Biography

Mitchell Shen is a scientist interested in space plasma, cosmic dust, energetic particles, and heliospheric physics. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on dust detection by electric field antenna instruments using modeling and laboratory measurements. He developed an electrostatic model that can better interpret waveform signals upon dust impacts for characterizing dust distributions and populations in the solar system. His master's thesis developed an electron cyclotron resonance ion thruster from scratch in Taiwan. Before entering the doctoral program, he further extended his interest to space weather research (Earth magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere coupling). At Princeton, he focuses on (1) development and calibration of SWAPI & IMAP-Lo instruments on IMAP mission, (2) energetic particle and dust study using the IS☉IS instrument onboard Parker Solar Probe, and (3) dust environment characterization using Juno/Waves and SolO/RPW data.

Research Interests

-    Cosmic dust science & measurements   ⇒ PSP/FIELDS & IS☉IS, SolO/RPW, Juno/Waves, Cassini/RPWS, etc.
-    Heliosphere & Local interstellar medium   ⇒ IBEX/IMAP-Lo Science + IMAP/SWAPI
-    Transportation & Acceleration of SEPs   ⇒ PSP/IS☉IS
-    Space plasmas & S/C charging   ⇒ Voyager/PWS, PSP/FIELDS, etc.
-    Planetary magnetospheres, ionospheres, & atmospheres   ⇒ with collaborators in Taiwan, NOAA, GSFC
-    Electric propulsion (thrusters & hollow cathode)   ⇒ with collaborators in Taiwan

Selected Publications

See the full publication list on Google Scholar, ResearchGate, or ADS.

Useful Library

→ PSP/IS☉IS publication library on ADS
→ IMAP/IMAP-Lo calibration data processing library on Githun (Python)
→ SIMION ion simulation software library wrapper on GitHub (Python)
→ PSPL data processing pipeline library on GitHub (Matlab)