Brief Bio

Cristian Ferradas is a Research Scientist in the Geospace Physics Laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and in the Department of Physics at the Catholic University of America. He graduated from the Department of Physics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Lima, Peru) and received his PhD in space physics from the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH, USA). His research interests include the dynamics of particles in the Earth’s ring current and plasma sheet, the coupled nature of plasma populations in the Earth’s magnetosphere, and the mechanisms for particle acceleration and loss in the magnetosphere. His experience includes analysis of particle and field measurements from satellites, as well as model validation. 

Publications

Refereed

Gopalswamy, N., S. Yashiro, S. Akiyama, et al. H. Xie, P. Mäkelä, M. Fok, and C. P. Ferradas. 2022. "What Is Unusual About the Third Largest Geomagnetic Storm of Solar Cycle 24?" Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 127 (8): e2022JA030404 [10.1029/2022ja030404]

Fok, M., S. Kang, C. P. Ferradas, et al. N. Y. Buzulukova, A. Glocer, and C. M. Komar. 2021. "New Developments in the Comprehensive Inner Magnetosphere‐Ionosphere Model." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126 (4): [10.1029/2020ja028987]

Ferradas, C. P., S. A. Boardsen, M. Fok, et al. N. Buzulukova, G. D. Reeves, and B. A. Larsen. 2021. "Observations of Density Cavities and Associated Warm Ion Flux Enhancements in the Inner Magnetosphere." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 126 (3): [10.1029/2020ja028326]

Glocer, A., D. Welling, C. R. Chappell, et al. G. Toth, M. Fok, C. Komar, S. Kang, N. Buzulukova, C. Ferradas, S. Bingham, and C. Mouikis. 2020. "A Case Study on the Origin of Near‐Earth Plasma." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 125 (11): [10.1029/2020ja028205]