James Weygand
Research Geophysicist at Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Science UCLA
California, United States
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Top SchoolJames Weygand is a research geophysicist based in California with 18 years of experience studying solar wind and ionospheric-magnetospheric dynamics using ground- and space-based magnetometer data. He leads long-running efforts to build and maintain solar wind, interplanetary magnetic field, and equivalent ionospheric current databases while contributing metadata to the Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory. An active researcher, he publishes in international journals, reviews manuscripts, chairs conference sessions, and regularly presents at global meetings—work supported by successful NASA and NSF proposals. His field experience includes installing and maintaining high-altitude instrumentation in Antarctica, and he routinely supervises student researchers, blending hands-on observational work with large-scale data stewardship and analysis.
18 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Space Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Space Physics at The University of CalgaryBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Mathematics at St. Olaf College
German
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Github contributions (5)
hpde/draft-VMO
May 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:32 pushes in 1 year 5 months
hpde/draft-SMWG
Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:13 pushes in 5 months
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