MIT Kavli Institute Directory

John D. Richardson

Principal Research Scientist Research Scientist

I started my career analyzing data and modeling plasma transport and chemistry in planetary magnetospheres. I am now PI of the Voyager plasma experiment and study the interaction of the solar wind with the interstellar medium.

Research interests:

My research interests are the solar wind from the Sun out to the heliopause, its propagation and evolution, an modelling of planetary magnetopsheres, particularly Saturn.

Representative publications:

Over 230 space science publications: see web.mit.edu/space/www/pls_pubs.html