Wen Li (space physicist)

Wen Li is an assistant professor of Astronomy at Boston University. Her research interests include space plasma waves, Earth's radiation belt physics, solar-wind magnetosphere coupling, energetic particle precipitation, and Jovian magnetosphere and aurora:.

Education

In 2005, Wen Li received her B.Sc. in Geophysics from the University of Science and Technology of China. In 2007 and 2010, she got her M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Career

In 2005, Li became a graduate research assistant at UCLA. While still at UCLA, Li became a postdocdorate researcher in 2010, then an assistant researcher in 2012, and finally an associate researcher in 2016.

Later in 2016, Li moved to become an assistant professor at Boston University, where she works presently.

Scientific Contributions

Li is currently working on a number of research projects, including

• Characteristic and Generation of Various Earth's Magnetospheric Waves

• Quantifying Energetic Particle Precipitation Driven by Magnetospheric Waves

• Modeling Earth's Radiation Belt Electron Dynamics

• Jovian Radiation Belt Particle Dynamics and Aurora

• Understanding the Relation Between Various Solar Wind Drivers and Earth's Inner Magnetosphere

Honors and Awards

• 2015: Air Force Young Investigator Award

• 2014, 2015, 2016: Young Scientists Awards in the International Union of Radio Science

• 2017: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow

• 2017: AGU James B. Macelwane Medal

• 2018: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics

• 2019: NSF CAREER Award

• 2019: Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow

Selected Publications

• Recent Advances in Understanding Radiation Belt Electron Dynamics Due to Wave–Particle Interactions in Dayside Magnetosphere Interactions

• Global Distribution of Whistler Mode Waves in Jovian Inner Magnetosphere

• Earth's Van Allen Radiation Belts: From Discovery to the Van Allen Probes Era

• Understanding the origin of Jupiter's diffuse aurora using Juno's first perijove observations

• Radiation belt electron acceleration during the 17 March 2015 geomagnetic storm: Observations and simulations

• Statistical properties of plasmaspheric hiss derived from Van Allen Probes data and their Effects on radiation belt electron dynamics

• Radiation belt electron acceleration by chorus waves during the 17 March 2013 storm

• Quantifying hiss-driven energetic electron precipitation: A detailed conjunction event analysis

• Constructing the global distribution of chorus wave intensity using measurements of electrons by the POES satellites and waves by the Van Allen Probes

• An unusual enhancement of low-frequency plasmaspheric hiss in the outer plasmasphere associated with substorm-injected electrons

• Evolution of chorus waves and their source electrons during storms driven by corotating interaction regions

• Global distribution of wave amplitudes and wave normal angles of chorus waves using THEMIS wave observations

• Global distributions of suprathermal electrons observed on THEMIS and potential mechanisms for access into the plasmasphere

• LGlobal distribution of whistler-mode chorus waves observed on the THEMIS spacecraft

• Evaluation of whistler-mode chorus intensification on the nightside during an injection event observed on the THEMIS spacecraft

• Dynamic evolution of energetic outer zone electrons due to wave-particle interactions during storms

External Links

• Wen Li Website

• Wen Li BU Profile

References

Category: Chinese physicists Category: Fellows of the American Geophysical Union Category: Boston University Category: Boston University faculty Category: Boston University Center for Space Physics Category: Women planetary scientists Category: American women physicists

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