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Member Since 1978
Rob F. Pfaff Jr
Space Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Professional Experience
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Space Scientist
1985 - Present
Education
Cornell University
Doctorate
1985
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Derivation of Ambient Electron Density Using Spacecraft Potential Measurements From the MMS and Van Allen Satellites: Application to the Plasmasphere
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS
21 january 2026
Results from the GIRAFF Sounding Rocket Mission
MAGNETOSPHERE-AURORA CONNECTION: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MAGNETOSPHERIC DYNAMICS AND AURORAL EVOLUTION II POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 19 december 2025
High-resolution auroral particle precipitation from FAST
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AURORAL PRECIPITATION AND ITS EFFECTS IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE-THERMOSPHERE SYSTEM I ORAL
spa-aeronomy | 18 december 2025
High Latitude Electric Fields Across Altitudes: Statistical Trends from FAST and the Road to TRACERS
MULTISCALE PHYSICS OF MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: ADVANCES IN OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, MODELING, AND THEORY III POSTER
spa-magnetospheric physics | 16 december 2025
Novel Ion Bernstein Waves Observed in the Polar Cap on the Endurance Sounding Rocket
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS
27 november 2025
Ultra‐Fast Measurements of Precipitating Electrons in Earth's Cusp—A Source of Flickering Aurora Near 1 RE
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
21 october 2025
Large‐Amplitude ExB Plasma Drifts in the High‐Latitude Ionosphere
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SPACE PHYSICS
27 september 2025
Resolute: Rockets for Heavy Ion Upwelling
SESSION 12
20 february 2025
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2023
Marcel Nicolet Lecture
Received December 2022