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  • 2009 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to the understanding of nonlinear whistlermode waveparticle interactions, the physics of lightningionosphere interactions, and lightningdriven loss of radiation belt electrons
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Umran S. Inan is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these, the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Aerospace Engineering constitute the core areas of their scientific work. The main topics explored in their research include ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, earthquake detection and analysis, solar and space plasma dynamics, astro and planetary science, spacecraft design and technology, spacecraft and cryogenic technologies, and planetary science and exploration.

Umran S. Inan has contributed to the scientific community through multiple publications across various respected venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Earth Planets and Space, Earth and Space Science, and Scientific Reports.

Their recent scholarly papers include:

  • Space-to-space very low frequency radio transmission in the magnetosphere using the DSX and Arase satellites, 2022, Earth Planets and Space
  • The Micro-Broadband Receiver (μBBR) on the Very-Low-Frequency Propagation Mapper CubeSat, 2021, Earth and Space Science
  • Discovery and insights from DSX mission's high-power VLF wave transmission experiments in the radiation belts, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Overview of the Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) Mission, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Quasi-Periodic Whistler Mode Emission in the Plasmasphere as Observed by the DSX Spacecraft, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research output. Frequent co-authors with whom they have published extensively include M. Starks, W. R. Johnston, D. Lauben, I. R. Linscott, and G. P. Ginet.

Inan's work delves into the physics of space and atmospheric phenomena, focusing on aspects such as whistler-mode wave-particle interactions, lightning-ionosphere interactions, and lightning-driven loss of radiation belt electrons. This specialization is reflected in their recognition by professional organizations, having been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2009 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Wave acceleration of electrons in the Van Allen radiation belts

    Richard B. Horne;Richard M. Thorne;Yuri Y. Shprits;Nigel P. Meredith

  • Sprites produced by quasi-electrostatic heating and ionization in the lower ionosphere

    V. P. Pasko;U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell;Y. N. Taranenko

  • Electrical discharge from a thundercloud top to the lower ionosphere

    Victor P. Pasko;Mark A. Stanley;Mark A. Stanley;John D. Mathews;Umran S. Inan

  • Numerical Electromagnetics: The FDTD Method

    Umran S. Inan;Robert A. Marshall

  • Elves : Lightning-induced transient luminous events in the lower ionosphere

    H. Fukunishi;Y. Takahashi;M. Kubota;K. Sakanoi

  • The plasmapause as a VLF wave guide

    U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell

  • Nonlinear pitch angle scattering of energetic electrons by coherent VLF waves in the magnetosphere

    U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell;R. A. Helliwell

  • Heating and ionization of the lower ionosphere by lightning

    U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell;J. V. Rodriguez

  • Observations of relativistic electron microbursts in association with VLF chorus

    K. R. Lorentzen;J. B. Blake;U. S. Inan;J. Bortnik

  • Spatial structure of sprites

    Victor P. Pasko;Umran S. Inan;Timothy F. Bell

  • Ionospheric D region remote sensing using VLF radio atmospherics

    S. A. Cummer;U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell

  • Sensitive Broadband ELF/VLF Radio Reception With the AWESOME Instrument

    M.B. Cohen;U.S. Inan;E.W. Paschal

  • Nonlinear interaction of energetic electrons with large amplitude chorus

    J. Bortnik;R. M. Thorne;U. S. Inan

  • Identification of sprites and elves with intensified video and broadband array photometry

    Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh;Umran S. Inan;Mark Stanley

  • Lightning-induced electron precipitation

    H. D. Voss;W. L. Imhof;M. Walt;J. Mobilia

  • Heating, ionization and upward discharges in the mesosphere, due to intense quasi‐electrostatic thundercloud fields

    Victor P. Pasko;Umran S. Inan;Yuri N. Taranenko;Timothy F. Bell

  • Interaction with the lower ionosphere of electromagnetic pulses from lightning: Heating, attachment, and ionization

    Y. N. Taranenko;U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell

  • Monte Carlo simulation of runaway MeV electron breakdown with application to red sprites and terrestrial gamma ray flashes

    N. G. Lehtinen;T. F. Bell;U. S. Inan

  • Long-range lightning geolocation using a VLF radio atmospheric waveform bank

    R. K. Said;U. S. Inan;U. S. Inan;K. L. Cummins

  • On the association of terrestrial gamma-ray bursts with lightning and implications for sprites

    Umran S. Inan;Steven C. Reising;Gerald J. Fishman;John M. Horack

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy F. Bell
Timothy F. Bell Stanford University
D. L. Carpenter
D. L. Carpenter Stanford University
Victor P. Pasko
Victor P. Pasko Pennsylvania State University
Michel Parrot
Michel Parrot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Steven A. Cummer
Steven A. Cummer Duke University
Tomoo Ushio
Tomoo Ushio Osaka University
Mark Engebretson
Mark Engebretson Augsburg College
Harald U. Frey
Harald U. Frey University of California, Berkeley
Bodo W. Reinisch
Bodo W. Reinisch University of Massachusetts Lowell
Christos Haldoupis
Christos Haldoupis University of Crete

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