Zhang, Ming

Biography

Professor, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology (2006 - Present) Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology (2001 - 2005) Senior Research Associate, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago (1998-2001) Research Scientist, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago (1995-1997) Research Associate, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago (1991-1994) Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, South Yangtze University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China (1984 -1987) Vice Chair, COSPAR Commission D1 on the Heliospheric Physics (2006-2010) Associate Editor, Journal of Advances in Space Research (2006-2010) Co-Investigator, COsmic and Solar Particle INvestigation (COSPIN) Team on NASA-ESA joint Ulysses mission Guest Investigator, NASA Voyager mission Guest Investigator, NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission Member of Plasma Science Team, Voyager-2 encounter with Neptune Committee Member, NASA Solar Heliospheric Management Operations Working Group (2009-2011)

Research Interest

Dr. Zhang studies cosmic radiation, energetic particles and their interactions with plasmas and magnetic fields in the solar system and in interstellar space. Specifically, he examines particle acceleration by shock waves, cosmic ray propagation in the interstellar medium, solar modulation of cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, heliospheric structures, particle acceleration in radiation belt of planets, and wave-particle interactions. He has experience in ionization chambers, silicon solid-state detectors and atomic force microscopy.