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Maura Hagan
Born
Maura E. Hagan
Alma materEmmanuel College, Massachusetts
Boston College
AwardsMember of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUtah State University
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Thesis Solar Cycle Variability of Exospheric Temperature  (1986)
Websitephysics.usu.edu/people/faculty-logan/maura-hagan

Maura E. Hagan is a Professor Emeritus of Physics and a former Dean of the College of Science at Utah State University. She is a Fellow of both the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union, and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2019.

Early life and education

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Hagan studied physics at Emmanuel College, Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor's degree in 1975, before joining Boston College as a graduate student.[1][2] She earned a master's degree in 1980 and a doctorate in 1986. Hagan worked on exospheric temperature with William L. Oliver, using measurements made at Millstone Hill between 1970 and 1980.[3] Hagan joined the Haystack Observatory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a staff member in 1986.[1]

Research and career

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In 1992 Hagan was made a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) High Altitude Observatory.[1][4] She held various roles at NCAR, including acting as Director of the Advanced Study Program, Deputy Director and Interim Director.[1] She developed the Global Scale Wave Model (GSWM), which describes the Rossby waves and solar tides within the Earth's atmosphere.[5] Her model incorporated a gravity wave stress parametrisation and adaptions to the atmospheric background using Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) climatologies.[6] She studies several layers of the atmosphere, including the mesosphere, Ionosphere and thermosphere.[1] She is interested in how these atmospheric layers couple together, as well as how they influence tides and Rossby waves.[1] She also studies the downward effect of space weather.[7]

In 2006 she was part of the team who identified the first global connection between space weather and weather on Earth. The collaboration used the IMAGE spacecraft to study plasma bands in the upper atmosphere, finding ultra bright areas that were located above thunderstorms in tropical rainforests.[8] Atmospheric tides are global-scale waves that are excited by the heating of the lower and middle atmosphere due to the absorption of solar radiation and the latent heating of evaporation when raindrops form in tropical clouds.[9] Hagan used her GSWM to simulate the atmospheric tides produced by thunderstorms in tropical rainforests, finding that some of these tides would deposit their energy in the Kennelly–Heaviside layer. This results in a disruption of the Kennelly–Heaviside layer plasma currents and creates bright, dense zones.[8] Hagan was also a member of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite team, studying the dynamic chemical signatures of the middle atmosphere.[10]

Hagan joined the Utah State University in September 2015.[11]

Academic service

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In 1993 Hagan was made Associate Editor of Geophysical Research Letters.[7] She is a member of the Aspen Global Change Institute.[7] She was appointed to the Committee on Solar Terrestrial Research in 1996.[12] She has also served on the CEDAR Science Steering Committee.[13] Since 2008 Hagan has worked as a Guest Lecturer at the University of Colorado Boulder.[1] She was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate in 2014.[14] She is Co-Chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Solar and Space Physics.[15] Hagan was elected Dean of the College of Science at Utah State University in 2016.[16][17]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Maura Hagan | staff.ucar.edu". staff.ucar.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  2. ^ "Emmanuel College Report of Giving" (PDF). Emmanuel College. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  3. ^ Hagan, M. E.; Oliver, W. L. (1985). "Solar cycle variability of exospheric temperature at Millstone Hill between 1970 and 1980". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 90 (A12): 12265–12270. Bibcode:1985JGR....9012265H. doi:10.1029/JA090iA12p12265. ISSN 2156-2202.
  4. ^ "Colloquium, Dr. Maura Hagan". Clemson University. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  5. ^ "GSWM Home Page: NCAR/HAO". www.hao.ucar.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  6. ^ Hagan, M. E.; Burrage, M. D.; Forbes, J. M.; Hackney, J.; Randel, W. J.; Zhang, X. (1999-04-01). "GSWM-98: Results for migrating solar tides". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 104 (A4): 6813–6827. Bibcode:1999JGR...104.6813H. doi:10.1029/1998ja900125. ISSN 0148-0227.
  7. ^ a b c "Maura Hagan | Aspen Global Change Institute". www.agci.org. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  8. ^ a b "First Global Connection Between Earth And Space Weather Found". NASA. 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  9. ^ "Maura E. Hagan, NCAR, Boulder, CO | Department of Physics and Astronomy". physics.dartmouth.edu. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  10. ^ "Maura E. Hagan". uars.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  11. ^ "USU names Maura Hagan as new dean of College of Science". DeseretNews.com. 2015-08-03. Archived from the original on August 7, 2015. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  12. ^ Radiation and the International Space Station Chapter 12. 2000. doi:10.17226/9725. ISBN 978-0-309-06885-7.
  13. ^ "Community:CSSC - CedarWiki". cedarweb.vsp.ucar.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  14. ^ Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and; Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and; Society, Board on Environmental Change and; Studies, Division on Earth and Life; Climate, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and; Program, Committee to Advise the U. S. Global Change Research (2016-03-02). Enhancing Participation in the U.S. Global Change Research Program. National Academies Press. ISBN 9780309380263.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ "Project: Committee on Solar and Space Physics". www8.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  16. ^ "Maura E. Hagan | Science". Utah State University. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  17. ^ Opsahl, Kevin. "New USU science dean talks goals, challenges, research". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  18. ^ a b "Maura Hagan | Physics". Utah State University. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  19. ^ "Michael J. Buonsanto Memorial Lecture Series". www.haystack.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  20. ^ "List of Fellows". American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  21. ^ "AGU Fellows". Space Physics and Aeronomy. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  22. ^ "Hagan". Honors Program. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  23. ^ "Wyoming Undergraduate Research Day April 21 at UW | News | University of Wyoming". www.uwyo.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  24. ^ "Outstanding Accomplishment Awards to staff | UCAR Internal Pages". internal.ucar.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  25. ^ "Marcel Nicolet Lecture". Honors Program. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  26. ^ "HAO Wins Big at Annual UCAR Accomplishment Awards | High Altitude Observatory". www2.hao.ucar.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  27. ^ "Historic number of women elected to National Academy of Sciences". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
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