Emily I Mason

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Emily I Mason

  • Research Scientist
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 674
  • COLUMBIA , MD 21044
  • Employer: CATHOLIC UNIV OF AMERICA
  • Research Interests

    Coronal Rain

    I study cool condensations which form in the corona via several mechanisms. These provide us with valuable information about heating and cooling cycles in the solar atmosphere, and can tip us off to regions where reconnection is occurring.

    Slow Solar Wind

    Prominence Eruptions

    Solar Flares

    Coronal Holes

    Positions/Employment

    1/2022 - Present

    Research Scientist

    Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA
    8/2020 - 1/2022

    NASA Postdoctoral Fellow

    NASA Goddard/USRA, GSFC
    1/2020 - 7/2020

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Catholic University of America, Washington DC

    Education

    Ph.D., Physics

    Catholic University of America

    2020

    B.S., Physics

    State University of New York at New Paltz

    2015

    B.A., Astronomy

    State University of New York at New Paltz

    2015

    B.A., Asian Studies

    State University of New York at New Paltz

    2011

    Professional Societies

    American Geophysical Union, 2013 - Present
    American Astronomical Society, 2018 - Present

    Awards

    Student Poster Award co-winner, awarded at SHINE 2019

    Outstanding Student Poster, awarded at TESS 2018

    John Mather Nobel Scholar, 2015

    Outstanding Graduate of Physics Department at SUNY New Paltz, 2015

    Publications

    Refereed

    Young, P. R., N. M. Viall, M. S. Kirk, E. I. Mason, and L. P. Chitta. 2021. "An Analysis of Spikes in Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) Data." Solar Physics, 296 (12): 181 [10.1007/s11207-021-01929-8]

    Schlenker, M. J., S. K. Antiochos, P. J. MacNeice, and E. I. Mason. 2021. "The Effect of Thermal Nonequilibrium on Helmet Streamers." The Astrophysical Journal, 916 (2): 115 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac069d]

    Mason, E. I., S. K. Antiochos, and A. Vourlidas. 2021. "An Observational Study of a “Rosetta Stone” Solar Eruption." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 914 (1): L8 [10.3847/2041-8213/ac0259]

    Mason, E. I., S. K. Antiochos, and N. M. Viall. 2019. "Observations of Solar Coronal Rain in Null Point Topologies." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 874 (2): L33 [10.3847/2041-8213/ab0c5d]

    Talks, Presentations and Posters

    Invited

    "Trigger Shy? An Observational Study of a 'Rosetta-Stone' Solar Eruption"

    2020

    Invited talk, APS Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Meeting, UMD and Princeton Plasma Physics seminars, AAS 238 press briefing & presentation

    "Solar Observations and Modeling"

    2020

    Invited talk, APS Division of Plasma Physics Student Day

    Other

    "Magnetic Origins of Cool Plasma in the Sun's Corona"

    2019

    "Observations of Coronal Rain in Null-Point Topologies"

    2018

    "Structure and Dynamics of Coronal Rain at Coronal Hole Boundaries"

    2018

    Presented at SHINE 2018

    "Observations of Condensations at Coronal Hole Boundaries: Dynamics and Implications"

    2018

    Presented at AGU Fall Meeting

    “Extreme Ultraviolet Photon Sieve Telescopes to Study the Solar Corona”

    2017

    Presentations in poster and PowerPoint form, delivered at Catholic University Research Day and Space Weather Enterprise Forum.

    “Structure and Dynamics of Helmet Streamer Coronal Rain: Or, Is This Even the Right Haystack?”

    2017

    Presented at Goddard Young Scientist Forum 2017

    “A Geomagnetic Precursor Technique for Predicting the Solar Activity Cycle”

    2015

    Poster presented at NASA Goddard intern poster session and at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2015.

    “The Substorm Gordian Knot: Onset Patterns and Frequencies”

    2014

    Poster presented at NASA Goddard intern poster session, accepted for presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2014.

    "The Search for Precursor Redline Auroral Events"

    2013

    Poster shown at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2013; presented at SUNY New Paltz invitational research dinner, and at Geospace Environment Modeling 2014 Summer Workshop.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Young, P. R., N. M. Viall, M. S. Kirk, E. I. Mason, and L. P. Chitta. 2021. "An Analysis of Spikes in Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) Data." Solar Physics 296 (12): 181 [10.1007/s11207-021-01929-8]

    Schlenker, M. J., S. K. Antiochos, P. J. MacNeice, and E. I. Mason. 2021. "The Effect of Thermal Nonequilibrium on Helmet Streamers." The Astrophysical Journal 916 (2): 115 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac069d]

    Mason, E. I., S. K. Antiochos, and A. Vourlidas. 2021. "An Observational Study of a “Rosetta Stone” Solar Eruption." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 914 (1): L8 [10.3847/2041-8213/ac0259]

    Mason, E. I., S. K. Antiochos, and N. M. Viall. 2019. "Observations of Solar Coronal Rain in Null Point Topologies." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 874 (2): L33 [10.3847/2041-8213/ab0c5d]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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