Frances "Fran" Bagenal(born 4 November 1954) is a Professor Emerita of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at theUniversity of Colorado Boulderand a Senior Research Scientist at theLaboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physicsin the fields of spaceplasmasand planetarymagnetospheres.
Frances Bagenal | |
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 Bagenal in 2019 | |
| Born | 4 November 1954 Dorchester, Dorset,England |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University,Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Work onNASAplanetary exploration missions as a plasma scientist |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary science |
| Institutions | NASA |
Career
editBagenal has worked on a number ofplanetary sciencemissions including theVoyagerPlasma Science (PLS) experiment,Galileo,Deep Space 1,New Horizonsmission toPluto,and theJunomission toJupiter.[1]Usually in her work on different missions, she is a member of the science team as a plasma scientist.[2]Bagenal chairedNASA's Outer Planet Assessment Group that provides input from the scientific community on exploration of the outer Solar System.[3] She appeared inThe Farthest,a 2017 documentary on theVoyager program,and in multiple television documentaries including theNOVA2019 miniseriesThe Planets.[4]
Honors
edit- Elected a Fellow of theAmerican Geophysical Unionin 2006.[5]
- James Van Allen Lecture award of theAmerican Geophysical Unionin 2018[6][7]
- Elected a Legacy Fellow of theAmerican Astronomical Societyin 2020[8]
- Elected to theNational Academy of Sciencesin 2021[9]
- The outermain-beltasteroid10020 Bagenal,discovered by astronomerSchelte J. BusatPalomar Observatoryin 1979, was named in her honor.[10]The official naming citation was published on 13 April 2017 (M.P.C.103974).[11]
Selected publications
edit- Bagenal, Fran; Dowling, Timothy E.; McKinnon, William B. (2007).Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere.Cambridge University Press.p. 732.ISBN978-0-5218-1808-7.
- Bagenal, Fran; Keiling, Andreas; Donovan, Eric; Karlsson, Tomas (2012).Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes: Earth and Other Planets.American Geophysical Union.p. 443.ISBN978-0-8759-0487-0.
References
edit- ^"Frances Bagenal's Curriculum Vitae"(PDF).colorado.edu.
- ^"Fran Bagenal's NASA profile".nasa.gov.Archived fromthe originalon 13 April 2011.Retrieved3 June2019.
- ^"Fran Bagenal".cafescicolorado.org.
- ^"Fran Bagenal".IMDb.Retrieved16 May2021.
- ^"Fellows Winners Search".AGU – American Geophysical Union.Retrieved3 June2019.
- ^"AGU James Van Allen Lecture Past Recipients".AGU.Retrieved23 November2023.
- ^"AGU Fall Meeting 2018 - SM24A: The 2018 Van Allen Lecture".YouTube.Retrieved23 November2023.
- ^"AAS Fellows".AAS.Retrieved27 September2020.
- ^"Two CU Boulder profs elected to National Academy of Sciences".University of Colorado. 5 May 2021.
- ^"10020 Bagenal (1979 OQ5)".Minor Planet Center.Retrieved3 June2019.
- ^"MPC/MPO/MPS Archive".Minor Planet Center.Retrieved3 June2019.
External links
edit- Women in Planetary Science interview with Bagenal
- Fran Bagenalpublications indexed byGoogle Scholar