Faculty, Students and Alumni
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The MSU Solar Physics group was featured in the fall 2010 issue of Mountains & Minds, Montana State University's magazine. Read about the history of the solar physics group and the people who made it what is is today.
Meet MSU Solar Physics
Solar Physics Faculty
![Angela Desjardins](/solarphysics/images/desjardins_angela-10.jpg)
Angela Des Jardins, Ph.D.
![Rachael Fitwett](/solarphysics/images/RachaelFilwett_s.jpeg)
Rachael Filwett, Ph.D.
![kankel photo](/solarphysics/images/faculty-kankelborg.jpg)
Charles Kankelborg, Ph.D.
Office:Barnard Hall 260C
Phone: (406) 994-7853
[email protected]
Select honors
![David Klumpar photo](/solarphysics/images/faculty-klumpar.jpg)
David M. Klumpar, Ph.D.
Office: Cobleigh 419
Phone: (406) 994-6169
![Longcope photo](/solarphysics/images/faculty-longcope.jpg)
Dana Longcope, Ph.D.
Phone: (406) 994-7851
[email protected]
![priest photo](/solarphysics/images/faculty-priest.jpg)
Eric Priest, Ph.D.
Office: St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland
[email protected]
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- Hale Prize for lifetime achievement in solar physics, 2002
- Fellow of the Royal Society
![Jiong Qui photo](/solarphysics/images/JiongQiu.jpg)
Jiong Qiu, Ph.D.
Office: Barnard Hall Room 221
Phone: (406) 994-7253
[email protected]
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- Karen Harvey Award, 2007
![John Sample](/solarphysics/images/John.Sample.jpg)
John Sample, Ph.D
Office: Barnard Hall Room 222
Phone: (406) 994-1693
[email protected]
![Springer photo](/solarphysics/images/faculty-springer.jpg)
Larry Springer
Office: Cobleigh 418
Phone: (406)-994-6012
![Takeda photo](/solarphysics/images/faculty-takeda.jpg)
Aki Takeda, Ph.D.
Office: Barnard Hall Room 256
Phone: (406) 994-7848
[email protected]
![Yoshimura photo](/solarphysics/images/faculty-yoshimura.jpg)
Keiji Yoshimura, Ph.D.
![Chunming Zhu](/solarphysics/images/czhu.jpeg)
Chunming Zhu, Ph.D.
Solar Physics Graduate Students
- Dillon Anderson
- Shane Atwood
- Catharine Bunn
- Eric Engel
- Rhiannon Fleming
- Nick Freeland
- Drake Osaben
- Suman Panda
- Michael Prazak
- Spencer Riley
- Arch Robison
- Roy Smart
- Wyatt Wetzel
Solar Physics Alumni
Dr. Loren Acton | 2019 | Retired |
Dr. Will Ashfield | 2022 | |
Dr. Sean Brannon | 2016 | Physics, Montana State University |
Dr. Richard Canfield | 2009 | Retired |
Dr. Jonathan Cirtain* PECASE Award, 2011 |
2005 | Vice President and CTO of BWX Technologies, Inc. |
Dr. Hans Courrier | 2020 | Resonon in Bozeman, MT |
Dr. Angela Des Jardins | 2007 | Director, Montana Space Grant Consortium |
Dr. Ricky Egeland | 2017 | NASA Johnson Space Center |
Dr. J. Lewis Fox | 2011 | Radiation oncologist |
Dr. Michael Freed | 2015 | Radford University |
Dr. Silvina Guidoni | 2011 | American University |
Dr. Brian Handy | 1999 | |
Dr. Arlo Johnson | 2022 | |
Dr. Maria Kazachenko | 2010 | University of Colorado Boulder |
Dr. Adam Kobelski | 2014 | NASA GSFC |
Dr. Reyann Larkey (Joiner) | 2022 | |
Dr. Brian Larsen | 2007 | Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Lab |
Dr. Wenjuan Liu | 2014 | Post Doc, Czech Republic |
Dr. Chris Lowder | 2015 | SouthWest Research Institute |
Dr. Anna Malanushenko | 2010 | High Altitude Observatory |
Dr. Marika McCarthy | 2021 | Bay Area Environmental Research Institute |
Dr. Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo | 2010 | SouthWest Research Institute |
Dr. Jake Parker | 2021 | Researcher, NASA GSFC |
Dr. Tom Rust | 2017 | OpTeC, Montana State University |
Dr. Sabrina Savage | 2010 | Deputy Project Scientist, NASA MSFC |
Dr. Jason Scott | 2012 | |
Dr. Roger Scott | 2016 | Naval Research Laboratory |
Dr. Mike Shumko | 2019 | NASA GSFC |
Dr. Lucas Tarr | 2013 | National Solar Observatory |
Dr. John Unverferth | 2020 | Naval Research Lab |
Dr. Mark Weber | 1999 | Astrophysicist, Harvard CfA |
Dr. Brian Welsch* Karen Harvey Award, 2010 |
2002 | Research Scientist, UC Berkeley |
Dr. Meredith Wills-Davey | 2003 | |
Dr. Henry (Trae) Winter | 2009 | Arisa Lab |
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Last modified 12/14/2022