Samuel Hart

Education:

• Bachelors of Arts in Physics and Astronomy, Minor in Mathematics, University of Montana, 2018
• Masters of Science in Physics, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2022

Research Interest:

• Origins and Acceleration Mechanisms of Impulsive Solar Energetic Particles
• Seed particles that ultimately make up hazardous space weather
• Particle transport through interplanetary space
• Source of Anomalous Cosmic Rays
• Interstellar Probe: Humanity’s Furthest Reach

Awards:

• Winner of the prestigious “Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology” (FINESST-20) award.
• Recipient of the Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC) Fellowships for the 2021-2022 academic year!

Fun Facts:

• My wife performs on the acoustic bass. The only thing we understand about each other’s work is wave propagation, frequencies, and harmonics.
• I am training to hike my first “fourteener” in Colorado, but beer keeps my body fat high, and my brother keeps breaking his leg.
• I am a meat connoisseur.

Dissertation Advisor: Maher Dayeh