Research Interests
Dr. Martin Reiss is a research scientist at the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Graz, Austria. His research interests are in solar and heliospheric physics, specifically the Sun's global coronal magnetic fields, the solar origins of the ambient solar wind flow, and the large-scale modeling of the ambient solar wind and interplanetary coronal mass ejections in our solar system. His scientific expertise includes the comparison and optimization of solar wind model solutions with observations from space missions such as Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe. Dr. Reiss is particularly passionate about the application of data science methods such as machine learning for the benefit of space weather research and awareness.
Experience
since 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz
2018-2020 Schrödinger Fellowship, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA
Education
2014 - 2017 Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (with distinction), University of Graz, Austria
2012 - 2014 M.Sc. in Theoretical and Computational Physics (with distinction), University of Graz, Austria
Community Service
since 2021 Moderator of the COSPAR ISWAT cluster Ambient Solar Magnetic Field, Heating and Spectral Irradiance
since 2019 Team lead of the Coronal Hole Boundary Working Team in the COSPAR ISWAT initiative
since 2019 Team lead of the Ambient Solar Wind Validation Team in the COSPAR ISWAT initiative
since 2016 Reviewer for the journals: AGU Space Weather, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, and PLOS One
Awards
2022 Winner of the Mind of the Year 2021 in the category Economy and Science in an Austrian newspaper (Kleine Zeitung) for outstanding contributions in research.
2021 Recipient of the international Alexander Chizhevsky Medal for Space Weather and Space Climate for major contributions to space weather research.
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