Zoltan Sternovsky
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0429
ECOT 538
Phone: 303-735-6272 or 303-492-7814
Zoltan.Sternovsky@lasp.colorado.edu

Focus Area

Education

Ph.D., Physics of Ionized Media, Charles University, Prague, 2001
M.S., Physics, Charles University, Prague, 1998

Professional Experience

2009-Present, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
2005-Present, Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado
2002-2004, Research Associate, Physics Department, University of Colorado

Awards

Young Scientist Award, International Union of Pure and Applied Sciences (2011)

Research Interests

Instrument development for sounding rockets and satellites; cosmic dust; lunar plasma and dust environment; physics of dusty plasmas, plasma diagnostics, dust charging, laboratory plasma physics, plasma simulations; mesospheric aerosol particles.

Publications (selected)

Z. Sternovsky, P. Chamberlin, M. Horanyi, S. Robertson, and X. Wang, Variability of the lunar photoelectron sheath and dust mobility due to solar activity, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A10104, doi:10.1029/2008JA013487 (2008).

Z. Sternovsky, K. Amyx, G. Bano, M. Landgraf, M. Horanyi, S. Knappmiller, S. Robertson, E. Gruen, R. Srama, S. Auer, Large area mass analyzer instrument for the chemical analysis of interstellar dust particles, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78, 014501 (2007).

Z. Sternovsky, B. Holzworth, M. Horanyi, S. Robertson, Potential distribution around sounding rockets in mesospheric layers with charged aerosol particles, Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L22101, doi:10.1029/2004GL020949 (2004).