Michael Starkey Dissertation Title: Ion Instrumentation for Space Physics Applications and Ion Dynamics at Quasi-Perpendicular Shocks Dissertation Advisor: Mihir Desai Fellowships and Recognitions: UTSA Graduate Student Competitive Scholarship  Graduation Date: Spring 2021 Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Postdoctoral Researcher at Southwest Research Institute Research Areas: Heliosphysics Solarwind-Magnetosphere Interactions Collision Less Shocks

Rhyan Sawyer Education: B.S. Physics, Emporia State University, 2016 Research Interest: Magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause Global plasma dynamics at the earth and outer planets Fellowships and Recognitions: Texas Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellow Thesis Advisor: Stephen Fuselier Candidacy: 2018

Dissertation Title: The Habitability of Ocean Worlds: A Chemical Systems PerspectiveDissertation Advisor: Hunter WaiteFellowships and Recognitions:Texas Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellow, 2017- 2020Best Graduate Student Poster from UTSA College of Sciences Research Conference, 2018American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Paper Award, 2017 Fall MeetingGraduation Date: Fall 2021Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Southwest Research InstituteCurrent Position: William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellow, U.S. CongressResearch Interest:Planetary ScienceIcy moonsAstrobiologyScience policy

Education: M.S. Physics, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2021 B.S. Physics, Missouri Southern State University, 2016 Currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Physics with emphasis on Space Physics planning to graduate in 2022. Dissertation Title: Electron Scale Magnetic Reconnection on Earth's Dayside using NASA's MMS mission - emphasis on the transport of energy and momentum from the solar wind into the magnetosphere, electric fields, and reconnection rates. Dissertation Advisor: Stephen Fuselier Research Interest: Magnetic Reconnection on the day side of Earth's Magnetopause Publications: Pritchard, K. R., Burch, J. L., Fuselier, S. A., Webster, J. M., Torbert, R. B., Argall, M. [...]

Juan Munoz Thesis Title: A Comparison of Electron Conics at Jupiter and Earth Thesis Advisor: Frederic AllegriniFellowships and Recognitions: Channel WOAI interviewed me for the total solar eclipse in 2024. Graduation Date: Summer 2024Current Position: Physics Adjunct Faculty at Texas A&M International UniversityResearch Areas: Space Plasma Physics, Jupiter's Magnetosphere, Electron Conics

Lizeth Magana Dissertation Title: Far-Ultraviolet Observations of Condensed Volatiles at the Lunar South Pole and the Pre-Perihelion Coma of Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) By LRO-LAMP Dissertation Advisor:  Kurt Retherford Fellowships and Recognitions: Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST), 2019-2021 Texas Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellow, 2018- 2020 UTSA's 3 Minute Thesis, 3rd place, Spring 2018 Graduation Date: Fall 2021 Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Current Position: Staff Scientist Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Research Areas: Lunar investigations of condensed volatiles and regolith properties Titian geomorphology

Thomas Kyoung-Ho Kim Dissertation Title: Ion Plasma Properties in Jupiter's Plasma Sheet: Juno JADE-I Observations Dissertation Advisor: Rob Ebert Fellowships and Recognitions: Best General Science Poster at the 2016 GEM Summer Workshop, Cassini Data Analysis Program (CDAP) 2020 Awardee Graduation Date: Fall 2019 Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Space Science and Applications Group (ISR-1), Intelligence and Space Research Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Current Position: Space Science and Applications Group (ISR-1), Intelligence and Space Research Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory – Staff Scientist  Research Areas:  Spectral Properties of Heliospheric ENAs Observed by Interstellar Boundary Explorer High Energy (IBEX-Hi) imager, Plasma [...]