Fran Bagenal
Frances Bagenal | |
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| Born | 4 November 1954 Dorchester, Dorset, England |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Work on NASA planetary exploration missions as a plasma scientist |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary science |
| Institutions | NASA |
Frances "Fran" Bagenal (born 1954) is a Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and a researcher in the fields of space plasmas and planetary magnetospheres.[1]
Career
Bagenal has worked on a number of planetary science missions including the Voyager Plasma Science (PLS) experiment, Galileo, Deep Space 1, New Horizons mission to Pluto, and the Juno mission to Jupiter.[2] Usually in her work on different missions, she is a member of the science team as a plasma scientist.[3] Bagenal chairs NASA's Outer Planet Assessment Group that provides input from the scientific community on exploration of the outer solar system.[4] Her career research endeavors have earned 8849 citations and she has an h-index of 49.[5] She was selected to be a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2006.[6]
Honors
- The outer main-belt asteroid 10020 Bagenal, discovered by astronomer Schelte J. Bus at Palomar Observatory in 1979, was named in her honor.[1] The official naming citation was published on 13 April 2017 (M.P.C. 103974).[7]
Selected publications
- Bagenal, Fran; Dowling, Timothy E.; McKinnon, William B. (2007). Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere. Cambridge University Press. p. 732. ISBN 978-0-5218-1808-7.
- Bagenal, Fran; Keiling, Andreas; Donovan, Eric; Karlsson, Tomas (2012). Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes: Earth and Other Planets. American Geophysical Union. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-8759-0487-0.
References
- ^ a b "10020 Bagenal (1979 OQ5)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "Frances Bagenal's Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). colorado.edu.
- ^ "Fran Bagenal's NASA profile". nasa.gov.
- ^ "Fran Bagenal". cafescicolorado.org.
- ^ "Fran Bagenal". Google Scholar profiles. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Fellows Winners Search". AGU – American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
External links
- NASA Interview with Fran Bagenal about New Horizons
- Astrobiology Magazine, October 17, 2013, “From Plasma Science to Dwarf Planets: Fran Bagenal”
- Women in Planetary Science interview with Bagenal
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