Megan L. Cartwright

University of California, Los Angeles
595 Charles Young Dr. East, Box 951567
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
Tel: 310-825-2441
E-mail: mcartwri@ucla.edu

Education

Ph.D., Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA, in progress
Advisor, Mark Moldwin
M.S., Geophysics and Space Physics, UCLA, 2005
B.S., Physics, University of Washington, 2003
B.S., Astronomy, University of Washington, 2003

Awards/Fellowships

GSFC Graduate Student Research Fellowship, advisor: Dr. Jim Slavin, 2004-2007
Baer Award for Outstanding Research in Astronomy, 2002, UW
National Society of Collegiate Scholars Merit Scholarship, 2002
Whatcom County Scholarship, 2002
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, 2001, SWRI
Dean's List, UW

Academic and Industry Employment

Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA, 2003-Present

• Investigating the flux rope scale size and occurrence rate in the solar wind.
• Investigating diffusion and acceleration processes in the radiation belts and how they relate to ULF waves in the inner magnetosphere.

Intern, Blue Origin Inc., summer of 2002

• Researched and developed alternative space propulsion methods.

Research Experience for Undergraduates, SouthWest Research Institute, summer of 2001

• Researched and modeled the plasma environments surrounding the Galilean satellites and Mercury.
• Modeled outgassing of argon on the Moon

Undergraduate Astronomy Institute 1999-2003, Project Leader 2002-2003

• Modeled, built and tested 10-ft radio astronomy telescope.
• On committee which re-opened public campus observatory program at UW.

Outreach

UW Astronomy Planetarium volunteer, 2001-2003
UW Campus Observatory volunteer, 2001-2003
Project Astro, volunteer astronomer, 2000-2003

Papers, Posters and Presentations

Cartwright, M.L. "Solar Wind Magnetic Structures and Their Origin." Oral Presentation. Goddard GSRP Symposium, Greenbelt, MD, Sep. 21, 2006.

Cartwright, M.L. and Moldwin, M.B. "Identifying and Characterizing Magnetic Structures in the Solar Wind and Their Origin." Poster. SHINE, Midway, UT, Aug. 1, 2006.

Cartwright, M.L. and Moldwin, M.B. "Scale Size of Flux Ropes in the Solar Wind." Poster. GEM, Snowmass, CO, June 27, 2006.

Shprits, Y Y., R M Thorne, R B Horne, S A Glauert, M Cartwright, C T Russell, D N Baker, S G Kanekal, “Acceleration mechanism responsible for the formation of the new radiation belt during the 2003 Halloween Solar storm”,GRL, 33, L05104, doi:10.1029/2005FL024256.

Cartwright, M.L. & Moldwin, M.B., "Identifying Small-Scale Magnetic Structures in the Solar Wind." Poster. Fall AGU, session: SH11A-0356, San Francisco, CA, Dec., 6 2005.

Cartwright, M.L. & Moldwin, M.B., "Identifying and Characterizing Magnetic Structures in the Solar Wind." Poster. GEM, Sante Fe, NM, June 30, 2005.

Cartwright, M.L. & Russell, C.T., "Compressional Wave Power in the Magnetosphere During Periods of Enhanced Radial Diffusion in the Inner Magnetosphere." Oral Presentation. Fall AGU, session: SM33B-08, San Francisco, CA, Dec., 15 2004.

Cartwright, M.L. "POLAR Observations of ULF waves in the Magnetosphere." Oral. UCLA, Space Physics Seminar, Nov. 19, 2004.

Cartwright, M.L., Russell, C.T., Skoug, R., Smith, C.w., & Kanekal, S. "Solar Wind Control of the Compressional Fluctuation Level in the Magnetosphere: How the Solar Wind Controls the Radiation Belts." Poster. GEM, Snowmass, CO, June 22, 2004.

Society Memberships/Leadership

American Geophysical Union, Sept. 2003-Present
Earth and Space Science Student Organization, Sept. 2003-Present
• ESSSO Space Physics Representative, 2005-2006
Earth and Space Sciences Colloquium Co-Organizer, Fall 2005
Society of Physics Students, Sept 2000-Present
• UW Secretary, 2002-2003

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