Education:

  • B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) Physics, Augsburg College, 1991
  • M.S. Physics, University of Maryland College Park, 1996
  • Ph.D. Physics, University of Maryland College Park, 1998

Email: George.ho@swri.org

Phone: 210-522-5000

Professional Links: Google Scholar and ADS

Missions:

  • Solar Orbiter
  • Parker Solar Probe
  • BepiColombo
  • Lunar Vertex
  • ACE
  • MESSENGER

Research Areas:

  • Research of solar energetic particle composition and planetary magnetospheric ion
  • 30 years of experience designing, building and operating space-based particle instrumentation
  • Elected to the International Academy of Astronautics in 2025
  • Member of the NOAA Space Weather Advisory Group (2021-2024)
  • Co-Principal Investigator on Solar Orbiter Energetic Particle Detector (EPD)
  • Principal Investigator on Solar Orbiter EPD/Suprathermal Ion Spectrograph
  • Co-Investigator on Parker Solar Probe SWEAP
  • Co-Investigator on BepiColombo SERENA/Strofio
  • Co-Investigator on Lunar Vertex
  • Lead-Investigator on ACE/ULEIS
  • Instrument Scientist on MESSENGER/EPPS and XRS
  • Author and Coauthors on over 200 papers

Current Graduate Students:

  • Sophia Davis
  • Felix Minta

Past Graduate Students:

  • N/A