Margaret Kivelson, one of the most distinguished space physicists, gave a talk at a colloquium held by UNH Physics Department on Nov. 10. 2008. She is a professor at UCLA and an author of a textbook most commonly used by students in space science field, which may be why most people in the field know about her.

She has been working as investigator and co-investigator of numerous satellite projects such as CASSINI, CLUSTER and THEMIS. I’ve met her at many conferences and seminars before but this was my first time to see her give a talk for general audience. She has been in this field since the late 50’s but is still very energetic, devoted, and full of academic passion. Her lecture was very well organized and easy-to-follow, which, I believe, would be a very helpful guide for those who like to know what space science is about although it focused mostly on the magnetospheric dynamics in the solar system. I had an opportunity to talk with her personally after the lecture.

I could ask some questions and found that she was very sincere in answering them. What an honor!

Hyomin Kim
Research Assistant, Space Science Center
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, UNH

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