
Phone:
404-385-1509
Email:
sven.simon@eas.gatech.edu
Office:
ES&T 2258
Professor, Director of Teaching Effectiveness
- Magnetospheres of the outer planets, large-scale magnetospheric dynamics
- Moon-magnetosphere interactions at Jupiter and Saturn
- Interactions of the Terrestrial Planets with the solar wind
- Plasma environments of small bodies (asteroids, comets)
- Computational space plasma physics
- Analytical models of fundamental processes in space plasmas
- Analysis techniques for spacecraft magnetic field data
- 2012 - Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Geophysics (PD Dr. habil.), University of Cologne, Germany
- 2007 - Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Braunschweig, Germany
- 2004 - Diploma Degree in Physics, University of Braunschweig, Germany
- 2010 - Heinrich Büssing Award for outstanding scientific achievements during PhD project (University of Braunschweig, Germany)
- 2010 - Albertus-Magnus Award for excellence in teaching (University of Cologne, Germany)