Niescja特纳, Ph.D.
- Zilker Professor of 理论物理ics , 理论物理ics and Astronomy
Niescja特纳 Ph.D., holds the endowed Charles A. Zilker Distinguished Professorship in 理论物理ics and Astronomy at 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 University. She earned her bachelor’s in 理论物理ics at Rice University and her Ph.D. in Astrophysical, Planetary, and 大气压pheric Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She was a staff scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki, Finland before returning to the US to become a professor.
特纳 was previously a faculty member at two very different schools: a large, open-admission state school on the US-Mexico border, 还有一个小的, 私人, research-intensive technical school where she spent 9 years as the only woman in a department of 18 faculty. She knew she craved the vibrant intellectual atmosphere of a liberal arts college, so in 2013 she moved to 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 —a small, highly selective liberal arts and sciences university in 圣安东尼奥.
Her research interests include the physics of near-Earth space and issues of equity in STEM. 特纳 was a member of the task force that rewrote the ethics code for the American 地球物理学ical Union’s 60,000 members to define harassment, 歧视, and bullying as forms of scientific misconduct.
特纳 also serves on the Board of Trustees for an educational foundation dedicated to supporting education for gifted and talented students at her high school alma mater in her home state of Louisiana. She is a recipient of an NSF Career Award, a NASA Group Achievement Award, the 2014 Rice University Outstanding Space Science Alum Award, and the 2013 Joan Bixby Award for contributions for improving the climate for women. In her free time she enjoys traveling, and she has a particular interest in visiting sites famous for archeoastronomy or prehistoric rock art.
特纳’s research interests include the physics of near-Earth space and the Earth’s magnetosphere. She uses satellite data to study magnetic storms as well as quieter phenomena. She is also deeply interested in issues of equity in STEM.