Mari Paz Miralles

Dr. Mari Paz Miralles is the Division Chair of the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences Division. Her primary area of research is solar and stellar physics including solar/stellar winds, plasma dynamics and composition, magnetic reconnection and topology, solar wind origin and evolution, solar eruptive events, and solar activity cycle. Dr. Miralles has led international observing campaigns using space- and ground-based observatories and is experienced in techniques such as remote-sensing (spectroscopy and imaging), in-situ measurements, photometry, and radio interferometry. A member of several professional societies, Dr. Miralles has also organized national and international conferences, peer-reviewed numerous journal articles, and served in leadership roles such as student Adviser and Mentor, book and review Editor on scientific Editorial Boards, Leader of NASA-funded research teams, Principal Investigator on numerous NASA research awards, Chair of NASA panels, Chair of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) Division IV on Solar Wind and Interplanetary Fields, member of the Heliophysics Advisory Committee (HPAC), and currently, is the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Liaison Officer to the UNESCO Section on Earth Sciences, on the topic of Space Weather.  Dr. Miralles has been actively involved in several NASA missions, including the Spartan 201/Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer (UVCS), SOHO/Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer (UVCS), and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) missions. She is currently leading the effort to enable solar observations with the Submillimeter Array (SMA). Dr. Miralles has been the recipient of NASA Group Achievement Awards, Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Science Achievement Awards, and several SAO Superior Accomplishment awards. Dr. Miralles earned her Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.