Rumi Nakamura#
| Membership Number: | 5153 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.iwf.oeaw.ac.at/user-site/rumi-nakamura |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 - present Group Leader, Institut für Weltraumforschung, ÖAW, Austria
- 2010 - present Lecturer (Privatdozent), Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Austria
- 1998 - 2001 Senior Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physic, Germany
- 1993 - 1998 Assistant Professor (tenured), Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Japan
- 1991 - 1993 Research Associate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
- 1990 - 1991 Research Associate, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
Fields of Scholarship
- Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
- Solar wind magnetosphere interaction
- Space plasma physics based on analysis of data from satellites and ground-based measurements
- Substorm and storm dynamics.
- Plasma transport and acceleration in the magnetosphere
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Fellow of American Geophysical Union
- 2018 Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2014 Julius-Bartels Medal, European Geophysical Union
- 2011 Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
- 2008 Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
- 2008 Top 1% most cited scientist in geophysics by ISI
- 2005 Tanakadate Award, Society of Geomagnetism & Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, Japan
- 2005 Woman Researcher of the Month, Ministry for Transport, Innovation & Technology, Austria
