Dr. DesJardin received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park under Christine Hartzell for work on space debris detection via plasma solitons. He is now a postdoc at GSFC.
Ian DesJardin
(Research Scientist.)
| Email: | ian.m.desjardin@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | 673 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 673 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | CATHOLIC UNIV OF AMERICA |
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Post-doctoral Research Associate
Partnership for Heliophysics and Space Environment Research (PHaSER), The Catholic University of America - Greenbelt, MD
October 2024 - Present
Education
Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (2024)
M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (2022)
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, minor in Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo (2020)
B.A. Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo (2020)
Awards
Los Alamos National Laboratory Vela Fellowship, 2023
Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, 2020-2024
Publications
Refereed
2025. "Simulated cusp ion dispersions and the day-side magnetopause reconnection rate.", Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 12 1704328 [10.3389/fspas.2025.1704328] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Calculation of the dayside reconnection rate from cusp ion-energy dispersion.", Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 12 1607611 [10.3389/fspas.2025.1607611] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Reexamining the supercritical bound of ion acoustic solitons.", Physical Review E, 111 (2): 025204 [10.1103/physreve.111.025204] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Development of an Empirical Model of the Force between Paramagnetic Particles in Uniform Magnetic Field on M-type Asteroids.", The Planetary Science Journal, 4 (7): 129 [10.3847/psj/ace323] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Nonlinear spectral analysis of ion acoustic solitons arising from a streaming charged object using the numerical inverse scattering transform.", Physics of Plasmas, 29 (11): 112116 [10.1063/5.0122918] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Self-organized standing waves generated by AC-driven electron cyclotron drift instabilities.", Applied Physics Letters, 115 (23): 234103 [10.1063/1.5131019] [Journal Article/Letter]