACE
Observations, The Astrophysical Journal, 576, L153, 2002.