ESP Biography



NEESHA SCHNEPF, Planetary science grad student



Major: Planetary Science PhD/EAPS

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: G

Picture of Neesha Schnepf

Brief Biographical Sketch:

I'm a second year PhD student in planetary science studying:

1) the paleomagnetism of very old (~4.5 billion years old!) meteorites to learn about the earliest magnetic dynamos in the solar system
2) the magnetic fields produced by ocean flow (including tsunamis and tides) both on Earth and on moons of Jupiter and Saturn

http://web.mit.edu/nschnepf/www/Research/NRS.html



Past Classes

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S8565: Electromagnetic Earth in Splash 2014 (Nov. 22 - 23, 2014)
From Earth's inner core to its outer atmosphere, our planet produces electromagnetic fields that all known life depends on. Since humans started exploring space, we've learned that Earth is far from being the only planet producing incredible electromagnetic fields. Understanding the electromagnetic fields and plasma in space is crucial for interplanetary and interstellar travel (after all, space is not just a boring vacuum!). Come to learn how planets' many different electromagnetic fields are produced, how they protect (or harm) us, how we study them, and how we take advantage of planetary magnetic fields for awesome technology and scientific discoveries.


S7415: Electromagnetic Earth in Splash! 2013 (Nov. 23 - 24, 2013)
From Earth's inner core to its outer atmosphere, our planet produces electromagnetic fields that all known life depends on. Come to learn how Earth's many different electromagnetic fields are produced, how they protect us, how we study them, and how we take advantage of planetary magnetic fields for awesome technology and scientific discoveries.