Kristie LLera
Dissertation Title: Energetics of Near-Earth Particles: Energy Corrections in Observations and Measurement
Dissertation Advisor: Jerry Goldstein
Fellowships and Recognitions:
- MMS Early Career Grant Fellowship (2021)
- 32nd NASA Annual Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS) (2019)
- NASA/Texas Space Grant Consortium Fellow (2012-2015)
- SwRI/UTSA Joint Space Physics Fellowship (2011-2017)
Graduation Date: Fall 2017
Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Southwest Research Institute
Current Position: Southwest Research Institute – Research Scientist
Research Areas: Dr. LLera continues to research how the Sun’s solar wind interacts with near-Earth and cometary environments. Currently, studying magnetospheric boundaries around Earth (Magnetospheric MultiScale mission; FPI instrument) and ion-neutral interactions near comet 67P (Rosetta mission; IES instrument).