Email: avb5903@psu.edu
VPL Focus: Task C
Bio:
I study ion escape from Venus, which lacks an intrinsic magnetic field. Solar radiation ionizes molecules near the top of the atmosphere. The Venusian ion environment and the magnetized solar wind both generate electric fields, which can accelerate ions away from the planet. My work addresses the energy deposition associated with localized plasma wave transport across the solar wind shock region into Venus’s atmosphere.