UAH researcher wins $681K NSF CAREER award to study the interaction of shockwaves and solar wind turbulence in the sun’s heliosphere
Jul 24, 2025
Dr. Lingling Zhao, an assistant professor in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $681,356 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development...
Exciting Discoveries and Future Missions Highlight 22nd Annual International Astrophysics Conference in Spain
Jun 24, 2025
The 22nd Annual International Astrophysics Conference (AIAC), held this year in the historic city of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, brought together leading scientists from across the globe to discuss the latest breakthroughs and challenges in solar ...
UAH development of SWEAP instruments helps Parker Solar Probe win 2024 Collier Trophy
Apr 01, 2025
The Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instrument suite developed by researchers at The Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the Marshall Space Flight Center for NASA’s Parker...
UAH researcher says interaction of kinetic waves and suprathermal particles could be key to unlocking biggest mystery in heliophysics
Feb 04, 2025
Speakers at the inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Breakfast, presented by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), offered messages of economic innovation, growth and cooperation to the capacity audience. ...
UAH plasma researcher follows up first-of-its-kind study of Alfvén waves with groundbreaking new findings, possibly key to mystery of solar corona heating
Nov 13, 2024
Syed Ayaz, a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has published a paper in Scientific Reports that builds on an earlier first-of-its-kind study that examined kinetic Alfvén waves. ...
National Space Club taps UAH Eminent Scholar Dr. Gary Zank to receive 2024 Distinguished Science Award
Nov 05, 2024
The National Space Club (NSC), Huntsville Chapter, has selected Dr. Gary Zank at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to receive the 2024 Distinguished Science Award. ...
New Huntsville conference will explore opportunities in plasma science and engineering
Oct 25, 2024
The first Annual International Alabama Plasma Physics Conference (AIAPC), which is directly connected to statewide efforts to establish plasma science and engineering (PSE) as a major Alabama industry, is coming to Huntsville Oct. 28-30. ...
FTPP program led by UAH receives Innovator Award for Program of the Year from 256Today
Oct 18, 2024
Future Technologies & enabling Plasma Processes (FTPP), a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant program led by The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been awarded Program of the Year as ...
CSPAR gains two scale models of spacecraft crucial to its work, courtesy of UAH alumnus
Sep 12, 2024
Two scale models of spacecraft that provide research data to The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) have joined a Parker Solar Probe model on prominent display at CSPAR offices in Cramer...
UAH researcher wins $608k SHINE grant to study Joule heating in the sun’s atmosphere for clues to the biggest mystery in heliophysics
Sep 18, 2024
Dr. Mehmet Sarp Yalim, a research scientist in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won a $608,000 National Science Foundation (...