Curriculum Vitae

Marit Øieroset

Associate Research Physicist
Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: +1 510 642 2290, Fax: +1 510 643 8302
E-mail: oieroset@ssl.berkeley.edu
Date of Birth: August 15, 1968
Citizenship: Norwegian

Professional Experience:

  • 1998-present: Staff scientist at the Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley. Conducting research on the near-space environment of Earth and Mars using plasma observations from THEMIS, Wind, Geotail, Cluster, Lunar Prospector, and Mars Global Surveyor.
  • 1996-1998: Staff scientist at the International Space Science Institute (ISSI, Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Berne, Switzerland). Conducted research on ionospheric ion outflow. Carried out administrative tasks, including organizing workshops. Edited workshop proceedings, 'Transport Across the Boundaries of the Magnetosphere', volume 2 in the Space Sciences Series of ISSI, and a book, 'Magnetospheric Plasma Sources and Losses', volume 6 in the Space Sciences Series of ISSI.
  • 1993-1996: Ph.D. fellowship from the Norwegian Research Council (P.O. Box 2700 St. Hanshaugen, 0131 Oslo, Norway) in the Research Section for Plasma and Space Physics at the University of Oslo.
  • 1992-1993: Lecturer in Computer Science at Gjøvik College of Engineering, Gjøvik, Norway.
  • Spring 1991: Teaching Assistant in Computer Science, University of Oslo.

    • Education:

  • 1996: Doctorem scientiarum (Ph.D.) in Space Physics at the University of Oslo. Advisors: Professor P. E. Sandholt and Professor J. A. Holtet. Dissertation on 'Auroral Signatures of Dayside Magnetospheric Boundary Layer Plasmas', September 1996. The study included operation and calibration of optical instruments for ground auroral observations at Ny Ålesund, Svalbard.
  • 1993: International Space University (ISU), Huntsville, Alabama. The 10-week summer session offered a multi-disciplinary program of space studies and research and a multi-cultural experience for participants from all over the world. The ISU design project 'Global Emergency Observation and Warning' served as a time-compressed simulation and training school for running space design projects.
  • 1992: Candidata scientiarum (comparable to Master of Science degree), at the University of Oslo in physics/electrical engineering. Thesis: 'Digital Data Storage on Videotapes'.
  • 1990: Candidata magisterii (comparable to Bachelors degree) in physics.

    • Grants and Awards:

  • 2006 - 2007: Prix Baron Nicolet, for my work on magnetic reconnection of geomagnetic field lines. The Prix Baron Nicolet is awarded by the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium every other year to a scientist under the age of 40, working in the field of aeronomy or space physics (2500 Euro)

  • 2005 - 2010: Principal Investigator of NSF grant ATM-0503374 "Collaborative research: GEM: Solar wind entry sites, paths, and transport" ($350,000)
  • 2005 - 2008: Principal Investigator of NASA E/PO grant supplement to NNG05GE30G (Education and Public Outreach Lead: Dr. Laura Peticolas, SSL) "Rural to Urban, Child to Adult: Paths to Science, Knowledge, and Careers" ($124,708)
  • 2005 - 2008: Principal Investigator of NASA grant NNG05GM40G "Investigations of the origin of magnetosheath-like plasma inside the dayside high-latitude magnetosphere" ($267,222)
  • 2005 - 2008: Principal Investigator of NASA grant NNG05GE30G "Microphysics of magnetic reconnection in the distant magnetotail" ($245,945)
  • 2003 - 2006: Principal Investigator of NASA grant NAG5-12941 "Characterizing the location, duration, and spatial extent of magnetic reconnection in the distant and near-Earth magnetotail: Wind/Geotail survey" ($253,581)
  • 2003 - 2004: Principal Investigator of NASA grant NAG5-13273 "Search for evidence of dust/gas escape from the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos from electron and magnetic field signatures of dust/gas interaction with the solar wind" ($67,000)

    • Publications (about 50 total):

    (Click here for a numbered list sorted after type of publication)
  • Øieroset, M., Brain, D. A., Simpson, E., Mitchell, D. L., Phan, T. D., Halekas, J. S., Lin, R. P., Acuña, M. H., Search for Phobos and Deimos gas/dust tori using in situ observations from Mars Global Surveyor MAG/ER, Icarus (2009), doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.017.
  • Østgaard, N., K. Snekvik, A. L. Borg, A. Åsnes, A. Pedersen, M. Øieroset, T. Phan, and S. E. Haaland (2009), Can magnetotail reconnection produce the auroral intensities observed in the conjugate ionosphere?, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A06204, doi:10.1029/2009JA014185.
  • Li, W., J. Raeder, M. Øieroset, and T. D. Phan (2009), Cold dense magnetopause boundary layer under northward IMF: Results from THEMIS and MHD simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A00C15, doi:10.1029/2008JA013497.
  • Egedal, J., W. Fox, N. Katz, M. Porkolab, M. Øieroset, R. P. Lin, W. Daughton, and J. F. Drake (2008), Evidence and theory for trapped electrons in guide field magnetotail reconnection, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A12207, doi:10.1029/2008JA013520.
  • Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, V. Angelopoulos, J. P. Eastwood, J. P. McFadden, D. E. Larson, C. W. Carlson, K-H. Glassmeier, M. Fujimoto, and J. Raeder, THEMIS multi-spacecraft observations of magnetosheath plasma penetration deep into the dayside low-latitude magnetosphere for northward and strong By IMF, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L17S11, doi:10.1029/2008GL033661, 2008.
  • Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, D. H. Fairfield, J. Raeder, J. T. Gosling, J. F. Drake, and R. P. Lin, The existence and properties of the distant magnetotail during 32 hours of strongly northward interplanetary magnetic field, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, A04206, doi:10.1029/2007JA012679, 2008.
  • Eastwood, J. P., D. A. Brain, J. S. Halekas, J. F. Drake, T. D. Phan, M. Øieroset, D. L. Mitchell, R. P. Lin, and M. Acuña, Evidence for collisionless magnetic reconnection at Mars, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L02106, doi:10.1029/2007GL032289, 2008.
  • Phan, T. D., G. Paschmann, C. Twitty, F. Mozer, J. T. Gosling, J. P. Eastwood, M. Øieroset, H. Reme, and E. A. Lucek, Evidence for magnetic reconnection initiated in the magnetosheath, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L14104, A06215, doi:10.1029/2007GL030343, 2007.
  • Borg, A. L., N. Østgaard, A. Pedersen, M. Øieroset, T. D. Phan, G. Germany, A. Aasnes, W. Lewis, J. Stadsnes, E. A. Lucek, H. Reme, and C. Mouikis, Simultaneous observations of magnetotail reconnection and bright X-ray aurora on 2. October 2002, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, doi:10.1029/2006JA011913, 2007.
  • Phan, T. D., H. Hasegawa, M. Fujimoto, M. Øieroset, T. Mukai, R. P. Lin, W. Paterson, Simultaneous Geotail and Wind observations of reconnection at the subsolar and tail flank magnetopause, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L09104, doi:10.1029/2006GL025756, 2006.
  • Raeder, J., W. Li, J. Dorelli, M. Øieroset, and T. D. Phan, Cluster observations and global simulations of the cold dense plasma sheet during northward IMF, Proceedings Cluster and Double Star Symposium - 5th Anniversary of Cluster in Space, Nordwijk, The Netherlands, 19-23 September 2005, ESA SP-598, January 2006.
  • Manapat, M., M. Øieroset, T. D. Phan, R. P. Lin, and M. Fujimoto (2006), Field-aligned electrons at the lobe/plasma sheet boundary in the mid-to-distant magnetotail and their association with reconnection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L05101, doi:10.1029/2005GL024971, 2006.
  • T. D. Phan, J. T. Gosling, M. S. Davis, R. M. Skoug, M. Øieroset, R. P. Lin, R. P. Lepping, D. J. McComas, C. W. Smith, H. Reme, and A. Balogh, A magnetic reconnection X-line extending more than 390 Earth radii in the solar wind, Nature, 439, 175, 2006.
  • Phan, T. D., M. Øieroset, and M. Fujimoto, Reconnection at the dayside low-latitude magnetopause and its nonrole in LLBL formation under northward IMF, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, 17, L17191, 10.1029/2005GL023355, 2005.
  • Borg, A. L., M. Øieroset, T. D. Phan, F. S. Mozer, A. Pedersen, C. Mouikis, J. P. McFadden, C. Twitty, A. Balogh, H. Reme, Cluster encounter of a magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the near-Earth magnetotail on September 19, 2003, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, No. 19, L19105, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023794, 2005.
  • Øieroset, M., J. Raeder, T. D. Phan, S. Wing, J. P. McFadden, W. Li, M. Fujimoto, H. Rème, and A. Balogh, Global cooling and densification of the plasma sheet during an extended period of purely northward IMF on October 22-24, 2003, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L12S07, doi:10.1029/2004GL021523, 2005.
  • Li, W., J. Raeder, J. Dorelli, M. Øieroset, and T. D. Phan, Plasma sheet formation during long period of northward IMF, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L12S08, doi:10.1029/2004GL021524, 2005.
  • Sigsbee, K., J. A. Slavin, R. P. Lepping, A. Szabo, M. Øieroset, M. L. Kaiser, M. J. Reiner, and H. J. Singer, Statistical and superposed epoch studies of dipolarization events using data from Wind perigee passes, Annales Geophysicae, Vol. 23, 831, 2005.
  • Egedal, J., M. Øieroset, W. Fox, and R. P. Lin, In situ discovery of an electrostatic potential, trapping electrons and mediating fast reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 94, 025006, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.025006025006, 2005.
  • Eriksson, S., M. Øieroset, D. N. Baker, C. Mouikis, A. Vaivads, M. W. Dunlop, H. Reme, R. E. Ergun, and A. Balogh, Walen and slow-mode shock analyses in the near-Earth magnetotail in connection with a substorm onset on 27 August 2001, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, No. A10, A10212, doi:10.1029/2004JA010534, 2004.
  • Sigsbee, K., J. A. Slavin, M. Øieroset, and C. Cattell, Magnetotail convection during substorms and directly driven events, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Substorms, N.Ganushkina and T. Pulkkinen editors, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, pp. 27-30, ISBN: 951-697-600-X, 2004.
  • Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, and R. P. Lin, Distant magnetotail reconnection and the coupling to the near-Earth plasma sheet: Wind and Geotail case study, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L18805, doi:10.1029/2004GL020321, 2004.
  • Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, and M. Fujimoto, Wind observations of asymmetric reconnection in the distant magnetotail, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L12801, doi:10.1029/2004GL019958, 2004.
  • Øieroset, M., D. L. Mitchell, T.-D. Phan, R. P. Lin, D. H. Crider, and M. H. Acuna, The magnetic field pile-up and density depletion in the Martian magnetosheath: A comparison with the plasma depletion layer upstream of the Earth's magnetopause, in Mars' Magnetism and its Interaction with the Solar Wind, edited by D. Winterhalter, M. Acuna, and A. Zakharov, Space Sciences Series of ISSI Vol. 18, p. 185, Kluwer Academic Publishers (also in Space Science Reviews, 111, 185, 2004.), 2004.
  • C. Mazelle, D. Winterhalter, K. Sauer, J. G. Trotignon, M. H. Acuna, K. Baumgartel, C. Bertucci, D. A. Brain, S. H. Brecht, M. Delva, E. Dubinin, M. Øieroset, and J. Slavin, Bow shock and upstream phenomena at Mars, in Mars' Magnetism and its Interaction with the Solar Wind, edited by D. Winterhalter, M. Acuna, and A. Zakharov, Space Sciences Series of ISSI Vol. 18, p. 115, Kluwer Academic Publishers (also in Space Science Reviews, 111, 115, 2004.), 2004.
  • Farrugia, C. J., G. Gnavi, F. T. Gratton, H. Matsui, R. B. Torbert, R. P. Lepping, M. Øieroset, , and R. P. Lin, Electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in the subsolar region under normal dynamic pressure: Wind observations and theory, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, A02202, doi:10.1029/2003JA010104, 2003.
  • Farrugia, C. J., G. Gnavi, F. T. Gratton, M. Øieroset, , K. W. Ogilvie, R. P. Lepping, and R. P. Lin, Waves in the plasma depletion layer derived from three magnetosheath passes made by WIND, Adv. Space Res., 31, Issue 4, 1099, 2003.
  • Øieroset, M., T.-D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, L. Chan, R. P. Lin, and R. Skoug, Spatial and temporal variations of the cold dense plasma sheet: Evidence for a low-latitude boundary layer source? AGU Monograph on Earth's Low-Latitude Boundary Layer, edited by P. T. Newell and T. G. Onsager, DOI: 10.1029/133GM25, 2002.
  • Øieroset, M., R. P. Lin, T. D. Phan, D. E. Larson, and S. D. Bale, Evidence for electron acceleration up to ~300 keV in the magnetic reconnection diffusion region of Earth's magnetotail, Physical Review Letters, 89, 195001, 2002.
  • Farrugia, C. J., N. V. Erkaev, D. F. Vogl, H. K. Biernat, M. Øieroset, , R. P. Lin, and R. P. Lepping, Anisotropic magnetosheath: Comparison of theory with WIND observations near the stagnation streamline, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 29,373, 2001.
  • Øieroset, M., T.-D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, R. P. Lin, and R. P. Lepping, In situ detection of collisionless reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail, Nature, 412, 414, July 26, 2001.
  • Øieroset, M., D. L. Mitchell, T.-D. Phan, R. P. Lin, and M. H. Acuna, Hot diamagnetic cavities upstream of the Martian bow shock, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 887, 2001.
  • Øieroset, M., T.-D. Phan, R. P. Lin, and B. U. O. Sonnerup, Walen and variance analyses of high speed flows observed by WIND in the mid-tail plasma sheet: Evidence for reconnection, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 25,247, 2000.
  • Øieroset, M., M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, and S. P. Christon, Energetic ion outflow from the dayside ionosphere and its relationship to the interplanetary magnetic field and substorm activity, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 62/6, 485, 2000.
  • Phan, T. D., L. M. Kistler, B. Klecker, G. Haerendel, G. Paschmann, B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, W. Baumjohann, M. B. Bavassano-Cattaneo, C. W. Carlson, A. M. Dilellis, K.-H. Fornacon, L. A. Frank, M. Fujimoto, E. Georgescu, S. Kokobun, E. Moebius, T. Mukai, M. Øieroset, W. R. Paterson and H. Reme, Extended magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause from detection of bi-directional jets, Nature, 404, 848, April 20, 2000.
  • Liszka, L., M. Øieroset, and B. Hultqvist, Variability in Viking ion and electric field observations detected by a wavelet filtering technique, IRF Report No. 257, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden, 1999.
  • Øieroset, M., M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, and B. Hultqvist, Energetic ion outflow from the dayside ionosphere: Categorization, Classification, and Statistical Study, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 24,915, 1999.
  • L. R. Lyons, H. E. J. Koskinen, J. B. Blake, A. Egeland, M. Hirahara, M. Øieroset, P. E. Sandholt, and K. Shiokawa, Processes leading to plasma losses into the high-latitude atmosphere, Chapter 3 in Magnetospheric Plasma Sources and Losses, Final Report of the ISSI Study Project on Source and Loss Processes of Magnetospheric Plasma, edited by B. Hultqvist, M. Øieroset, G. Paschmann, and R. Treumann, Space Sciences Series of ISSI, Vol. 6, Kluwer Academic Publishers (also in Space Science Reviews, 88, issues 1&2, 1999.)
  • Hultqvist, B., M. Øieroset, G. Paschmann, and R. Treumann, eds., 'Magnetospheric Plasma Sources and Losses, Final Report of the ISSI Study Project on Source and Loss Processes of Magnetospheric Plasma', Space Sciences Series of ISSI, Vol. 6, Kluwer Academic Publishers, and also in Space Science Reviews, 88, issues 1 & 2, 1999.
  • Øieroset, M., M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, S. P. Christon, and B. Hultqvist, A statistical study of ion beams and conics from the ionosphere during different phases of a substorm, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6987, 1999.
  • Øieroset, M., M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, and B. Hultqvist, Increase in energetic ion outflow from the ionosphere during substorms: A statistical study, in 'Substorms-4', edited by S. Kokobun and Y. Kamide, Terra Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan/Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, p. 63, 1998.
  • Øieroset, M., and P. E. Sandholt, Auroral and geomagnetic signatures of flux transfer events and associated current systems for positive and negative IMF By, in 'Polar Cap Boundary Phenomena', edited by J. Moen, A. Egeland and M. Lockwood, NATO ASI Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 209, 1998.
  • Sandholt, P. E., C. J. Farrugia, M. Øieroset, P. Stauning, and W. F. Denig, Auroral activity associated with unsteady magnetospheric erosion: Observations on Dec. 18, 1990, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 2309, 1998.
  • Øieroset, M., Værvarsling for det nære verdensrom (Weather forecast for the near-Earth space), Naturen (P.O. Box 4283 Nygardstangen, 5028 Bergen, Norway), No. 6, 1997.
  • Øieroset, M., P. E. Sandholt, W. F. Denig, and S. W. H. Cowley, The northward IMF cusp aurora and high-latitude magnetopause reconnection, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 11,349, 1997.
  • Øieroset, M., P. E. Sandholt, H. Luhr, W. F. Denig, and T. Moretto, Auroral and geomagnetic signatures of flux transfer events in the prenoon sector during positive IMF By conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 7191, 1997.
  • Hultqvist, B., and M. Øieroset, eds., 'Transport Across the Boundaries of the Magnetosphere', Space Sciences Series of ISSI, Vol. 2, Kluwer Academic Publishers, and also in Space Science Reviews, 80, issues 1 & 2, 1997.
  • Sigernes, F., J. Moen, D. A. Lorentzen, C. S. Deehr, R. Smith, M. Øieroset, B. Lybekk, and J. Holtet, SCIFER-Height measurements of the midmorning aurora, Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 1996.
  • Sandholt, P. E., C. J. Farrugia, M. Øieroset, P. Stauning, and S. W. H. Cowley, Auroral signature of lobe reconnection, Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 1725, 1996.
  • Øieroset, M., H. Luhr, J. Moen, T. Moretto, and P. E. Sandholt, Dynamical auroral morphology in relation to ionospheric plasma convection and geomagnetic activity: Signatures of magnetopause X-line dynamics and flux transfer events, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 13,275, 1996.
  • Karlson, K. A., M. Øieroset, J. Moen, and P. E. Sandholt, A statistical study of flux transfer event signatures in the dayside aurora: The IMF By-related prenoon-postnoon asymmetry, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 59, 1996.
  • Van der A, R. J., N. Alexander, C. Atkinson, N. Audet, E. Brouillard, A. P. Buckley, A. Defendini, R. A. Dicke, P. A. Edin, P. C. Fatelnig, J. Figa, R. G. Fuller, R. Jehn, R. Jorgensen, R. K. Olivier, C. Kessler, M. Kimura, E. Maliet, K. Matsuda, K. Matsumoto, N. Mizukoshi, J. C. Morland, A. B. Morodi, L. Nana, W. M. Neubert, M. Øieroset, P. J. K. Olsen, P. U. Ostermann, J. M. Pasquet, R. Ravulapalli, P. J. Rebholz, J. L. Rusingizandekwe, T. D. Schaffer, A. Suskind, N. VanStralen, F. Venet, T. Yvain, and U. Zech, GEOWARN - A possible global lifesaver, Space Policy, 10, 143. 1994.

    • Presentations Given at International Conferences (about 30 total):

    (Presenter is highlighted in red. Only first-authored papers and papers presented are included)
  • Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, V. Angelopoulos, J. P. Eastwood, J. P. McFadden, D. L. Larson, C. W. Carlson, K.-H. Glassmeier, M. Fujimoto, J. Raeder, THEMIS multi-spacecraft observations of magnetosheath plasma penetration deep into the low-latitude dayside magnetosphere for northward and strong By IMF, COSPAR, Montreal, Canada, July, 2008.
  • Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, V. Angelopoulos, J. P. Eastwood, J. P. McFadden, D. L. Larson, C. W. Carlson, K.-H. Glassmeier, M. Fujimoto, J. Raeder, THEMIS multi-spacecraft observations of magnetosheath plasma penetration deep into the low-latitude dayside magnetosphere for northward and strong By IMF, Joint Assembly, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May, 2008.
  • Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, V. Angelopoulos, J. P. McFadden, C. W. Carlson, D. L. Larson, K.-H. Glassmeier, M. Fujimoto, M. Nishino, J. Raeder, W. Li, and J. W. Bonnell, Multi-spacecraft THEMIS - Geotail observations of magnetosheath plasma penetration deep into the low-latitude dayside and nightside magnetosphere for equal northward and dawnward IMF, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 2007.
  • A. L. Borg, M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, Forrest Mozer, Arne Pedersen, Chris Moukis, Jim McFadden, Colleen Twitty, Andre Balogh, and Henri Reme, Cluster encounter of a diffusion region in the near-Earth magnetotail, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 2005.
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, J. Raeder, M. Fujimoto, S. Wing, J. P. McFadden, H. Reme, and A. Balogh, Observations of cold dense plasma sheet and cusp reconnection during extended periods of northward IMF, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 2004.
  • E. Simpson, M. Øieroset, D. L. Mitchell, R. P. Lin, and M. H. Acuna, Search for gas/dust escape from Phobos and Deimos using MGS MAG/ER observations, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 2004.
  • M. Øieroset, R. P. Lin, T.-D. Phan, A. Szabo, A. J. Lazarus, J. C. Kasper, and K. W. Ogilvie, Impact of the October-November 2003 super storms on the distant geomagnetic tail: Wind observations, AGU Joint Assembly, Montreal, May, 2004.
  • M. Øieroset, M. Fujimoto, T.-D. Phan, S. Wing, J. Raeder, H. Reme, and A. Balogh, Long-duration cold dense plasma sheet during extended periods of strongly northward IMF, AGU Joint Assembly, Montreal, May, 2004.
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, and R. P. Lin, Wind observations of asymmetric reconnection in the distant magnetotail, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 2003.
  • M. Øieroset, R. P. Lin, T.-D. Phan, D. E. Larson, and S. D. Bale, Evidence for electron acceleration up to ~300 keV in the magnetic reconnection diffusion region of the Earth's magnetotail: Wind observations, Fifth US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Plasma Merging, and Magnetic Jets (MR2003), Catalina Island, California, November, 2003.
  • M. Øieroset, R. P. Lin, T.-D. Phan, D. E. Larson, and S. D. Bale, Evidence for electron acceleration up to ~300 keV in the magnetic reconnection diffusion region of the Earth's magnetotail, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 2002 (poster).
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, R. P. Lin, and R. P. Lepping, Wind's encounter with the collisionless magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the Earth's magnetotail, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 2001.
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, R. P. Lin, and R. P. Lepping, Encountering the collisionless magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the Earth's magnetotail, Hanoi, Vietnam, August, 2001.
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, L. Chan, and R. P. Lin, Two-spacecraft (Wind/Geotail) investigation of the occurrence and properties of the cold dense plasma sheet, AGU Chapman Conference on the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 2001.
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, L. Chan, and R. P. Lin, Two-spacecraft (Wind/Geotail) investigation of the occurrence and properties of the cold dense plasma sheet, European Geophysical Society (EGS), Nice, March, 2001.
  • M. Øieroset, D. Mitchell, T. Phan, R. Lin, and M. Acuna, Hot diamagnetic cavities upstream of the Martian bow shock, European Geophysical Society (EGS), Nice, March, 2001.
  • M. Øieroset, D. Mitchell, T. Phan, R. Lin, and M. Acuna, Hot diamagnetic cavities upstream of the Martian bow shock, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 2000 (poster).
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, M. Fujimoto, V. Angelopoulos, and R. P. Lin, WIND and Geotail observations of high speed flows in the mid-tail and near-Earth plasma sheet and their ionospheric signatures, The First S-RAMP Conference, Sapporo, Japan, September, 2000.
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, R. P. Lin, and B. U. O. Sonnerup, Evidence for reconnection and associated Hall effects in the magnetotail: WIND observations, The First S-RAMP Conference, Sapporo, Japan, September, 2000.
  • M. Øieroset, D. Mitchell, R. Lin, T. Phan, and M. Acuna, A comparative study of the Martian and terrestrial magnetosheath: MGS and WIND observations, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 1999 (poster).
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, R. P. Lin, and B. U. O. Sonnerup, Minimum/maximum variance and Walen analysis of high speed flows in the magnetotail: Evidence for reconnection, IGPP Conference on Transport in the Magnetosphere, Yellowstone, Wyoming, September, 1999.
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, L. Chan, and R. P. Lin, WIND observations of the plasma sheet, IAGA, Birmingham, U.K., July, 1999.
  • D. L. Mitchell, R. P. Lin, M. Øieroset, D. Crider, C. Law, P. Walker, P. Cloutier, and M. H. Acuna, Solar wind interaction with Martian crustal magnetic field: MGS MAG/ER observations, IAGA, Birmingham, U.K., July, 1999.
  • M. Øieroset, T.-D. Phan, R. P. Lin, D. Mitchell, M. H. Acuna, A. Binder, Plasma sheet and mantle/lobe at 60 Re: WIND and Lunar Prospector observations, Spring AGU, Boston, June, 1999 (poster).
  • M. Øieroset, M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, B. Hultqvist, and S. P. Christon, A statistical study of energetic ion outflow from the dayside ionosphere during substorms and for different IMF Bz directions, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 1998.
  • M. Øieroset, M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, and B. Hultqvist, Energetic ion outflow from the dayside ionosphere for different AE values and IMF Bz direction, COSPAR, Nagoya, Japan, July, 1998.
  • M. Øieroset, M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, and B. Hultqvist, A statistical study of ion beams and conics from the ionosphere at different geomagnetic activity levels, Spring AGU, Boston, May, 1998 (poster).
  • M. Øieroset, M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, and B. Hultqvist, A statistical study of ion beams and conics from the ionosphere during different phases of a substorm, ICS-4, Lake Hamana, Japan, March, 1998 (poster).
  • M. Øieroset, M. Yamauchi, L. Liszka, and B. Hultqvist, A statistical study on the importance of high-latitude ionospheric beams and conics as a source for magnetospheric plasma, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December, 1997.
  • M. Øieroset, Auroral and geomagnetic events at cusp latitudes in relation to IMF By: Signatures of pulsed magnetopause reconnection, NATO ASI on Polar Cap Boundary Phenomena, Svalbard, Norway, June, 1997.
  • M. Øieroset, Cusp aurora and IMF dependence, GEM student tutorial, GEM, Snowmass, Colorado, June, 1996.
  • M. Øieroset, P. E. Sandholt, W. F. Denig, and S. W. H. Cowley, The northward IMF cusp aurora and high-latitude magnetopause reconnection, GEM, Snowmass, Colorado, June, 1996 (poster).
  • M. Øieroset, P. E. Sandholt, H. Luhr, W. F. Denig, and T. Moretto, Auroral and geomagnetic signatures of flux transfer events in the prenoon sector during positive IMF By conditions, GEM, Snowmass, Colorado, June, 1996 (poster).
  • M. Øieroset, H. Luhr, J. Moen, T. Moretto, and P. E. Sandholt, Dynamical auroral morphology in relation to ionospheric plasma convection and geomagnetic activity: Signatures of magnetopause X-line dynamics and flux transfer events, GEM, Snowmass, Colorado, June, 1995 (poster).

    • Seminars Given:

  • The Earth's magnetotail, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, California, October, 2007.
  • The Earth's magnetotail, Vista Community College, Berkeley, California, February, 2006 (for Astronomy 48).
  • Wind observations of electron energization in the collisionless magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the Earth's magnetotail, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, February, 2002 (for Physics 290B).
  • Wind's encounter with the collisionless magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the Earth's magnetotail, Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, October, 2001 (for Physics 290B).
  • In situ detection of collisionless reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail by the Wind spacecraft, Institute of Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, California, September, 2001.
  • Walen and variance analyses of high-speed flows observed by WIND in the magnetotail: Evidence for reconnection near X(GSE)=-60 Re, Lockheed Palo Alto Research Lab, Palo Alto, California, October, 1999.
  • Walen and variance analyses of high-speed flows observed by WIND in the magnetotail: Evidence for reconnection near X(GSE)=-60 Re, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, October, 1999.
  • A statistical study of ion beams and conics from the dayside ionosphere during different phases of a substorm, International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland, April, 1998.
  • Auroral signatures of dayside magnetospheric boundary layer plasmas, Department of Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland, April, 1997.

    • Languages:

  • Norwegian (native), English (fluent), German (intermediate), French (beginner), Mandarin Chinese (beginner)

    • Computer skills:

  • UNIX, Windows, MS DOS
  • LaTeX, Word, Framemaker
  • Matlab, IDL
  • Simula, Pascal, C, C++
  • WWW publishing including HTML
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