Last Updated: 01/10/2024

Dr. Lutz Rastaetter

Science

Education

  • Ph.D./Astrophysics, Theoretische Pysik IV, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany
  • M.S./Plasmaphysics, Theoretische Pysik IV, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany

CCMC Responsibilities

  • Model on-boarding science lead.
  • CCMC web-based visualization development lead.
  • Kamodo science lead.
  • Runs-On-Request (RoR) post-processing.
  • Continuous runs science lead. Simulation results streams fo ISWA.
  • CAMEL science lead.

Research Interests

  • Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling
  • Relation between Ionospheric Conductances, Currents and Electric Potentials
  • Magnetotail Current Sheet Thinning
  • Reconnection in Magnetosphere and Magnetotail
  • Magnetic Mapping in the Magnetosphere