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Jim A. Klimchuk
Research Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Member, Macelwane Medal Committee
http://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/james.a.klimchuk
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Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2012 - Present
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Astrophysicist
2008 - Present
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Doctorate
1985
Jim's AGU Research
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CubIXSS: a new mission to probe coronal plasma heating in solar flares and active regions
SOLAR FLARE PARTICLE ACCELERATION: OBSERVATIONS, MODELS, AND MULTIMISSION SYNERGIES II ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 19 december 2025
FIERCE: The Fundamentals of Impulsive Energy Release in the Corona Explorer
HIGH-ENERGY HELIOPHYSICS SCIENCE AND THE ENGINEERING REALITIES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE III ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 18 december 2025
Loss of Current Sheet Equilibrium as a Pathway to Reconnection Onset
MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: CONNECTING IDEAS FROM OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, MODELS, AND THEORY III POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 13 december 2024
Is coronal energy release required to produce transition region and chromospheric blue shifts?
NEW INSIGHTS INTO CORONAL PHYSICS FROM EUV AND UV SPECTROSCOPY II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Disentangling projection effects in the thin ultraviolet corona
NEW INSIGHTS INTO CORONAL PHYSICS FROM EUV AND UV SPECTROSCOPY II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Nanoflare Statistics in the Magnetically Driven Closed Corona
NEW INSIGHTS INTO CORONAL PHYSICS FROM EUV AND UV SPECTROSCOPY II POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Modeling of Condensations in Coronal Loops Produced by Impulsive Heating with Variable Frequencies and Locations
SOLAR AND HELIOSPHERIC PHYSICS: GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS II ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
CubeSat Imaging X-ray Solar Spectrometer (CubIXSS): science motivation and current development status for a new 16U mission to understand heating of coronal plasma in solar flares and active regions
SMALL MISSIONS, BIG RESULTS: EXPLORING THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT I POSTER
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 11 december 2024
Volunteer Experience
2026 - 2027
Member
Macelwane Medal Committee
2017 - 2019
Member
Union Fellows Committee
2015 - 2016
Immediate Past President
Space Physics and Aeronomy Executive Committee
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Honors & Awards
Eugene Parker Lecture
Received December 2021
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