Ph.D. in Physics & Astronomy, 1998 Doctoral Thesis

Merav Opher

Merav Opher, Ph. D.

Education

University of Sao Paulo: Ph.D. in Physics & Astronomy, 1998 Doctoral Thesis: “Plasma Effects in the Early Universe” University of Sao Paulo: B.S. in Physics, 1992

Academic positions 2013 – Associate Professor, Astronomy Department, Boston University 2011 – 2013 Assistant Professor, Astronomy Department, Boston University 2011 – 2012 Affiliate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University 2009 – 2010 Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University 2005 – 2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University 2004 – 2005 Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2001 – 2004 Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1999 – 2001 Postdoctoral Associate, Physics and Astronomy Department, Plasma Physics Group, UCLA

Honors and Awards • PECASE (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers) (2008). • NSF Young Investigator CAREER award (2008). • Kavli Frontier of Science Alumni (2008). • Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award (2008). • Marie Curie Fellowship (declined) (2001).

Journal Publications [total citations ISI web of knowledge 1002, h-index=16] (students and postdocs in my group are underlined)

1. Kozarev, K., Evans, R. M., Schwadron, N.A., Dayeh, M. A., Opher, M., Korreck, K. E., van de Holst, B, “Global Numerical Modeling of Energetic Proton Acceleration in a CME Traveling Through the Solar Corona“, Astrophysical Journal (2013). 2. M. Opher, C. Prested, D. McComas, Schwadron, N., Drake, J., “Probing the Nature of the Heliosheath with the Neutral Atom Spectra Measured by IBEX in the Voyager 1 Direction”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 776, L32 (2013). 3. C. Kay, M. Opher, R. Evans, “Forecasting a Coronal Mass Ejection's Altered Trajectory: ForeCAT”, Astrophysical Journal, in press (2013). 4. M. Swisdak, J. Drake, M. Opher, “Porous Heliopause”, Astrophysical Journal Lett.,

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774, L8 (2013). 5. B. Zieger, M. Opher, N. A. Schwadron, D. J. McComas, and G. Toth, “A slow bow shock ahead of the heliosphere”, Geophysics Research Letters, 40, Issue 12, 2923 (2013). 6. E. Provornikova, M. Opher, V. Izmodenov, and G. Toth, “Propagation into the heliosheath of a -scale disturbance bounded by a pair of shocks” Astronomy and Astrophysics, 552, id.A99 (2013). 7. J. Richardson, L. F. Burlaga, R. B. Decker, J. F. Drake, N. F. Ness, and M. Opher “Magnetic flux conservation in the heliosheath”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 762, L14 (2013). 8. E. Provornikova, M. Opher, V. Izmodenov, and G. Toth, “Do CIR associated shocks survive when they propagate into the heliosheath?” Astrophysical Journal Letters, 756, L37 (2012). 9. R. Evans, M. Opher, R. Oran, B. van der Holst, I. V. Sokolov, R. Frazin, T. I. Gombosi, and A. M. Vasquez, “Coronal Heating by Surface Alfven Wave Damping: Implementation in a Global Magnetohydrodynamics Model of the Solar Wind”, Astrophysical J. 756, Issue 2, article id. 155 (2012). 10. Vidotto, A. A., Fares, T., Jardine, M., Fonati, J.F., Opher, M., Moutou, C., Catala, C., Gombosi, T. I., “The stellar wind cycles and planetary radio emission of the Tau Boo system”, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 423, 3285 (2012). 11. M. Opher, J. Drake, M. Velli, G. Toth, and R. Decker, “Near the boundary of the heliosphere: a Flow Transition Region”, The Astrophysical Journal, 751, 80 (2012). 12. G. Toth, et al. (including M. Opher), “Adaptive Numerical Algorithms in Space Weather Modeling”, Journal of Computational Science, 231, 870 (2012). 13. M. Opher, The heliosheath: the ultimate solar system frontier, Astronomical Reviews, vol. 7, no.1, 68 (2012). 14. M. Opher, J. Drake, M. Swisdak, K. M. Schoeffler, J. D. Richardson, R. B. Decker, and G. Toth, “Is the Magnetic Field in the Heliosheath Laminar or Turbulent Bath of Bubbles?”, The Astrophysical Journal, 734, 71 (2011). 15. F. Alouani-Bibi, M. Opher, V. Izmodenov, D. Alexashov, and G. Toth, “Kinetic vs. Multi-Fluid Approach for Interstellar Neutrals in the Heliosphere: Exploration of the Interstellar Magnetic Field Effects”, The Astrophysical Journal, 734, 45 (2011). 16. Y. C. Liu, M. Opher, Y. Wang, and T. I. Gombosi, “Downstream structure and evolution of a simulated CME-driven sheath in the solar corona”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 527, id. A46 (2011). 17. C. Loesch, M. Opher, M. V. Alves, R. Evans, W. Manchester, and T. I. Gombosi, “Signatures of Two Distinct Driving Mechanisms in the Evolution of CMEs in the Lower Corona”, J. Geophys. Res., Volume 116, Issue A4, CiteID A04106 (2011). 18. I. Das, M. Opher, R. Evans, C. Loesch, and T. I. Gombosi, “Evolution of Piled Up Compressions in Modeled CME Sheaths and the Resulting Sheath Structures”, The Astrophysical Journal, 729, 112 (2011). 19. R. Evans, M. Opher, and T. I. Gombosi, “Learning from the Outer Heliosphere: Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection Sheath Flows and the Ejecta Orientation in the Lower Corona”, The Astrophysical Journal, 728, 41 (2011). 20. A. A. Vidotto, M. Jardine, M. Opher, J. F. Donati and T. I. Gombosi, “Powerful Winds from Low-Mass Stars: V374 Peg”, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 412, 351 (2011).

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21. A. A. Vidotto, M. Opher, V. Jatenco-Pereira, T. I. Gombosi, “Simulations of Winds of Weak-Lined T-Tauri Stars II: The Effects of a Tilted Magnetosphere and Planetary Interactions”, The Astrophysical Journal, 720, 1262 (2010). 22. C. Prested, M. Opher, and N. Schwadron, “The Imprint of the Very Local Interstellar Magnetic Field on Simulated Energetic Neutral Atom Maps”, The Astrophysical Journal, 716, 550 (2010). 23. M. Swisdak, M. Opher, J. Drake, and F. Alouani-Bibi, “The Vector Direction of the Interstellar Magnetic Field Near the Heliopause”, The Astrophysical Journal, 710, 1769 (2010). 24. J. Drake, M. Opher, M. Swisdak, and J. N. Chamoun, “A magnetic reconnection mechanism for the generation of anomalous cosmic rays”, The Astrophysical Journal, 709, 963 (2010). 25. M. Opher, F. Alouani Bibi, G. Toth, J. D. Richardson, V.V. Izmodenov, and T. I. Gombosi, “A Strong highly-tilted Interstellar Magnetic Field near the Solar System”, Nature, 462, 1036 (2009). 26. A. A. Vidotto, M. Opher, V. Jatenco-Pereira, and T. I. Gombosi, “Simulations of Winds of Weak-Lined T Tauri Stars: The Magnetic Field Geometry and The Influence of the Wind on Giant Planet Migration”, The Astrophysical Journal, 703, 1734 (2009). 27. R. Evans, M. Opher, V. Jatenco-Pereira, and T. I. Gombosi, “Surface Alfven Wave Dumping in 3D Simulation of Solar Wind”, The Astrophysical Journal, 703, 179 (2009). 28. A. Lazarian and M. Opher, “Model of Acceleration of Anomalous Cosmic Rays by Reconnection in the Heliosheath”, The Astrophysical Journal, 703, 8 (2009). 29. A. A. Vidotto, M. Opher, V. Jatenco-Pereira, and T. I. Gombosi, “Numerical Simulation of Magnetized Winds of Solar-Like Stars”, The Astrophysical Journal, 699, 441 (2009). 30. Wimmer-Schweingruber, B. et al. “Interstellar heliospheric probe/heliospheric boundary explorer mission—a mission to the outermost boundaries of the solar system”, Experimental Astronomy, 24, 9 (2009). 31. V. Florinski et al. (including M. Opher), “The Dynamic Heliosphere: Outstanding Issues. Report of Working Groups 4 and 6”, Space Science Reviews, 143, 57 (2009). 32. M. Opher, J. C. Richardson, G. Toth, T. I. Gombosi, “Confronting Observations and Modeling: The Role of The Interstellar Magnetic Field in Voyager 1 and 2 Asymmetries”, Space Science Reviews, 143, 43 (2009). 33. A. Lazarian, A. Beresnyak, H. Yan, M. Opher, and Y. C. Liu, “Properties and selected implications of magnetic turbulence for interstellar medium, Local Bubble and solar wind”, Space Science Reviews, 143, 387 (2009). 34. R. Evans, M. Opher, W. B. Manchester, M. Velli, and T. I. Gombosi, “Alfven Profile in the Lower Corona: Implications for Shock Formation”, The Astrophysical Journal, 687, 1355 (2008). 35. Y. C. Liu, M. Opher, O. Cohen, P. Liewer, and T. I. Gombosi, “A simulation of a CME propagation and shock evolution in the lower solar corona”, The Astrophysical Journal, 680, 757L (2008). 36. W. B. Manchester, A. Vourilidas, G. Toth, N. Lugaz, M. Opher, T. I. Gombosi, I. Sokolov, D. DeZeeuw, and I. Roussev, “Three-dimensional MHD simulation of the

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2003 October 28 Coronal Mass Ejection: Comparison with Coronagraph Observations”, The Astrophysical Journal, 684, 1448 (2008). 37. C. Prested, N. Schwadron, J. Passuite, B. Randol, B. Stuart, G. Crew, J. Heerikhuisen, N. Pogorelov, G. Zank, M. Opher, F. Allegrini, D. J. Comas, M. Reno, E. Roelof, S. Fuselier, H. Funsten, E. Moebius, and L. Saul. “Implications of universal kappa distributions for IBEX ENA flux maps”, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, Issue A6, A06102 (2008). 38. M. Opher, E. C. Stone, and T. I. Gombosi, “The Orientation of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field”, Science, 316, 875 (2007). 39. M. Opher, E. C. Stone, and P. C. Liewer, “Effects of a Local Interstellar Magnetic Field on Voyager 1 and 2 Observations”, The Astrophysical Journal, 640, L71 (2006). 40. L. Bettarini, M. Velli, S. Landi, and M. Opher, “Tearing and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in the heliospheric plasma”, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 452, 321 (2006). 41. M. Opher, P. C. Liewer, M. Velli, L. Bettarini, T. I. Gombosi, W. B. Manchester, D. L. DeZeeuw, G. Toth, and I. Sokolov, “Magnetic Effects at the Edge of the Solar System: MHD Instabilities, the de Laval nozzle Effect and an Extended Jet”, The Astrophysical Journal, 611, 575 (2004). 42. M. Opher, P. C. Liewer, T. I. Gombosi, W. B. Manchester, D. L. DeZeeuw, I. Sokolov, and G. Toth, “Probing the Edge of the Solar System: Formation of an Unstable Jet-Sheet”, The Astrophysical Journal, 591L, 61 (2003). 43. W. Manchester, M. Opher, T. I. Gombosi, I. Roussev, D. L. DeZeeuw, I. V. Sokolov, K.G. Powell, and G. Toth,“Three-dimensional MHD simulation of a flux rope driven CME”, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, A01102 (2004). 44. M. Opher, G. J. Morales, and J. N. Leauboff, “Krook Collisional Models of the Kinetic Susceptibility”, Physics Review E, 66, 016407 (2002). 45. M. Opher, L. O. Silva, D. E. Dauger. V. K. Decyk and J. M. Dawson, “Nuclear Reaction Rates and Energy in Stellar Plasmas: The effect of Highly Damped Modes”, Physics of Plasmas 8, 2454 (2001). 46. M. Opher and R. Opher, “Dynamic Screening in Thermonuclear Reactions”, The Astrophysical Journal, 535, 473 (2000). 47. M. Opher and R. Opher, “Energy of a Plasma in the Classical Limit, Physics Review Letters, 82, 4835 (1999). 48. O. D. Miranda, M. Opher and R. Opher, “Generation of Seed Magnetic Fields by Primordial Supernovae”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 301, 547 (1998). 49. M. Opher and R. Opher, “Was The Electromagnetic Spectrum a Blackbody Spectrum in The Early Universe?”, Physical Review Letters, 79, 2628 (1997). 50. M. Opher and R. Opher, “The Magnetic Field Spectrum in a Plasma in Thermal Equilibrium in the Epoch of Primordial Nucleosynthesis”, Physical Review D, 56, 3296 (1997). 51. M. Revzen, R. Opher, M. Opher and A. Mann, “Kirchhoff's theorem and the Casimir Effect”, Europhysics Letters, 38, 245 (1997). 52. M. Revzen, R. Opher, M. Opher and A. Mann, “Casimir's Entropy”, Journal of Physics A, 30, 7783 (1997).

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Journal Publications – Proceedings (only including those that were peer-reviewed)

53. A. A. Vidotto, M. Opher, V. Jatenco-Pereira, and T. I. Gombosi, “3D Simulations of Tilted Magnetospheres of Weak-Lines T-Tauri Stars”, Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, 40, 133 (2011). 54. M. Opher, “Shocks and Magnetized Winds: Learning from the Interaction of the Solar System with the Interstellar Medium”, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 36, 60 (2009). 55. Opher, M., “Pinning Down the Intensity and Direction of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field”, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1156, pp. 153-161 (2009). 56. M. Opher, E. C. Stone, P. C. Liewer, and T. I. Gombosi, “Global Asymmetry of the Heliosphere” AIP Conference Proceedings, 858, 45 (2006). 57. M. Opher, P. C. Liewer, M. Velli, L. Bettarini, T. I. Gombosi, W.B. Manchester, D. L. DeZeeuw, I. Sokolov, and G. Toth, “Magnetic Effects Change Our View of the Heliosheath”, AIP Conference Proceedings, 719, 105 (2004).

Journal Publications – submitted

58. C. Prested, M. Opher, and G. Toth, “Multi-ion, multi-fluid 3-D magnetohydrodynamic simulation of the outer heliosphere” J. Geophys. Res. In review (2013). 59. M. Opher, “Near the Boundary of the Heliosphere”, Living Review of Space Physics (invited review) (2012) 60. M.E. Hill, R.B. Decker, L.E. Brown, J.F. Drake, D.C. Hamilton, S.M. Krimigis, M. Opher, “Dependence of energetic ion and electron intensities on proximity to the magnetically sectored heliosheath: Voyager 1 and 2 Observations”, Astrophysical Journal Letters, in review (2013). 61. Provornikova, E., Opher, M., et al. Astrophysical Journal Letters, in review 2013 62. Fermo, R., Opher, M., Drake, J., Phys. Rev. Lett., in review (2013).

Chapters in Books:

1. M. Opher, “Shocks in Heliophysics”, Heliophysics, Space Storms and Radiation: Causes and Effects, p. 192-207, Cambridge University Press, Editors: Karel Schriver, George Siscoe (2009). 2. M. Opher, “Effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on the Heliosphere”, Local Bubble and Beyond II, American Institute of Physics, Editor: K. D. Kuntz (2009).

Professional Activities

Society Leadership 1. Member of the Decadal Survey in Space Physics of Solar and Heliospheric Panel (2010-2011) –chaired the Outer Heliosphere sub-panel 2. Member of the Decadal Survey in Space Physics of the Theory and Modeling Group

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(2010-2011) 3. Member of the Committee on Solar and Space Physics (CSSP) of the National Academy of Science (2008-2011) 4. NASA-Living with a Star Steering Committee (2006, 2007) 5. Chair, American Geophysical Union of Student Committee Award (2006, 2007) 6. Co-author of the Senior Review for Voyager (2008, 2009, 2012) 7. Co-author of the Senior Review for IBEX (2012)

Conference Organization 1. Spring Meeting of American Geophysical Union, Meeting of the America, co- chair session “Our Evolving Understanding of the Heliosheath”, May 2013 2. Chair, Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, Outer Heliosphere session, December 2012. 3. Session Leader, Chair, “Outer Heliosphere” at the Solar Heliospheric & Interplanetary Environment (SHINE 2012), August 2012. 4. SOC of the IAU Solar-Stellar Connection, China, August 2012. 5. SOC for IRIS/AIA workshop, California, May 2012. 6. Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, two sessions (Outer Heliosphere and Heliosphere Modeling), San Francisco, December 2010. 7. Spring Meeting of American Geophysical Union, Meeting of the Americas, Foz de Iguacu, Special session on shocks and acceleration of particles; and the session about Voyager and IBEX, August 2010. 8. SOC of SOHO-23, St. Andrew, September 2009. 9. SOC of the Heliophysics session, Cospar 2010. 10. Co-Chair, “Physics of the Solar Wind - Interstellar Medium Interaction: Theory, Modeling, and Observations”, Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, December 2008. 11. Co-Chair, “Shocks in the Lower Corona”, Solar Heliospheric & Interplanetary Environment (SHINE), July 2008, July 2009. 12. Co-Chair, “A Stereo View of the Final Frontiers: Voyager 1 and 2 in the Heliosheath”, Spring Meeting of American Geophysical Union, Acapulco, May 2007. 13. Chair, “Do We Understand Our Heliosheath? Implications for Three-Dimensional Heliosphere and Astrosphere”, Spring Meeting of American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, 23-26 May 2006. 14. Co-Chair, “Voyager in the Heliosheath I”, Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, 5-9 December, San Francisco 2005. 15. Co-Chair, “Voyager and Beyond: Physics of the Outer Heliosphere II”, Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, 13-17 December, San Francisco 2004. 16. Chair, “Novel Ideas in Space Physics”, Spring Meeting of American Geophysical Union, May 2003.

Reviewer 17. Member of the NSF Site Visit to Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM), University of Boston Space Weather Group. 18. Reviewer for NASA (SR&T and LWS – panels and mail-in reviewer), NSF

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Astronomy and Space Science panels and mail-in reviewer. 19. Reviewer for The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Journal of Geophysical Research, Space Science Reviews, Review of Space Science and Physical Review Letters, Solar Wind X, IEEE, EOS, Geophysical Research Letters, Brazilian Agency FAPESP.

Invited Lectures General

1. NASA Science Update on Voyager at NASA HQ, March 7-8, 2011 (with Edward Stone and Ann Druyan widow of Carl Sagan). 2. “The Vision Lecture Series” at GMU, January 31, 2011, http://cfa.gmu.edu/vision/ 3. “Thirteenth Annual Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Sciences”, September 23-25, 2010 www.nasonline.org/kfos 4. Parker Lecture at the SPD/AAS meeting, “Surprises from the Edge of the Solar System: Voyager at the Final Frontier”, June, Solar Physics Division (2006).

Conferences

1. (Invited) Plenary talk on the “The new heliosphere”, 14th ICATPP conference in Como in September 24, 2013 2. (Invited) International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, IAGA, XIIth Scientific Assembly, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, August 26-31, 2013 Outer Heliosphere session 3. (Invited) “Recent development in CME Simulations”, AGU Meeting of the Americas, Cancun, Mexico, May 14-17, 2013 4. ISSI Cosmic Plasmas “Structure formation and dynamics in cosmic plasmas”, 15- 19, April, Switzerland (2013). 5. IAU XXVIII, SpS10 (Invited) “Space Weather at Small Distances from the Sun and in Extra Solar Planets Environment”, Special Session on Dynamics of the Star-Planet Relations Beijing, China on August 20-31 (2012). 6. Joint IAU-WISER Advanced School on Space Environment (ASSE, China) talk on “ISM-heliosphere coupling”, August (2012). 7. 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, session D2.6, Mysore, India, talk “Physics in the Out-of the Ecliptic-Plane Orbits”, July (2012). 8. International Space Science Institute (ISSI) Team Meeting on the Heliopause, Bern, April (2012). 9. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, session “Extended Solar Minima”, December (2011). 10. Cosmic Rays Conference, Madison-Wisconsin, October (2011). 11. ISSS10, Banff, CA, invited review on “The Interaction of Solar System with the Interstellar Medium: MHD models”, July 24-27 (2011). 12. IPELS-2011, Whistler, Vancouver, July (2011). 13. X Nova Fisica no Espaco, Campos do Jordao, June (2011). 14. Invited Tutorial Lecture of Interstellar Medium-Heliosphere Coupling for the

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ASSE (Advanced School of Space Environment) session during IX COLAGE, April 09 (2011). 15. Heliophysics School, Bolder, CO, “Shocks in the Heliophysics”, August (2010). 16. American Astronomical Society, special session, “Magnetic fields in the Local ISM and the Local Bubble”, May (2010). 17. Voyager/IBEX Joint Meeting, SWRI, San Antonio, March (2010). 18. International Living with the Star, ILWS, Ubatuba, “Flows in the Heliosheath and in CMEs”, October (2009). 19. The University of Alabama in Huntsville Conference, Kauai, Hawaii, “Voyagers in the Heliosheath: Observations, models, and plasma physics”, January 9-14 (2009). 20. International Heliospheric Year Chapman Conference on Universal Heliophysical Processes, Savanah, Georgia, “Comparative shock studies”, November 10-14 (2008). 21. 2nd International Heliophysical Year Conference”, International Space Science Institute, “Flows in Shocks”, November 10-14 (2008). 22. Living with a Star Heliophysics Summer School, Invited Faculty Lectures, July 23-July 30 (2008). 23. Heliophysics Science Division Seminar, Goddard Space Flight Center, “When Magnetized Winds Collide: The Role of Interstellar Magnetic Field in the Interaction of the Solar System and the Interstellar Medium”, April 16 (2008). 24. The Local Bubble And Beyond II, “Interstellar Magnetic Field Orientation”, Philadelphia, April 21-24 (2008). 25. 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, “Modeling the three dimensional heliosphere”, Montreal, July 13-20 (2008). 26. Magnetic Fields in the Universe II: from Laboratory and Stars to the Primordial Universe, Cozumel, Mexico, January 28-Feb 1 (2008). 27. High Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows, Dublin, Ireland, September 24- 28 (2007). 28. International Space Science Institute (ISSI), "From the Outer Heliosphere to the Local Bubble: Comparison of New Observations with Theory", Bern, Switzerland, October 15-19 (2007). 29. Sixth Annual International Astrophysics Conference IGPP, “3D Simulations of global heliosphere: The Turbulence of Heliospheric Current Sheet”, Oahu, Hawaii, March (2007). 30. Parker Lecture at the SPD/AAS meeting June, Solar Physics Division, “Surprises from the Edge of the Solar System: Voyager at the Final Frontier”, University of New Hampshire, June (2006). 31. Heliospheric Workshop, Oxnard, “Living in an Asymmetric Heliosphere: What the Voyagers are telling us”, November (2006). 32. American Geophysical Union, “Global Asymmetry of the Heliosphere: The Effects of a Local Interstellar Magnetic Field on Voyager 1 and 2 Observations”,

Baltim ore, May 23 (2006). 33. 5th IGPP: The Physics of the Inner Heliosheath, “The Effects of a Local Interstellar Magnetic Field on Voyager 1 and 2 Observations”, Hawaii, March 04 (2006).

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34. Symposium in Honor of Ed Stone’s 70th Birthday, “Effects of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on the Heliosphere”, Caltech, February 10-11 (2006). 35. American Geophysical Union, “Effects of a Local Interstellar Magnetic Field on Voyager 1 and 2 Observations”, San Francisco, December (2005). 36. Workshop on Outer Heliosphere, Committee on Solar and Space Physics, UC Irvine, May 6-7 (2003). 37. 42nd Annual APS Division of the Plasma Physics, “Nuclear Reaction Rates and Energy in the Plasma: The Effect of Highly Damped Modes”, Quebec, Canada, October 23-27 (2000).

Invited Seminars/Colloquiums

1. Cornell University, Astronomy Department, March 14, 2013 2. Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Seminar, University of Michigan, Spring 2013. 3. MIT PSFC, MIT, May 2012. 4. “The Heliosheath as a Reconnection Laboratory”, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) PS&T Seminar, Wednesday, February 22, 2012. 5. Physics Department, University of New Hampshire, November 14, 2011. 6. Physics Department, Dartmouth College, April 5th, 2011. 7. Physics Department, University of Maryland, November 2010. 8. Physics Department, Montana University, Bozeman, October 22, 2010. 9. CSCAMM, University of Maryland, March 2009. 10. CIPS, Physics Department, University of Colorado, March 07 2009. 11. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institute of Washington, “Pinning Down the Direction and Magnitude of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field”, December 05, 2008. 12. Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminar, University of Maryland “Pinning Down the Direction and Magnitude of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field”, October 27, 2008. 13. Delaware University Colloquium, October 17, 2008. 14. MIT Astronomy Colloquium, February 19, 2008. 15. Astronomy Colloquium, University Madison Wisconsin, November 22, 2007. 16. EOSS Colloquium, University of Michigan, December, 2007. 17. E.O. Hulbert Colloquium Series at Naval Research Laboratory “Knocking on the galaxy’s Door: Voyager 1 and 2 at the Edge of the Solar System”, June 15, 2006. 18. Cornell University “Living in Asymmetric Heliosphere: Magnetic Effects in the Heliosphere”, Plasma Astrophysics Seminar, October 24, 2006. 19. Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminar, University of Maryland “Effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on the Termination Shock: Explaining the Voyager Results”, September, 2005. 20. Goddard Space Flight Center “Effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on the Termination Shock: Explaining the Voyager Results”, October 26, 2005. 21. Jet Propulsion Laboratory,“Effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on the Termination Shock: Explaining the Voyager Results”, March, 2005. 22. Space Science Laboratory, Berkeley “From the Sun to the Edge of the Solar

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System: Coronal Mass Ejection Driven Shocks and Magnetic Effects in the Heliosheath”, October 19, 2004. 23. George Mason University “From the Sun to the Edge of the Solar System: Coronal Mass Ejection Driven Shocks and Magnetic Effects in the Heliosheath”, October 09, 2004. 24. IGPP, Riverside "Magnetic Effects in the Heliosheath", January 15-20, 2004. 25. South Research Institute, San Antonio "Probing the Edge of the Solar System: Formation of an Unstable Jet-Sheet", July 1-2, 2003. 26. KITP, Santa Barbara "Probing the Edge of the Solar System: Formation of an Unstable Jet-Sheet", June 27, 2003. 27. UCLA, “Probing the Edge of the Solar System: Formation of an Unstable Jet- Sheet”, February 27, 2003. 28. Caltech Space Radiation Laboratory, “Probing the Edge of the Solar System: Formation of an Unstable Jet-Sheet”, December 19, 2002. 29. “Nuclear Reaction Rates and the Contribution of Highly Damped Plasma Modes to Stellar Evolution and the Early Universe”, Princeton Plasma Laboratory, New Jersey, December, 2000.

Talk/Workshop

Professional Society Memberships • Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society • American Geophysical Union • American Physical Society • American Astronomical Society • AAAS

Other 1. Speaker at the Panel for Brazilians Abroad at MIT, October 5, 2013 2. Speaker at the “Art and Science: Not quite Parallel Realities” panel at TransCultural Exchange's 4th biennale Conference on International Opportunities in the Arts, Oct. 10-13, 2013. 3. Speaker at the “Big Ideas for Busy People”, Cambridge Science Festival, 2013 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np78sHrjAx4 4. Outreach Material for VoyagerPoster 2010, http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/pdf/VoyagerPoster2010_Back.pdf 5. Part of the training of “NASA Solar System Ambassadors Progam”, http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html 6. Part of the panel for IBEX, NASA press release, September 2010, http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ibex/telecon_20100929.html 7. The Space Place, NASA –cartoon link: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/space-place-live/en/ 4. “The Journey to Interstellar Space”, six-part series video, http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/imagesvideo/#

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Selected News Coverage quotes

1. “Reshaping the Solar System, Research Magazine 2012”, BU, “http://www.bu.edu/research/magazine/2012/dialogues/reshaping-the-solar- system/index.shtml” 2. Bild der Wissenschaft ,“Die Selstsame Grenze des Sonnensystems”, January 2013 3. WGBH “Voyager's Merav Opher on Touching the Edge of Our Solar System” http://wgbhnews.org/post/voyagers-merav-opher-touching-edge-our- solar-system, September 14, 2012 4. Episode “Escape” on Voyager at “RadioLab” aired February 20th, 2012., http://www.radiolab.org/people/merav-opher/ 5. “Going Boldly beyond the grasp of our sun”, Boston Globe http://people.bu.edu/mopher/Globe.pdf 6. “Bubbles at the Edge of Space: Merav Opher Is Changing Astrophysics”, Txchnologist, February 26, 2012 by John Rennie, http://www.txchnologist.com/2012/bubbles-at-the-edge-of-space-merav-opher-is- changing-astrophysics 7. BU Today, “Beyond the Bubble”: http://www.bu.edu/buniverse/view/?v=GCZutwR 8. NASA News Release- http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/heliosphere- surprise.html 9. Voyager spacecraft see hints of huge magnetic bubbles -CNET News : http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-20070401-239/voyager-spacecraft-see-hints- of-huge-magnetic-bubbles/#ixzz1RYFtFOf3 10. Voyagers ride 'magnetic bubbles'- BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13715764 11. Des bulles magnétiques aux confins du système solaire -LeMonde: http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2011/06/09/des-bulles-magnetiques-aux- confins-du-systeme-solaire_1534279_3244.html 12. Magnetic Bubbles Frothing at Edge of Solar System? -Epoch Times: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/science/magnetic-bubbles-frothing-at-edge-of- solar-system-video-57465.html 13. NASA Probes Suggest Magnetic Bubbles Reside at Solar System Edge - PRNewwire : http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nasa-probes-suggest- magnetic-bubbles-reside-at-solar-system-edge-123556929.html 14. Frothy Magnetic-Bubble Sea Found at Solar System's Edge -National Geographic: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110609- magnetic-bubbles-solar-system-nasa-space-science/ 15. Cauldron found brewing at solar system's edge - CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/09/scitech/main20070384.shtml 16. Magnetic Bubbles Detected at Edge of Solar System -Voice of America: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/science-technology/Magnetic-Bubbles- Detected-at-Edge-of-Solar-System-123768954.html 17. At the Far End of the Solar System: Space Bubbles PBS: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/jan-june11/spacebubbles.html 18. Edge of Solar System Filled with Bubbles, NASA Says - SPACE.com:

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http://www.space.com/11884-nasa-bubbles-solar-system-edge.html 19. Huge Magnetic Bubbles May Churn at Solar System's Edge -SPACE.com: http://www.space.com/11912-nasa-voyager-solar-system-magnetic-bubbles.html 20. Approaching Solar System's Edge, Voyager Probes Detect A Foamy Sea of Magnetic Bubbles -POPSCI: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011- 06/voyager-probes-detect-foamy-sea-magnetic-bubbles-solar-systems-edge 21. Solar system edge 'bunches' in magnetic bubbles: NASA- France 24 22. BU press releasePart of the NASA PANEL on Voyager: April 28, 2011: http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=2227 23. (NASA LINK): http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/apr/HQ_M11- 084_Voyager_Update.html 24. Images of research used in the show “Journey to the Stars” by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York (2009). 25. The New York Times, “Space Probes Show Solar System Dented, Not Round” (July 2008). 26. National Geographic, Top Ten Space Pictures of 2007 (Dec 2007) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070510-solar-system.html 27. Voyager 2 Multimedia for the 2007 AGU Press Event (Dec 2007) http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/termination_shock_multi.html See Video material of Opher et al. work showing the distortion 28. ABC News, "Solar System and Milky Way doing the splits" (June 2007) 29. National Geographic, "Solar System is "Bullet Shaped" (May 2007) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/05/070510-solar-system.html 25. Discover Magazine, “The Sun Flies Like a Bullet” (August 2007) http://discovermagazine.com/2007/aug/the-sun-flies-like-a-bullet 26. New Scientist, “The kink at the edge of the solar system” (May 2006) 30. CNN.com, “Voyager 2 detects solar system’s edge” (May 2006) 31. Nashua Telegraph, “Unlikely scientist delves deep into space at UNH”, (June 2006) 32. “To An Instability and Beyond”, Editor's Choice, Science, Vol. 300, page 2005, (2003) 33. “Did Voyager Crossed the Termination Shock?” NASA Space Science Update (November 05, 2003) (member of the panel with Ed Stone, Tom Krimigis and Frank McDonald) 34. NPR “Science Friday”, November 13, 2003 (commenting on Voyager) 35. L.A. Times article on Voyager November 13, 2003 36. “Past Pluto, Mason physicist’s research looks at the ends of the solar system”, The Mason Spirit, Spring 2008 Issue 37. “Research on the Edge-Of the Solar System”, Think. Learn. Succeed. http://www.gmu.edu/thinklearn/opher.html 38. Knockin’ on the Galaxy’s Door: Physics Professor Calculates Area at the Edge of the Solar System”, The Mazon Gazette, May 30, 2006 by Tara Laskowski 39. “Scientist Receives NSF Grant for Space Study”, The Mason Gazette, March 04, 2008 by Karen Akerlof 40. “Professor’s Findings Confirmed: Solar System is Asymmetric”, The Mason Gazette, December 21, 2007 by Tara Laskowski

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41. “Mason Professor finds Direction of Magnetic Field beyond Solar System”, The Mason Gazette, May 11, 2007 by Tara Laskowski 42. The article Opher et al. 2003 The Astrophysical Journal, 591L, 61 (2003). chosen as highlight for Science Editor's Choice, "To an Instability and Beyond", Science, 300, 2005 (2003)]

MEMBER OF PH.D. DISSERTATION COMMITEES At George Mason University 1. Rebekah Evans, Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy Department, (Advisor: Merav Opher) 2. Indrajit Das, Ph.D. in CDS Department 3. Oscar Olmedo, Ph.D. in CDS Department, (Advisor: Prof. Jie Zhang), 4. Juan Lima (Advisor: Prof. Peter Becker) 5. Watanachak Poomvises (Advisor: Prof. Jie Zhang) 6. Robin Collanino (Advisor: Prof. Art Poland) 7. Lonnie Cumberland (Advisor: Prof. Mike Summers)

At Boston University 8. Christina Prested (Second reader) (Advisor: Prof. Nathan Schwadron) 9. Kamen Kozarev (Advisor: Prof. Nathan Schwadron) 10. Katherine Garcia-Sage (second reader) (Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey W. Hughes) 11. Michael Pavel (Advisor: Prof. Dan Clemens)

ADVISOR: Ph.D. candidates 1. Christina Kay, (2011-), Astronomy Department, Boston University 2. Elena Provnikova – co-advisor with Vladislav Izmodenov from Moscow University, (2010-) Astronomy Department, Boston University 3. Rebekah Evans, Physics and Astronomy, George Mason Univ. (2006-2011) completed 4. Cristiane Loesch de Souza, National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (2007- 2009, co advisor with Prof. Maria Virginia Alves) completed 5. Aline A. Vidotto, Astronomy Dept., University of Sao Paulo (2007-2009 co-advisor with Prof. Vera Jatenco Pereira) completed 6. Other: Indrajit Das, Physics and Astronomy (2008-2010) –not completed changed advisor when I moved to BU.

Postdoctoral Supervision 1. Bertland Zieger (2012-) (he is Assistant Research Scientist), Astronomy Dept.; Boston University 2. Dr. Christina Prested (2011-2012) Astronomy Dept., Boston University 3. Dr. Ray Fermo (2011-) Astronomy Dept., Boston University 4. Dr. Alhuanni Bibi (2008-2011) Physics and Astronomy Dept., George Mason Univ.

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5. Dr. Yong Liu (2007-2008) Physics and Astronomy Dept., George Mason Univ.

Undergrad Supervision 1. Marc Kornbleuth, Boston University (2011-2012)

Service (from the period at Boston University, 2011-) 1. Member of the CAS Academic Policy Committee (2012-) 2. Chair of the Comprehensive Exam (2012) 3. Committee of Oral Exam, Dylan Morgan (Advisor: Andrew West) 4. Committee of Oral Exam, Danielle Pahud (Advisor: Jeffrey W. Hughes) 5. Committee of Oral Exam, Antonia Savcheva (Advisor: Ed DeLuca (CfA)) 6. Astronomy Undergraduate Advisor (2011-) 7. Committee of PhD Defense, Kate (Advisor: Jeffrey W. Hughes) 8. Committee of PhD Defense, Michael Pavel (Advisor: Dan Clemens) 9. Committee of PhD Defense, Kamen Kozarev (Advisor: Nathan Schwadron) 10. Committee of Oral Exam, Dylan Morgan (Advisor: Andrew West)

While at GMU 11. Committee of PhD Defense, Oscar Olmedo (Advisor: Jie Zhang) 12. Committee of PhD Defense, Poomvises, Watanachak (Advisor: Jie Zhang)

Other Organizer of the Summer School on Plasma Processes in Space Physics at Boston University, August 5-11 (2012) Website: http://people.bu.edu/mopher/PlasmaSummerSchool/Welcome.html

Teaching

At UCLA • Electromagnetic Theory (Fall 2001)

At George Mason University

• PHYS 305: Electromagnetic Theory (Fall 2008; Fall 2010) • PHYS 711: Statistical Mechanics (Spring 2010) • ASTR 760: Space Plasma Physics (Fall 2006; Spring 2009) • ASTR 790: Magnetic Field in Astrophysics (Fall 2007) • ASTR 113: Introduction to Astronomy (Spring 2006; Spring 2007) • ASTR 112: Introductory Astronomy Laboratory I (Fall 2005; Fall 2009) • ASTR 769: Introduction to Space Weather (Fall 2005)

At Boston University

• AS786 - The Sun and Heliosphere (Spring 2011)

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• AS102 – Introduction to Astronomy (Fall 2011) • AS803 - Research Methods in Astronomical Data Analysis (Spring 2012) • AS851 – Astrophysics Seminar (Spring 2012)

Abstracts of Work presented as talk or poster at Conferences (students and postdocs are underlined)

1. B. Zieger and M. Opher, “The Slow Bow Shock Model of the Heliospheric Interface” 2. M. Opher, J. Drake, M. Swisdak, G. Toth, “Structure of the Heliosheath and Heliopause”, 2013 Meeting of the Americas, Cancun, 14-17 May 2013 3. M. Opher, C. Kay, R. Fermo, J. Drake, R. Evans, B. vanDerHolst, “Update from the BU-CME Group: Accurate Prediction of CME Deflection and Magnetic reconnection in the interior of interplanetary CMEs”, 2013 Meeting of the Americas, Cancun, Mexico, 14-17 May, 2013 4. M. Opher, J. Drake, M. Swisdak, G. Toth, “Structure of the Heliosheath and Heliopause”, IBEX Science Working Team Meeting held in Austin, Texas on March 18-21, 2013 5. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, session “Extended Solar Minima”, December (2012)-oral .

6. IAU XXVIII, SpS10, “The wind effects of solar-like and weak-lined T Tauri stars on the environment of extrasolar planets”, Jatenco-Pereira, V., Vidotto, A. A., Opher, M. and Gombosi, T. I.

7. IAU XXVIII, SpS10 (Invited) “Space Weather at Small Distances from the Sun and in Extra Solar Planets Environment”, Opher, M.

8. Cospar 2012 - D1.1-0025-12 – Poster, “3D MHD modeling of effects of corotating interaction regions on the heliosheath flow”, Provornikova, E., Opher, M., Izmodenov, V., Toth, G.

9. Cospar 2012 - D2.6-0009-12- Invited –Oral “What did we learn about the 3D Global Structure of the Heliosphere with Voyager and IBEX”, Opher, M., Drake, J., Swisdak, M., Provornikova, E., Izmodenov, V., Toth, G.

10. Cospar 2012 - D1.1-0015-12 – Oral, “Magnetic reconnection in the heliosheath and its signatures and consequences”, Drake, J., Schoeffler, K., Opher, M., Swisdak, M.

11. Cospar 2012, D1.3-0003-12 – Oral, “A reconnection mechanism for the generation of anomalous cosmic rays”, Drake, J., Schoeffler, K., Opher, M., Swisdak, M.

12. Cospar 2012 - D1.1-0020-12, Oral, “3D Global Structure of the

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Heliosheath with the Sector Region”, Opher, M., Drake, J., Swisdak, M. Toth, G.

13. Cospar 2012 - D1.1-0030-12, Poster, “The influence of pick-up ions in multi-ion fluid simulations of the outer heliosphere and simulated energetic neutral atom maps”, Prested, C., Opher, M., Toth, G., Schwadron, N.

14. EGU General Assembly 2012 – “Do shocks associated with merged interaction regions in the supersonic solar wind survive in the heliosheath?”, Provornikova, E., Opher, M., Izmodenov, V., Toth, G., Oran, R.

15. Fall AGU 2011 - SH11A-1910 Poster “3D MHD modeling of non- stationary flow in the heliosheath”, Provornikova, E., Opher, M., Izmodenov, V., Toth, G., Oran, R.

16. Fall AGU 2011 – SH11B-1924 Poster “Reconnection at the Heliopause and the Motion of Energetic Particles in the Outer Heliosphere”, Swisdak, M., Drake, J. F., Opher, M., Knizhnik, K.

17. Fall AGU 2011 - SH11A-1908 Poster “Flow Transition Region in the Heliosheath“, Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Velli, M., Toth, G.

18. Fall AGU 2011 - SH13C-07, Oral “The dynamics, structure and signatures of magnetic bubbles in the outer heliosphere”, Drake, J. F., Opher, M., Swisdak, M., Schoeffler, K. M.

19. Fall AGU 2011 - SH43A-1933 Poster: “CME-Sheath and Shock Heating by Surface Alfven Wave Dissipation in the Lower Corona”, Evans, R., Opher, M., van der Holst, B.

20. Fall AGU 2011 SH23A-1937 Poster: “The Role of Coronal Holes in CME Deflection in the Lower Corona”, Kay, C., Opher, M., Evans, R. M., Gombosi, T. I.

21. Fall AGU 2011, SH23D-06: Oral “The heliospheric structure during the recent solar minimum: shocks in the lower corona and the magnetic field structure in the heliosheath” (Invited): Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Evans, R., Provornikova, E., Swisdak, M., Schoeffler, K. M., van der Holst, B., Toth, G.

22. Fall AGU 2011, SH11A-1906 Poster: “Seemingly Incongruous Voyager 1 & 2 Energetic Particle Observations in the Heliosheath Through 2011”, Hill, M. E., Decker, R. B., Drake, J. F., Hamilton, D. C., Krimigis, S. M, Opher, M., Roelof, E. C.

23. Fall AGU SH21C-07 Oral: “Variation of Pick-up Ion Pressure throughout the Heliosheath: 3-Dimensional Multi-ion, Multi-fluid Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation of the Outer Heliosphere”, Prested, C. L., Opher, M., Toth, G., Schwadron, N. A.

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24. American Physical Society, 53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, November 14-18, 2011, abstract #NP9.002: “A mechanism for the generation of anomalous cosmic rays: the reconnection of the 3-D sectored heliospheric magnetic field in the heliosheath”, Drake, J. F., Swisdak. M., Schoeffler, K., Opher, M.

25. American Physical Society, 52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, November 8-12, 2010, abstract #CP9.148, “Reconnection Effects in the Outer Heliosphere: Is the Magnetic Field in the Heliosheath Sector Region and in the Outer Heliosheath Laminar?”, Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Swisdak, M., Toth, G.

26. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #216, #407.19; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.862, “Surface Alfven Wave Contribution to Coronal Heating in a Wave-Driven Solar Wind Model”, Evans, R. M., Opher, M., Oran, R., Sokolov, I. V.

27. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #216, #406.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.880 “Sheath Flows and Reconnection in the Lower Corona: New Diagnostics for the Initial Orientation of the Ejecta of Coronal Mass Ejections”, Opher, M., Evans, R. M.

28. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #216, #201.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.844, “Magnetic fields in the Local ISM and the Local Bubble”, Opher, M.

29. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #349.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.531, “Simulations of Winds of Weak-Lined T Tauri Stars: The Magnetic Field Geometry and The Influence of the Wind on Giant Planet Migration”, Opher, M., Vidotto, A., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Gombosi, T.

30. American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #322.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.324, “Relationship between Flow and Magnetic Field in Coronal Mass Ejections”, Evans, R. M., Opher, M.

31. 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 18-15 July 2010, in Bremen, Germany, p.4, “Preferential Low-Latitude Acceleration and Transport of Low-Energy Anomalous Cosmic Rays”, Hill, M., Drake, J., Opher, M.

32. 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 18-15 July 2010, in Bremen, Germany, p.5, “A magnetic reconnection mechanism for the generation of anomalous cosmic rays”, Drake, J., Opher, M., Swisdak, M., Chamoun, J.

33. 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 18-15 July 2010, in Bremen, Germany, p.4, “The possibility of magnetic reconnection at the heliopause”, Swisdak, M., Drake, J., Opher, M.

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34. 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 18-15 July 2010, in Bremen, Germany, p.7, “Global Asymmetries in the Heliosphere: Signature of the Interstellar Magnetic Field”, Opher, M., Alouani-Bibi, F., Izmodenov, V., Richrdson, J., Toth, G., Gombosi, T.

35. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH53A-1309, “Surface Alfven Wave Damping in a Solar Wind Simulation Driven by Alfven Waves”, Evans, R., M., Opher, M., Oran, R., Sokolov, I.

36. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH32A-04, “Orientation and Magnitude of the Interstellar Magnetic Field from Heliosheath Flows”, Opher, M., Alouani Bibi, F., Toth, G., Richardson, J. D., Izmodenov, V., Gombosi, T. I.

37. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH31A-1450, “Temporal & Spatial Evolution of a Modeled CME Shock and Post-shock Compression”, Das, I., Opher, M., Evans, R. M., Gombosi, T. I.

38. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH24A-06, “A reconnection mechanism for the generation of anomalous cosmic rays”, Drake, J. F.; Swisdak, M. M., Opher, M., Schoeffler, K. M.

39. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH21B-1509, “Comparison of Model ENAs Produced from Heliospheric Multi-fluid MHD with the First All-Sky ENA Maps”, Prested, C. L., Schwadron, N. A., Opher, M., McComas, D. J., Funsten, H. O., Fuselier, S. A.

40. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH21B-1508, “The link between pick-up ions and energetic neutral atoms”, Alouani Bibi, F., Opher, M., Prested, C. L., Schwadron, N. A., Toth, G.

41. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH21B-1507, “The Heliopause Reconnection X-line”, Olson, D. K., Moore, T. E., Alouani-Bibi, F. A., Opher, M., Coplan, M. A.

42. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH21A-1498, “Acceleration of Anomalous Cosmic Rays via Reconnection in the Heliosheath”, Lazarian, A., Opher, M.

43. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH21A-1496, “Hybrid simulation of interstellar wind interaction with solar wind plasma”, Izmodenov, V., Alouani Bibi, F., Opher, M., Aleksashov, D., Toth, G.

44. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SH21A-1491, “The Spatial Distribution of Magnetic Reconnection at the Heliopause”, Swisdak, M. M., Opher, M., Drake, J. F., Bibi, F. A.

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45. American Physical Society, 51st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, November 2-6, 2009, abstract #PM9.008, “A new mechanism for the generation of anomalous cosmic rays: dissipation of the sectored heliospheric magnetic field in the heliosheath”, Drake, J. F., Opher, M., Swisdak, M., Schoeffler, K.

46. Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 259, p. 415-416, “Numerical simulations of magnetized winds of solar-like stars”, Vidotto, A. A., Opher, M., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Gombosi, T. I.

47. EGU General Assembly 2009, held 19-24 April, 2009 in Vienna, Austria http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009, p.11094, “Signatures of Two Distinct Initiation Mechanisms while CMEs Evolve in the Lower Corona”, Alves, M. V., de Souza Costa, C. L., Opher, M., Liu, Y. C., Manchester, W. B., Gombosi, T. I.

48. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH51B-1600, “Surface Alfven Wave Damping in a 3D Simulation of the Solar Wind”, Evans, R. M., Opher, M., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Gombosi, T. I.

49. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH23B-1636, “Signatures of Two Distinct Initiation Mechanisms in the Evolution of CMEs in the Lower Corona”, de Souza Costa, C. L., Opher, M., Alves, M. V., Liu, Y. C., Manchester, W. B., Gombosi, T. I.

50. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH21B-1610, “The Effects of Pickup Ions on Magnetic Reconnection at the Heliopause”, Swisdak, M., Opher, M., Drake, J. F.

51. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH21B-1598, “Effects Non-uniform Flux Transfer and Empirically Based Heliosheath Plasma Distributions on Global Maps of Heliospheric Energetic Neutral Atoms”, Prested, C.; Schwadron, N., McComas, D., Opher, M., Crew, G., Vanderspek, R., Maynard, K., Goodrich, K., Fuselier, S., Funsten, H., Janzen, P., Kucharek, H., Moebius, E., Reisenfeld, D., Peterson, L.; Saul, L.

52. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH21A-1590, “3D Numerical Simulations Of Magnetized Winds Of Solar-Like Stars”, Vidotto, A. A., Opher, M., Jatenco-Pereira, V., Gombosi, T. I.

53. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH14A-07, “Balancing Act: The Role of The Interstellar Magnetic Field and Neutral H in Voyager 1 and 2 Asymmetries”, Opher, M., Stone, E. C., Toth, G., Izmodenov, V., Alexashov, V., Gombosi, T. I.

54. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH13B-1546, “Presence

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Of A Reverse Shock In The Evolution Of A CME In The Lower Solar Corona”, Das, I., Opher, M.

55. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #SH11A-07, “Comparison of MHD Simulations of CME Evolution and Structure with Coronagraph Observation”, Manchester, W. B., Vourlidas, A., Jai, Y., Lugaz, N., Roussev, I., Gombosi, T., Opher, M.

56. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2008, abstract #SH24A-08, “Role of the Interstellar Magnetic Field in the Flows in the Heliosheath”, Opher, M. Stone, E. C., Richardson, J. C., Gombosi, T. I.

57. 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 13-20 July 2008, in Montréal, Canada., p.2295, “When Magnetized Winds Collide: Role of the Interstellar Magnetic Field Shaping the Heliosphere”, Opher, M., Stone, E.C., Richardson, J., Toth, G., Alexashov, D., Izmodenov, V., Gombosi, T.

58. 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 13-20 July 2008, in Montréal, Canada., p.56, “Effects of the helisopheric and interstellar magnetic field on the heliospheric interface”, Alexashov, D., Izmodenov, V., Malama, Y., Opher, M.

59. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SH32A-0785, “Modeling STEREO White-Light Observations of CMEs with 3D MHD Simulations”, Manchester, W. B., Vourlidas, A., Toth, G., Lugaz, N., Sokolov, I., Gombosi, T., de Zeeuw, D., Opher, M.

60. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SH32A-0783, “Numerical Simulation of a Coronal Mass Ejection in the Lower Corona: Comparison of Two Initiation Models”, Loesch, C., Opher, M., Liu, Y., Manchester, W. B., IV, Gombosi, T. I., Alves, M. V.

61. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SH32A-0777, “A simulation of a CME propagation and shock evolution in the lower solar corona”, Liu, Y. C., Opher, M., Cohen, O., Gombosi, T. I.

62. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SH21A-0286, “Alfven Profile in the Lower Corona: Implications for Shock Formation”, Evans, R. M., Opher, M., Manchester, W. B., Velli, M., Gombosi, T. I.

63. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SH14A-1688, “The Interstellar Boundary Explorer Instrument Models and Predicted ENA Count Rates”, Prested, C., Schwadron, N., Passuite, J., Randol, B., Stuart, B., Heerikhuisen, J., Opher, M., Allegrini, F., Steve, F., Funsten, H., Moebius, E.

64. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SH12B-03, “The Orientation of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field and Induced Asymmetries of the

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Heliosphere: Neutrals-MHD model”, Opher, M., Stone, E. C., Izmodenov, V., Malama, Y., Alexashov, D., Toth, G., Gombosi, T.

65. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, abstract #SH51A-02, “Test- particle Orbit Simulations in Fields from a Realistic 3D MHD Simulation”, Decker, R. B., Opher, M., Hill, M. E.

66. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, abstract #SH43A-07, “The Orientation of the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field and Induced Asymmetries on the Heliosphere”, Opher, M., Stone, E. C., Gombosi, T. I.

67. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #SH53B-1488, “Constraining the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field Direction from Source Location of the Heliospheric 2-3kHz Radio Emissions”, Opher, M., Stone, E. C., Gombosi, T. I.

68. American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting #37, #23.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.250, “Surprises From The Edge Of The Solar System: Voyager At The Final Frontier”, Opher, M.

69. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2007, abstract #SH22A-04, “Effects of a Local Interstellar and Interplanetary Magnetic Field on the Heliosheath”, Opher, M., Stone, E. C., Liewer, P. C., Gombosi, T. I.

70. 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 16 - 23 July 2006, in Beijing, China. Meeting abstract from the CDROM, #2383, “Nonlinear analysis of jet/wake and current sheet interactions in the heliospheric plasma”, Bettarini, L.; Landi, S., Rappazzo, F., Velli, M., Opher, M.

71. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #SH53A-1245, “Kelvin- Helmholtz Instability and Turbulence Forming Behind a CME-driven Shock”, Manchester, W. B., Opher, M., Gombosi, T., Dezeeuw, D., Sokolov, I., Toth, G.

72. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005, abstract #SH43B-02, “Effect of the Interstellar Magnetic Field on the Termination Shock: Explaining the Voyager Results”, Opher, M., Stone, E. C., Liewer, P. C.

73. American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #13.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1173, Korreck, K. E., Sokoloski, J. L., Opher, M.

74. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005, abstract #SH23A-07, “Effects of a Tilted Heliospheric Current Sheet in the Heliosheath”, Opher, M., Liewer, P., Velli, M., Gombosi, T., Manchester, W., Dezeeuw, D., Toth, G.

75. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005, abstract #SH13B-03, “Evolution of CME-driven Shocks in the Lower Corona for the October-

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November 2003 Events”, Opher, M., Manchester, W., Gombosi, T., Liewer, P., Roussev, I., Sokolov, I., Dezeeuw, D., Toth, G.

76. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2004, abstract #SH42A-02, “Effects of a Tilted Heliospheric Current Sheet in the Heliosheath: 3D MHD Modeling”, Opher, M., Liewer, P., Velli, M., Gombosi, T., Manchester, W., Dezeeuw, D., Toth, G.

77. American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #43.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1412, “Effects of a Tilted Heliospheric Current Sheet at the Edge of the Solar System”, Opher, M., Liewer, P., Manchester, W., Gombosi, T., DeZeeuw, D., Toth, G.

78. American Astronomical Society Meeting 204, #72.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.799, “Magnetic Effects and our Changing View of the Heliosheath”, Liewer, P. C., Opher, M., Velli, M., Gombosi, T. I., Manchester, W., DeZeeuw, D. L., Toth, G., Sokolov, I.

79. American Astronomical Society Meeting 204, #03.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.671, “Learning from our Sun: The Interaction of Stellar with Interstellar Winds”, Opher, M., Liewer, P. C., Velli, M., Gombosi, T. I., Manchester, W., DeZeeuw, D. L., Toth, G., Sokolov, I. V.

80. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2003, abstract #SH11C-1114, “Magnetic Effects at the Edge of the Solar System: MHD Instabilities, the de Laval nozzle effect and an Extended Jet”, Opher, M., Liewer, P., Velli, M., Bettarini, L., Gombosi, T. I., Manchester, W., Dezeeuw, D. L., Toth, G., Sokolov, I.

81. American Astronomical Society Meeting 203, #134.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, p.1421, “Magnetic Effects at the Edge of the Solar System: MHD Instabilities, the de Laval nozzle effect and an Extended Jet”, Opher, M., Liewer, P. C., Velli, M., Gombosi, T., Manchester, W., DeZeeuw, D.

82. American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting #34, #06.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, p.818, “The Formation of an Unstable Jet-Sheet at the Edge of the Solar System”, Opher, M., Liewer, P., Velli, M., Gombosi, T., Manchester, W., DeZeeuw, D., Sokolov, I., Toth, G.

83. American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting #34, #05.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, p.816, “Interpreting Coronagraph Data used Simulated White Light Images and 3D MHD Models of CMEs”, Liewer, P. C., Opher, M., Velli, M., Manchester, W., DeZeeuw, D., Gombosi, T., Roussev, I., Sokolov, I., Toth, G., Powell, K.

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84. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2002, abstract #SH21A-0501, “3D MHD Simulation of CME Propagation from Solar Corona to 1 AU”, Manchester, W. B., Roussev, I., Opher, M., Gombosi, T., Dezeeuw, D., Toth, G., Sokolov, I., Powell, K.

85. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2002, abstract #SH21A-0485, “3D MHD description of the region beyond the termination shock: The behaviour of the Current Sheet”, Opher, M., Liewer, P., Gombosi, T., Manchester, W., Dezeeuw, D. L., Powell, K., Sokolov, I., Toth, G., Velli, M.

86. American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2002, abstract #SH22D-03, “3D MHD Simulations of Flux Rope Driven CMEs”, Manchester, W. B., Roussev, I., Opher, M., Gombosi, T., DeZeeuw, D., Toth, G., Sokolov, I., Powell, K.

87. 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA, meeting abstract, “3D adaptive grid MHD simulations of the global heliosphere with self- consistent fluid neutral hydrogen”, Opher, M., Liewer, P., Gombosi, T., Manchester, W., Dezeeuw, D., Powell, K., Sokolov, I., Toth, G.

88. American Physical Society, 43rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics October 29 - November 2, 2001 Long Beach, California, abstract #QP1.090, “Microscopic Density Structures and Shear Alfven Waves”, Morales, G. J., Tsung, F. S., Leboeuf, J. N., Opher, M.

89. American Physical Society, 43rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics October 29 - November 2, 2001 Long Beach, California, abstract #BP1.058, “Krook Collisional Models of the Kinetic Susceptibility”, Opher, M., Morales, G. J., Leboeuf, J. N.

90. American Astronomical Society, 198th AAS Meeting, #90.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.918, “Magnetic-Field Structure and Saturation in the Small-Scale Dynamo Theory”, Schekochihin, A., Maron, J., Opher, M., Cowley, S.

91. American Astronomical Society, 198th AAS Meeting, #54.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p.866, “Magnetic Field Generation in Galactic Plasmas”, Opher, M., Cowley, S., Schekochihin, A., Kinney, R. M., Chandran, B., Maron, J., McWilliams, J. C.

92. American Physical Society, 42nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics combined with the 10th International Congress on Plasma Physics October 23 - 27, 2000 Québec City, Canada Meeting ID: DPP00, abstract #UI2.006, “Nuclear Reaction Rates and Energy in the Plasma: The

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Effect of Highly Damped Modes”, Opher, M.

93. American Physical Society, 42nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics combined with the 10th International Congress on Plasma Physics October 23 - 27, 2000 Québec City, Canada Meeting ID: DPP00, abstract #BP1.057, “Magnetic Field Generation in Galactic Plasmas”, Opher, M., Cowley, S., Maron, J., McWilliams, J. C.

94. Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, Vol. 80, Proceedings of the Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology held in Paris, France, 14-18 December, 1998. CDROM contents., p.04/16, “The energy of the primordial plasma”, Opher, M., Opher, R.

95. The Light Elements and their Evolution, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 198, held 22-26 Nov 1999, Natal, Brazil. Edited by L. da silva, R. de Medeiros, &M Spite, 2000., p.116, “Change in Primordial Abundances Due to a Change in the Primordial Plasma Energy Density”, Opher, M., Opher, R.

96. Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories, held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 22-27 June, 1997. Edited by Tsvi Piran and Remo Ruffini. World Scientific Publishers, 1999., p.1339, “Energy in the Primordial Plasma”, Opher, M., Opher, R.

97. Abstracts of the 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, held in Paris, France, Dec. 14-18, 1998. Eds.: J. Paul, T. Montmerle, and E. Aubourg (CEA Saclay), meeting abstract., “Less Energy in the Early Universe”, Opher, M., Opher, R.

98. Eighteenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology /edited by Angela V. Olinto, Joshua A. Frieman, and David N. Schramm. River Edge, N. J. : World Scientific, c1998. ("Eighteenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, Texas in Chicago, Chicago, 15-20 December 1996)., p.248, “Additional Energy at the Epoch of Primordial Nucleosynthesis”, Opher, M., Opher, R.

99. Young Galaxies and QSO Absorption-Line Systems, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 114, 1997, ed. Sueli M. Viegas, Ruth Gruenwald; Reinaldo R. de Carvalho (1997). Proceedings of a workshop held in Santos, Brazil 8-12 April 1996., p.129, “Origin of the Magnetic Field in Young Galaxies”, Opher, M., Opher, R., Miranda, O. D.

100. Proceedings of the Fourth Brazilian Meeting on Plasma Physics and the Sixth Brazilian Plasma Astrophysics Workshop, p. 162, “Primordial Magnetic Fields and the Formation of the First Objects in the Universe”, Opher, R., Miranda, O. D.; Oliveira, S. R., Pires, N., Opher, M.

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101. Conference Paper, Sao Paulo Univ. Brazil Inst. de Astronomico e Geofisico, “Plasma effects on primordial nucleosynthesis”, Opher, M., Opher, R.

102. Conference Paper, Sao Paulo Univ. Brazil Inst. Astronomico e Geofisico, “The formation of the large-scale structures of the universe and primordial magnetic field by supernovae explosions”, Miranda, O. D., Opher, M., Opher, R.