Noé Lugaz earned a M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from Supaéro, France and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Space Science from the University of Michigan in 2007. Before joining UNH, I spent five years at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, where I was an Assistant Astronomer from 2009 to 2012. I also spent seven months in Kyoto University, Japan as a short-term JSPS post-doctoral researcher. I was appointed a Research Assistant Professor at the Space Science Center in 2013.

My main interests include theoretical and computational modeling of various phenomena in solar-terrestrial physics, particularly coronal mass ejections, the major source of intense space weather. The main focus of my work is on performing large, parallel numerical computations of the initiation, propagation and interaction of these solar eruptions. I have also developed techniques to analyze remote-sensing observations of coronal mass ejections between the Sun and the Earth by the STEREO mission. By combining numerical simulations, the analysis of remote-sensing observations and in-situ measurements, I attempt to understand how the interaction of coronal mass ejections with the solar corona and with other eruptions modify their properties, behaviors and characteristics. More details can be found here.

My research is supported by grants from NSF and NASA. I currently serve as the workshop coordinator for the NSF-funded yearly SHINE workshop (2013-2016) and I have been a frequent convener of sessions at AGU, COSPAR and SHINE meetings since 2009. I also chair the popular writing award committee of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society (AAS/SPD) since 2012. I have worked with half a dozen undergraduate and graduate students.

Full Curriculum vitae (PDF)

• Numerical magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of Coronal mass ejections (CMEs):
  • Interaction of multiple CMEs and the consequence for space weather,
  • Propagation of CMEs in the inner heliosphere, and their observations by SECCHI,
  • CME initiation and its interplanetary consequences,
  • Synthetic white-light images of CMEs (SOHO/LASCO, STEREO/SECCHI),
  • Formation of multiple-magnetic cloud events and complex ejecta at Earth,
• Development and testing of analysis techniques for heliospheric imagers (HM methods).
  
• Space Weather Prediction.
• Acceleration and transport of solar energetic particles (SEPs).
• Numerical models of solar wind and the coronal magnetic field.