Member Since 2007
Lauren W. Blum
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Member, Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award Committee
Professional Experience
University of Colorado Boulder
Assistant Professor
2020 - Present
University of Colorado Boulder
Assistant Professor
2020 - Present
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Scientist
2016 - 2020
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Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Basu United States Early Career Award for Research Excellence in Sun-Earth Systems Science
Received December 2017
Lauren Blum will receive the 2017 Basu United States Early Career Award for Research Excellence in SunâEarth Systems Science at the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, to be held 11â15 December in New Orleans, La. This award is given annual...
Lauren Blum will receive the 2017 Basu United States Early Career Award for Research Excellence in SunâEarth Systems Science at the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, to be held 11â15 December in New Orleans, La. This award is given annually to âone early career scientist (no more than 3 years post-degree) from the United States in recognition of significant work that shows the focus and promise of making outstanding contributions to research in SunâEarth systems science that further the understanding of both plasma physical processes and their applications for the benefit of society.â
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Lauren received her B.A. in physics from Dartmouth College in 2007 and an M.A. in astronomy from Boston University in 2010. She completed her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering sciences under the supervision of Xinlin Li at the University of Colorado Boulder in August 2014. Her research interests include wave–particle interactions and their influence on the evolution and dynamics of Earth’s radiation belts, as well as energetic particle detector and small satellite development.
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Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received January 2012
Presentation Title: A Holocene record of atmospheric methyl chloride from Antarctic ice cores
Event: 2012 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Cryosphere
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Publications
RadiationâBelt Dropouts: Relationship With Geomagnetic Storms and MeV Precipitation
To better understand rapid radiation belt losses, this statistical study examines dropouts, defined as a phase‐space density (PSD) decrease b...
February 21, 2025
Radiation Belt Losses: The LongâStanding Debate Part II
February 05, 2025
Variable Shapes Observed in Electron Bouncing Microburst Pac...
January 30, 2025
H+, He+, He++, O++, N+ EMIC Wave Occurrence and Its Dependen...
October 22, 2024
Global Maps of Plasmaspheric Erosion and Refilling for Varyi...
September 11, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Evidence for Two Stage Refilling in the Plasmasphere by the Van Allen Probes
RING CURRENT PARTICLE SOURCES, LOSSES, AND ITS COUPLING WITH OTHER REGIONS II POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Tyler Bishop, Lauren W. Blum
The physical mechanisms governing the refilling of the plasmasphere are still not fully understood, with many models predicting a two stage refilling ...
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Revisiting the underlying processes that determine plasmaspheric refilling
RING CURRENT PARTICLE SOURCES, LOSSES, AND ITS COUPLING WITH OTHER REGIONS I ORAL
spa-magnetospheric physics | 12 december 2024
Naomi Maruyama, Kausik Chatterjee, Xiangning Chu, ...
Following plasmaspheric erosion, cold and dense plasma in the ionosphere starts to fill the empty flux-tubes in the closed magnetic field line region....
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Recurring Long-duration Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves During a Period of Low Geomagnetic Activity
DAYSIDE MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS III POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Maeve Rodgers, Lauren W. Blum, Maria Usanova
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves are plasma waves occurring primarily between four and ten L-shell. Generally, EMIC waves will persist for a...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Fred L. Scarf Award Committee
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