Dr. Ying Zou Assistant Professor, CSPAR Biography Dr. Zou’s research interests mainly focus on the Earth’s magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere, and their dependence on the upstream solar wind. She has been actively studying magnetic reconnection, plasma convection, auroral dynamics, and thermosphere circulation using a combination of spacecraft and ground-based radars, imagers, magnetometers, Fabry-Perot interferometers, etc. She is particularly interested in phenomena that have space weather effects. She joined the department of Space Science as an assistant professor in Fall 2019. Before that she was a Jack Eddy postdoc fellow at Center for Space Physics at Boston University. Dr. Ying Zou's Curriculum Vitae Education Ph.D. in Space Physics, UCLA, 2015 B.A. in Space Physics, Peking University, 2010 Classes Taught HON 399 - Honors Space Science SPA 632 - Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Physics Recent Grants & Contracts Collaborative Research: Local Time Extent of Dayside Magnetopause Reconnection and Controlling Factors, AGS 1702244, $442,595, 2020-2023 Characterizing mesoscale thermospheric F-region winds associated with quasi-steady and transient nightside auroral arcs, AGS 1664885 , $414,751, 2018-2021 Heating of Terrestrial Ionospheric Ions by Aurora Borealis, UAH New Faculty Research, $9,622.00, 2020-2021 Selected Publications Zou, Y., Walsh, B. M., Atz, E., Liang, H., Ma, Q., & Angelopoulos, V. (2020). Azimuthal Variation of Magnetopause Reconnection at Scales Below an Earth Radius. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4), e2019GL086500. Zou, Y., Walsh, B. M., Nishimura, Y., Angelopoulos, V., Ruohoniemi, J. M., McWilliams, K. A., & Nishitani, N. (2019). Local time extent of magnetopause reconnection using space–ground coordination. Annales Geophysicae, 37(2), 215–234. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-215-2019 Zou, Y., Nishimura, Y., Lyons, L., Conde, M., Varney, R., Angelopoulos, V., & Mende, S. (2018). Mesoscale F Region Neutral Winds Associated With Quasi-steady and Transient Nightside Auroral Forms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123(9), 7968–7984. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025457 Zou, Y., Walsh, B. M., Nishimura, Y., Angelopoulos, V., Ruohoniemi, J. M., McWilliams, K. A., & Nishitani, N. (2018). Spreading Speed of Magnetopause Reconnection X-Lines Using Ground-Satellite Coordination. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(1), 80–89. doi:10.1002/2017GL075765 Zou, Y., Walsh, B. M., Atz, E., Liang, H., Ma, Q., & Angelopoulos, V. (2020). Azimuthal Variation of Magnetopause Reconnection at Scales Below an Earth Radius. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4), e2019GL086500. Zou, Y., Walsh, B. M., Nishimura, Y., Angelopoulos, V., Ruohoniemi, J. M., McWilliams, K. A., & Nishitani, N. (2019). Local time extent of magnetopause reconnection using space–ground coordination. Annales Geophysicae, 37(2), 215–234. doi:10.5194/angeo-37-215-2019 Zou, Y., Nishimura, Y., Lyons, L., Conde, M., Varney, R., Angelopoulos, V., & Mende, S. (2018). Mesoscale F Region Neutral Winds Associated With Quasi-steady and Transient Nightside Auroral Forms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123(9), 7968–7984. doi:10.1029/2018JA025457 Zou, Y., Walsh, B. M., Nishimura, Y., Angelopoulos, V., Ruohoniemi, J. M., McWilliams, K. A., & Nishitani, N. (2018). Spreading Speed of Magnetopause Reconnection X-Lines Using Ground-Satellite Coordination. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(1), 80–89. doi:10.1002/2017GL075765 Dimmock, A. P., Hietala, H., & Zou, Y. (2020). Compiling magnetosheath statistical data sets under specific solar wind conditions: Lessons learnt from the dayside kinetic southward IMF GEM challenge. Earth and Space Science. 7, e2020EA001095. doi:10.1029/2020EA001095 Li, T. C., Liu, Y.-H., Hesse, M., & Zou, Y. (2020). Three-Dimensional X-line Spreading in Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125(2), e2019JA027094. doi:10.1029/2019JA027094 Hosokawa, K., Kullen, A., Milan, S., Reidy, J., Zou, Y., Frey, H. U., et al. (2020). Aurora in the Polar Cap: A Review. Space Science Reviews, 216(1), 15. doi:10.1007/s11214-020-0637-3 Hietala, H., Dimmock, A. P., Zou, Y., & Garcia‐Sage, K. (2020). The Challenges and Rewards of Running a Geospace Environment Modeling Challenge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125(3), e2019JA027642. doi:10.1029/2019JA027642 Walsh, B. M., Bhakyapaibul, T., & Zou, Y. (2019). Quantifying the Uncertainty of Using Solar Wind Measurements for Geospace Inputs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124(5), 3291–3302. doi:10.1029/2019JA026507 Nishimura, Y., Gallardo‐Lacourt, B., Zou, Y., Mishin, E., Knudsen, D. J., Donovan, E. F., et al. (2019). Magnetospheric Signatures of STEVE: Implications for the Magnetospheric Energy Source and Interhemispheric Conjugacy. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(11), 5637–5644. doi:10.1029/2019GL082460 Hosokawa, K., Zou, Y., & Nishimura, Y. (2019). Airglow Patches in the Polar Cap Region: A Review. Space Science Reviews, 215(8), 53. doi:10.1007/s11214-019-0616-8 Goodwin, L. V., Nishimura, Y., Zou, Y., Shiokawa, K., & Jayachandran, P. T. (2019). Mesoscale Convection Structures Associated With Airglow Patches Characterized Using Cluster-Imager Conjunctions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124(9), 7513–7532. doi:10.1029/2019JA026611 Frey, H. U., Han, D., Kataoka, R., Lessard, M. R., Milan, S. E., Nishimura, Y., et al. (2019). Dayside Aurora. Space Science Reviews, 215(8), 51. doi:10.1007/s11214-019-0617-7 Wang, B., Nishimura, Y., Hietala, H., Shen, X.-C., Shi, Q., Zhang, H., et al. (2018). Dayside Magnetospheric and Ionospheric Responses to a Foreshock Transient on 25 June 2008: 2. 2-D Evolution Based on Dayside Auroral Imaging. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123(8), 6347–6359. doi:10.1029/2017JA024846 Walsh, B. M., Welling, D. T., Zou, Y., & Nishimura, Y. (2018). A Maximum Spreading Speed for Magnetopause Reconnection. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(11), 5268–5273. doi:10.1029/2018GL07823 Lyons, L. R., Zou, Y., Nishimura, Y., Gallardo-Lacourt, B., Angelopulos, V., & Donovan, E. F. (2018). Stormtime substorm onsets: occurrence and flow channel triggering. Earth, Planets and Space, 70(1), 81. doi:10.1186/s40623-018-0857-x Lyons, L. R., Gallardo-Lacourt, B., Zou, Y., Nishimura, Y., Anderson, P., Angelopoulos, V., et al. (2018). Driving of strong nightside reconnection and geomagnetic activity by polar cap flows: Application to CME shocks and possibly other situations. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 177, 73–83. doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2017.09.013 Liu, J., Lyons, L. R., Archer, W. E., Gallardo‐Lacourt, B., Nishimura, Y., Zou, Y., et al. (2018). Flow Shears at the Poleward Boundary of Omega Bands Observed During Conjunctions of Swarm and THEMIS ASI. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(3), 1218–1227. doi:10.1002/2017GL076485