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Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla

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  • Mail Code: 672
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA

    • Brief Bio

    Dr. Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla is a research astrophysics in the Heliophysics Science Division of the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA Project Scientist for the Solar Orbiter Collaboration (ESA/NASA) mission and Adjunct Profesor at the Catholic University of America. She has over 17 years of professional experience in the study electromagnetic fields, space plasmas and energetic particles as they relate to the understanding of the properties of large-scale structures of the solar wind. 

    She currently serves as NASA Project Scientist for the Solar Orbiter Collaboration (ESA/NASA) mission directing the mission, the science working groups and representing science teams to NASA Project Management and Program Office. She oversights all elements of the project implementation and serve as a scientific spokesperson and advocate on behalf of the Mission. She also maintains close professional contacts with the U.S. and international science community and work closely with other scientists and programmers in order to ensure that flight hardware, data processing computer algorithms and data analysis and archiving software applications are developed according to international standards.

    She has undertaken and contributed to high quality research related to CME structure, and evolution in the heliosphere to advance NASA strategic goals. She is the team leader of the Large-Scale Structures Originating from the Sun (LASSOS) at GSFC to promote the transition from fundamental science to space weather operations activities, and to models and techniques to broadly applicable tools and resources to support the scientific activities in the community.

    Dr. Nieves Chinchilla has authored and coauthored 80+ publications in peer-reviewed professional journals and she has served as referee and guest editor in such journals as well. She has 300+ contributions to conferences, workshops and meetings, and promote the scientific synergies by participating and session organizer or in the organizing committees.

    She is also serving as mentor for postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students, enabling science and providing advice to early career scientists, promoting the diversity and the know-how transition to new generations.

    Prior to joining GSFC’s Heliophysics Science Division in 2009, through the NASA Post-doctoral Program (NPP) and scientific contractor through The Catholic University of America (CUA). Dr. Nieves-Chinchilla earned her Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Alcala de Henares University in Madrid, Spain, in 2004.

    Professional Service

    • She is a member of the Standing Review Board (SRB) member for the Single Design Review (SRD) of the Heliophysics Environment and Radiation Measurement Experiment (HERMES) onboard the Lunar Gateway.
    • She served as Coordinator and Steering committee member of the Solar Heliospheric and INternaplanetary Environment (SHINE) community and workshop (2018-2022).
    • She was a founder of the Españoles Científicos en USA (ECUSA), served as vice-president and president (2014-2016). ECUSA is a non-profit scientific organization that aims to educate, inspire and train new scientists generations and researchers and also create a network to promote their career opportunities.

    Awards

    2023 - Honorary Member of ECUSA

    2022 - Robert Goddard Award –Mentoring, NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center.

    2014, 2017, 2022 - Peer award. In recognition and appreciation of superior performance of a special act, service, or achievement, NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division.

    2021 - Solar Physics Journal metrics released on 2020 highlighted that my paper ‘Understanding the Internal Magnetic Field Configurations of ICMEs Using More than 20 Years of Wind Observations’ by T. Nieves-Chinchilla, et al. was selected as one of the ‘influential’ articles in 2020.

    2006 - Fellowship, NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) at GSFC NASA.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Jensen, E. A., N. Gopalswamy, L. B. Wilson, et al. L. K. Jian, S. F. Fung, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, M. Shelton, L. Li, M. Deshpande, L. Purves, J. Lazio, W. B. Manchester, B. E. Wood, J. E. Kooi, D. B. Wexler, S. Bale, A. Pevtsov, B. V. Jackson, and M. N. Kenny. 2023. "The Faraday Effect Tracker of Coronal and Heliospheric Structures (FETCH) instrument." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 10: 1064069 [10.3389/fspas.2023.1064069]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., N. Alzate, H. Cremades, et al. L. Rodríguez-García, L. F. G. Dos Santos, A. Narock, H. Xie, A. Szabo, E. Palmerio, V. Krupar, M. Pulupa, D. Lario, M. L. Stevens, L. B. Wilson, R.-Y. Kwon, M. L. Mays, O. C. St. Cyr, P. Hess, K. K. Reeves, D. B. Seaton, T. Niembro, S. D. Bale, and J. C. Kasper. 2022. "Direct First Parker Solar Probe Observation of the Interaction of Two Successive Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections in 2020 November." The Astrophysical Journal, 930 (1): 88 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac590b]

    Kooi, J. E., D. B. Wexler, E. A. Jensen, et al. M. N. Kenny, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, L. B. Wilson, B. E. Wood, L. K. Jian, S. F. Fung, A. Pevtsov, N. Gopalswamy, and W. B. Manchester. 2022. "Modern Faraday Rotation Studies to Probe the Solar Wind." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9: id 841866 [10.3389/fspas.2022.841866]

    Narock, T., A. Narock, L. F. Dos Santos, and T. Nieves-Chinchilla. 2022. "Identification of Flux Rope Orientation via Neural Networks." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9: [10.3389/fspas.2022.838442]

    Lario, D., I. G. Richardson, E. Palmerio, et al. N. Lugaz, S. D. Bale, M. L. Stevens, C. M. Cohen, J. Giacalone, D. G. Mitchell, A. Szabo, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, L. B. Wilson, E. R. Christian, M. E. Hill, D. J. McComas, R. L. McNutt, N. A. Schwadron, and M. E. Wiedenbeck. 2021. "Comparative Analysis of the 2020 November 29 Solar Energetic Particle Event Observed by Parker Solar Probe." The Astrophysical Journal, 920 (2): 123 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac157f]

    dos Santos, L. F., A. Narock, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, M. Nuñez, and M. Kirk. 2020. "Identifying Flux Rope Signatures Using a Deep Neural Network." Solar Physics, 295 (10): 131 [10.1007/s11207-020-01697-x]

    Zouganelis, I., A. De Groof, A. P. Walsh, et al. D. R. Williams, D. Müller, O. C. St Cyr, F. Auchère, D. Berghmans, A. Fludra, T. S. Horbury, R. A. Howard, S. Krucker, M. Maksimovic, C. J. Owen, J. Rodríguez-Pacheco, M. Romoli, S. K. Solanki, C. Watson, L. Sanchez, J. Lefort, P. Osuna, H. R. Gilbert, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, L. Abbo, O. Alexandrova, A. Anastasiadis, V. Andretta, E. Antonucci, T. Appourchaux, A. Aran, C. N. Arge, G. Aulanier, D. Baker, S. D. Bale, M. Battaglia, L. Bellot Rubio, A. Bemporad, M. Berthomier, K. Bocchialini, X. Bonnin, A. S. Brun, R. Bruno, E. Buchlin, J. Büchner, R. Bucik, F. Carcaboso, R. Carr, I. Carrasco-Blázquez, B. Cecconi, I. Cernuda Cangas, C. H. Chen, L. P. Chitta, T. Chust, K. Dalmasse, R. D’Amicis, V. Da Deppo, R. De Marco, S. Dolei, L. Dolla, T. Dudok de Wit, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, J. P. Eastwood, F. Espinosa Lara, L. Etesi, A. Fedorov, F. Félix-Redondo, S. Fineschi, B. Fleck, D. Fontaine, N. J. Fox, A. Gandorfer, V. Génot, M. K. Georgoulis, S. Gissot, A. Giunta, L. Gizon, R. Gómez-Herrero, C. Gontikakis, G. Graham, L. Green, T. Grundy, M. Haberreiter, L. K. Harra, D. M. Hassler, J. Hirzberger, G. C. Ho, G. Hurford, D. Innes, K. Issautier, A. W. James, N. Janitzek, M. Janvier, N. Jeffrey, J. Jenkins, Y. Khotyaintsev, K.-L. Klein, E. P. Kontar, I. Kontogiannis, C. Krafft, V. Krasnoselskikh, M. Kretzschmar, N. Labrosse, A. Lagg, F. Landini, B. Lavraud, I. Leon, S. T. Lepri, G. R. Lewis, P. Liewer, J. Linker, S. Livi, D. M. Long, P. Louarn, O. Malandraki, S. Maloney, V. Martinez-Pillet, M. Martinovic, A. Masson, S. Matthews, L. Matteini, N. Meyer-Vernet, K. Moraitis, R. J. Morton, S. Musset, G. Nicolaou, A. Nindos, H. O’Brien, D. Orozco Suarez, M. Owens, M. Pancrazzi, A. Papaioannou, S. Parenti, E. Pariat, S. Patsourakos, D. Perrone, H. Peter, R. F. Pinto, C. Plainaki, D. Plettemeier, S. P. Plunkett, J. M. Raines, N. Raouafi, H. Reid, A. Retino, L. Rezeau, P. Rochus, L. Rodriguez, L. Rodriguez-Garcia, M. Roth, A. P. Rouillard, F. Sahraoui, C. Sasso, J. Schou, U. Schühle, L. Sorriso-Valvo, J. Soucek, D. Spadaro, M. Stangalini, D. Stansby, M. Steller, A. Strugarek, Š. Štverák, R. Susino, D. Telloni, C. Terasa, L. Teriaca, S. Toledo-Redondo, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, G. Tsiropoula, A. Tsounis, K. Tziotziou, F. Valentini, A. Vaivads, A. Vecchio, M. Velli, C. Verbeeck, A. Verdini, D. Verscharen, N. Vilmer, A. Vourlidas, R. Wicks, R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber, T. Wiegelmann, P. R. Young, and A. N. Zhukov. 2020. "The Solar Orbiter Science Activity Plan." Astronomy & Astrophysics, 642: A3 [10.1051/0004-6361/202038445]

    Wilson, L. B., A. Brosius, N. Gopalswamy, et al. T. Nieves-Chinchilla, A. Szabo, K. C. Hurley, T.-D. Phan, J. C. Kasper, I. G. Richardson, N. Lugaz, C. Chen, D. Verscharen, R. T. Wicks, and J. M. TenBarge. 2020. "A Quarter Century of Wind Spacecraft Discoveries." Reviews of Geophysics, (Submitted) [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/essoar.10504309.1]

    Lario, D., L. Balmaceda, N. Alzate, et al. M. L. Mays, I. G. Richardson, R. C. Allen, M. Florido-Llinas, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, A. Koval, N. Lugaz, L. K. Jian, C. N. Arge, P. J. Macneice, D. Odstrcil, H. Morgan, A. Szabo, M. I. Desai, P. L. Whittlesey, M. L. Stevens, G. C. Ho, and J. G. Luhmann. 2020. "The Streamer Blowout Origin of a Flux Rope and Energetic Particle Event Observed by Parker Solar Probe at 0.5 au." The Astrophysical Journal, 897 (2): 134 [10.3847/1538-4357/ab9942]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., A. Szabo, K. E. Korreck, et al. N. Alzate, L. A. Balmaceda, B. Lavraud, K. Paulson, A. A. Narock, S. Wallace, L. K. Jian, J. G. Luhmann, H. Morgan, A. Higginson, C. N. Arge, S. D. Bale, A. W. Case, T. D. Wit, J. Giacalone, K. Goetz, P. R. Harvey, S. I. Jones-Melosky, J. C. Kasper, D. E. Larson, R. Livi, D. J. McComas, R. J. MacDowall, D. M. Malaspina, M. Pulupa, N. E. Raouafi, N. Schwadron, M. L. Stevens, and P. L. Whittlesey. 2020. "Analysis of the Internal Structure of the Streamer Blowout Observed by the Parker Solar Probe During the First Solar Encounter." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 246 (2): 63 [10.3847/1538-4365/ab61f5]

    Kay, C., T. Nieves‐Chinchilla, and L. K. Jian. 2020. "FIDO‐SIT: The First Forward Model for the In Situ Magnetic Field of CME‐Driven Sheaths." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125 (2): [10.1029/2019ja027423]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., L. K. Jian, L. Balmaceda, et al. A. Vourlidas, L. F. dos Santos, and A. Szabo. 2019. "Unraveling the Internal Magnetic Field Structure of the Earth-directed Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections During 1995 – 2015." Solar Physics, 294 (7): 89 [10.1007/s11207-019-1477-8]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., M. G. Linton, M. A. Hidalgo, and A. Vourlidas. 2018. "Elliptic-cylindrical Analytical Flux Rope Model for Magnetic Clouds." The Astrophysical Journal, 861 (2): 139 [10.3847/1538-4357/aac951]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T. 2018. "Modeling Heliospheric Flux Ropes: A Comparative Study of Physical Quantities." IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 46 (7): 2370-2377 [10.1109/tps.2018.2811400]

    Al-Haddad, N., T. Nieves-Chinchilla, N. P. Savani, et al. N. P. Savani-Patel, N. Lugaz, and I. I. Roussev. 2018. "Fitting and Reconstruction of Thirteen Simple Coronal Mass Ejections." Solar Physics, 293 (5): 73 [10.1007/s11207-018-1288-3]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., A. Vourlidas, J. C. Raymond, et al. M. G. Linton, N. Al-haddad, N. P. Savani, A. Szabo, and M. A. Hidalgo. 2018. "Understanding the Internal Magnetic Field Configurations of ICMEs Using More than 20 Years of Wind Observations." Solar Physics, 293 (2): 25 [10.1007/s11207-018-1247-z]

    Möstl, C., A. Isavnin, P. D. Boakes, et al. E. K. Kilpua, J. A. Davies, R. A. Harrison, D. Barnes, V. Krupar, J. P. Eastwood, S. W. Good, R. J. Forsyth, V. Bothmer, M. A. Reiss, T. Amerstorfer, R. M. Winslow, B. J. Anderson, L. C. Philpott, L. Rodriguez, A. P. Rouillard, P. Gallagher, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, and T. L. Zhang. 2017. "Modeling observations of solar coronal mass ejections with heliospheric imagers verified with the Heliophysics System Observatory." Space Weather, 15 (7): 955-970 [10.1002/2017sw001614]

    Savani, N. P., A. Vourlidas, I. G. Richardson, et al. A. Szabo, B. J. Thompson, A. Pulkkinen, M. L. Mays, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, and V. Bothmer. 2017. "Predicting the magnetic vectors within coronal mass ejections arriving at Earth: 2. Geomagnetic response." Space Weather, 15 (2): 441-461 [10.1002/2016sw001458]

    Hu, Q., M. G. Linton, B. E. Wood, P. Riley, and T. Nieves-Chinchilla. 2017. "The Grad--Shafranov Reconstruction of Toroidal Magnetic Flux Ropes: First Applications." Solar Physics, 292 (11): 171 [10.1007/s11207-017-1195-z]

    Wood, B. E., C.-C. Wu, R. P. Lepping, et al. T. Nieves-Chinchilla, R. A. Howard, M. G. Linton, and D. G. Socker. 2017. "A STEREO Survey of Magnetic Cloud Coronal Mass Ejections Observed at Earth in 2008-2012." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 229 (2): 29.

    Núñez, M., T. Nieves-Chinchilla, and A. Pulkkinen. 2016. "Prediction of shock arrival times from CME and flare data." Space Weather, 14 (8): 544–562 [10.1002/2016sw001361]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., M. G. Linton, M. A. Hidalgo, et al. A. Vourlidas, N. P. Savani-Patel, A. Szabo, C. Farrugia, and W. Yu. 2016. "A CIRCULAR-CYLINDRICAL FLUX-ROPE ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR MAGNETIC CLOUDS." The Astrophysical Journal, 823 (1): 27 [10.3847/0004-637x/823/1/27]

    Patsourakos, S., M. K. Georgoulis, A. Vourlidas, et al. A. Nindos, T. Sarris, G. Anagnostopoulos, A. Anastasiadis, G. Chintzoglou, I. A. Daglis, C. Gontikakis, N. Hatzigeorgiu, A. C. Iliopoulos, C. Katsavrias, A. Kouloumvakos, K. Moraitis, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, G. Pavlos, D. Sarafopoulos, P. Syntelis, C. Tsironis, K. Tziotziou, I. I. Vogiatzis, G. Balasis, M. Georgiou, L. P. Karakatsanis, O. E. Malandraki, C. Papadimitriou, D. Odstrčil, E. G. Pavlos, O. Podlachikova, I. Sandberg, D. L. Turner, M. N. Xenakis, E. Sarris, K. Tsinganos, L. Vlahos, and T. Nieves-Chinchilla. 2016. "THE MAJOR GEOEFFECTIVE SOLAR ERUPTIONS OF 2012 MARCH 7: COMPREHENSIVE SUN-TO-EARTH ANALYSIS." The Astrophysical Journal, 817 (1): 14 [10.3847/0004-637x/817/1/14]

    Savani, N. P., A. Vourlidas, A. Szabo, et al. M. L. Mays, I. G. Richardson, B. J. Thompson, A. Pulkkinen, R. Evans, and T. Nieves-Chinchilla. 2015. "Predicting the magnetic vectors within coronal mass ejections arriving at Earth: 1. Initial architecture." Space Weather, 13: 374 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2015SW001171]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., A. Vourlidas, G. Stenborg, et al. N. P. Savani, A. Koval, A. Szabo, and L. K. Jian. 2013. "Inner Heliospheric Evolution of a "Stealth" CME Derived from Multi-view Imaging and Multipoint in Situ observations. I. Propagation to 1 AU." The Astrophysical Journal, 779: 55 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1088/0004-637X/779/1/55]

    Al-Haddad, N., T. Nieves-Chinchilla, N. P. Savani, et al. C. Möstl, K. Marubashi, M. A. Hidalgo, I. I. Roussev, S. Poedts, and C. J. Farrugia. 2013. "Magnetic Field Configuration Models and Reconstruction Methods for Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections." Solar Physics, 284: 129 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1007/s11207-013-0244-5]

    Savani, N. P., A. Vourlidas, A. A. Pulkkinen, et al. T. Nieves-Chinchilla, B. Lavraud, and M. J. Owens. 2013. "Tracking the momentum flux of a CME and quantifying its influence on geomagnetically induced currents at Earth." Space Weather, 11: 245-261 [10.1002/swe.20038]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., A. Vourlidas, G. Stenborg, et al. N. P. Savani, A. Koval, A. Szabo, and L. K. Jian. 2013. "Inner Heliospheric Evolution of a 'Stealth' CME Derived from Multi-view Imaging and Multipoint in Situ observations. I. Propagation to 1 AU." The Astrophysical Journal, 779: [55-10.1088/0004-637X/779/1/55]

    Gopalswamy, N., T. Nieves-Chinchilla, M. Hidalgo, et al. J. Zhang, P. Riley, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, and C. H. Mandrini. 2013. "Preface." Solar Physics, 284 (1): 1-4 [10.1007/s11207-013-0280-1]

    Slavin, J. A., S. M. Imber, S. A. Boardsen, et al. G. A. DiBraccio, T. Sundberg, M. Sarantos, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, A. Szabo, B. J. Anderson, H. Korth, T. H. Zurbuchen, J. M. Raines, C. L. Johnson, R. M. Winslow, R. M. Killen, R. L. McNutt, and S. C. Solomon. 2012. "MESSENGER observations of a flux-transfer-event shower at Mercury." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 117 (A12): [10.1029/2012ja017926]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., R. Colaninno, A. Vourlidas, et al. A. Szabo, R. P. Lepping, S. A. Boardsen, B. J. Anderson, and H. Korth. 2012. "Remote and in situ observations of an unusual Earth-directed coronal mass ejection from multiple viewpoints." Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 117: [6106-10.1029/2011JA017243]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., R. Gomez-Herrero, R. C. Colaninno, A. Vourlidas, and A. Szabo. 2011. "The role of CMEs in the lateral spread of electron events in the inner heliosphere." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2001-:

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., R. Gomez-Herrero, A. F. Vinas, et al. O. Malandraki, N. Dresing, M. A. Hidalgo, A. Opitz, J.-A. Sauvaud, B. Lavraud, and J. M. Davila. 2011. "Analysis and study of the in situ observation of the June 1st 2008 CME by STEREO." Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 73: 1348-1360 [10.1016/j.jastp.2010.09.026]

    F-Vinas, A., C. Gurgiolo, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, S. P. Gary, and M. L. Goldstein. 2010. "Whistler Waves Driven by Anisotropic Strahl Velocity Distributions: Cluster Observations." Twelfth International Solar Wind Conference, 1216: 265-270 [10.1063/1.3395852]

    Vinas, A. F., C. A. Gurgiolo, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, et al. D. E. Wendel, M. L. Goldstein, and A. N. Fazakerley. 2010. "Solar Wind Halo Formation by the Scattering of the Strahl: Direct Cluster/PEACE Observations of the 3D Velocity Distribution Function." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, A3-:

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., R. C. Colaninno, A. Vourlidas, et al. A. Szabo, A. F. Vinas, and J. M. Davila. 2010. "Connecting CME expansion from Sun to 1 AU." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 1841-:

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., A. F-Vinas, M. L. Goldstein, and C. Gurgiolo. 2009. "Strahl variations with the Solar Wind properties." EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 11: 12601-.

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., A. F. Vinas, M. L. Goldstein, and C. Gurgiolo. 2008. "Variations of Strahl Properties With Fast and Slow Solar Wind." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, A1578-:

    Gurgiolo, C., A. F. Vinas, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, and M. L. Goldstein. 2008. "Cluster/PEACE Electrons Velocity Distribution Function: Modeling the Strahl in the Solar Wind." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, A1579-:

    Brief Bio

    Dr. Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla is a research astrophysics in the Heliophysics Science Division of the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA Project Scientist for the Solar Orbiter Collaboration (ESA/NASA) mission and Adjunct Profesor at the Catholic University of America. She has over 17 years of professional experience in the study electromagnetic fields, space plasmas and energetic particles as they relate to the understanding of the properties of large-scale structures of the solar wind. 

    She currently serves as NASA Project Scientist for the Solar Orbiter Collaboration (ESA/NASA) mission directing the mission, the science working groups and representing science teams to NASA Project Management and Program Office. She oversights all elements of the project implementation and serve as a scientific spokesperson and advocate on behalf of the Mission. She also maintains close professional contacts with the U.S. and international science community and work closely with other scientists and programmers in order to ensure that flight hardware, data processing computer algorithms and data analysis and archiving software applications are developed according to international standards.

    She has undertaken and contributed to high quality research related to CME structure, and evolution in the heliosphere to advance NASA strategic goals. She is the team leader of the Large-Scale Structures Originating from the Sun (LASSOS) at GSFC to promote the transition from fundamental science to space weather operations activities, and to models and techniques to broadly applicable tools and resources to support the scientific activities in the community.

    Dr. Nieves Chinchilla has authored and coauthored 80+ publications in peer-reviewed professional journals and she has served as referee and guest editor in such journals as well. She has 300+ contributions to conferences, workshops and meetings, and promote the scientific synergies by participating and session organizer or in the organizing committees.

    She is also serving as mentor for postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students, enabling science and providing advice to early career scientists, promoting the diversity and the know-how transition to new generations.

    Prior to joining GSFC’s Heliophysics Science Division in 2009, through the NASA Post-doctoral Program (NPP) and scientific contractor through The Catholic University of America (CUA). Dr. Nieves-Chinchilla earned her Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Alcala de Henares University in Madrid, Spain, in 2004.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Jensen, E. A., N. Gopalswamy, L. B. Wilson, et al. L. K. Jian, S. F. Fung, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, M. Shelton, L. Li, M. Deshpande, L. Purves, J. Lazio, W. B. Manchester, B. E. Wood, J. E. Kooi, D. B. Wexler, S. Bale, A. Pevtsov, B. V. Jackson, and M. N. Kenny. 2023. "The Faraday Effect Tracker of Coronal and Heliospheric Structures (FETCH) instrument." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 10 1064069 [10.3389/fspas.2023.1064069]

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., N. Alzate, H. Cremades, et al. L. Rodríguez-García, L. F. G. Dos Santos, A. Narock, H. Xie, A. Szabo, E. Palmerio, V. Krupar, M. Pulupa, D. Lario, M. L. Stevens, L. B. Wilson, R.-Y. Kwon, M. L. Mays, O. C. St. Cyr, P. Hess, K. K. Reeves, D. B. Seaton, T. Niembro, S. D. Bale, and J. C. Kasper. 2022. "Direct First Parker Solar Probe Observation of the Interaction of Two Successive Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections in 2020 November." The Astrophysical Journal 930 (1): 88 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac590b]

    Kooi, J. E., D. B. Wexler, E. A. Jensen, et al. M. N. Kenny, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, L. B. Wilson, B. E. Wood, L. K. Jian, S. F. Fung, A. Pevtsov, N. Gopalswamy, and W. B. Manchester. 2022. "Modern Faraday Rotation Studies to Probe the Solar Wind." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9 id 841866 [10.3389/fspas.2022.841866]

    Narock, T., A. Narock, L. F. Dos Santos, and T. Nieves-Chinchilla. 2022. "Identification of Flux Rope Orientation via Neural Networks." Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9 [10.3389/fspas.2022.838442]

    Lario, D., I. G. Richardson, E. Palmerio, et al. N. Lugaz, S. D. Bale, M. L. Stevens, C. M. Cohen, J. Giacalone, D. G. Mitchell, A. Szabo, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, L. B. Wilson, E. R. Christian, M. E. Hill, D. J. McComas, R. L. McNutt, N. A. Schwadron, and M. E. Wiedenbeck. 2021. "Comparative Analysis of the 2020 November 29 Solar Energetic Particle Event Observed by Parker Solar Probe." The Astrophysical Journal 920 (2): 123 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac157f]

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    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., R. C. Colaninno, A. Vourlidas, et al. A. Szabo, A. F. Vinas, and J. M. Davila. 2010. "Connecting CME expansion from Sun to 1 AU." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 1841-

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., A. F-Vinas, M. L. Goldstein, and C. Gurgiolo. 2009. "Strahl variations with the Solar Wind properties." EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts 11 12601-

    Nieves-Chinchilla, T., A. F. Vinas, M. L. Goldstein, and C. Gurgiolo. 2008. "Variations of Strahl Properties With Fast and Slow Solar Wind." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1578-

    Gurgiolo, C., A. F. Vinas, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, and M. L. Goldstein. 2008. "Cluster/PEACE Electrons Velocity Distribution Function: Modeling the Strahl in the Solar Wind." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts A1579-

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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