Dennis Gallagher (ST13) presented a seminar on 6/8/21 titled “The Breathing Plasmasphere” to magnetospheric researchers at the Laboratory for Aeronomy and Space Physics (LASP) Friends of the Magnetosphere Seminar. The presentation was based on his recent published peer reviewed paper where a new technique is developed for deriving new, system-level, quantitative information from remote imaging of the plasmasphere
On 6/10/21 he presented a seminar titled “I’m From Iowa, I Only Work in Space” students at Austin Peay State University Governor's Summer School. The talk provided his personal story of becoming a scientist the types of work he has performed over his 39 year professional career. The talk emphasized the importance of actively seeking opportunities to experience research in a broad spectrum of areas, finishing work started, and in making a strong effort to learn how to manage stress.
Gallagher presented “The Plasmasphere: Its Drivers and the Consequences” to the Lost Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Space Weather summer school students on 6/15/21. The presentation about the plasmasphere is designed to complement a number of separate talks about the magnetospheric system, including the ionosphere. These outside talks are to round out student exposure to magnetospheric physics that builds on their narrowly defined summer research project.