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William H. Matthaeus

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Professor 258 Sharp Lab (302) 831-2780 yswhm@bartol.udel.edu http://www.bartol.udel.edu/~yswhm/

Fields of Research

Dr. Matthaeus received his Ph.D. in theoretical plasma physics from the College of William and Mary for work in the theory of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and magnetic reconnection. A major area of his interest has been the characterization of interplanetary plasma turbulence, and the identification of nonlinear dynamical processes in the solar wind using data from spacecraft observations. Turbulence theory, including hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics, is an emphasis that is addressed using computational, observational and analytical methods. Applications include development of phenomenological theories for transport and evolution of interplanetary and coronal plasmas. Closely related are studies of the acceleration, scattering and spatial transport of charged particles including galactic cosmic rays that are modulated by solar activity. Innovative techniques have been developed, both for spacecraft data analysis and for computational methods.

Dr. Matthaeus is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Physical Society, a recipient of the American Geophysical Union's Macelwane Prize, and has served on several key advisory committees including the National Academy's Decadal Survey Committee for Solar and Space Physics.