Curriculum Vitae Gerard Talton Blanchard, Jr.

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1 Curriculum Vitae Gerard Talton Blanchard, Jr. EDUCATION Ph.D., Geophysics and Space Physics June 1996 University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D. thesis, Solar wind control of the westward auroral electrojet M.S., Geophysics and Space Physics December 1993 University of California, Los Angeles B.A., Physics May 1991 Rice University, Houston, Texas POSITIONS HELD Department Head August 2007 Interim Department Head June 2005 July 2007 Department of Chemistry and Physics, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond Respond administratively to the Dean of the College of Science and Technology; administer University, College, and Department policies Represent the Department at the College and University levels and within the community; represent the College and University to the Department Make independent evaluations and recommendations on matters of faculty hiring, retention, tenure, and promotion; evaluate faculty merit on an annual basis Supervise Departmental staff; make recommendations on matters of Departmental staff hiring and retention; evaluate classified staff on an annual basis Administer the Department's budgets; Manage Departmental equipment and facilities Provide Departmental leadership in program and curriculum development and quality; coordinate and guide Department planning in the areas of academic programs, personnel, facilities, and equipment; oversee Departmental strategic priorities and plans and their relationship to College and University strategic priorities and plans Plan course schedules and appropriate instructor assignments for all courses offered by the department; manage course enrollment and student progress in the Department s academic programs Call and chair meetings of the department faculty; disseminate information transmitted to the department; and maintain records of the department; coordinate the work of departmental committees Serve as the first point of contact for resolution of issues pertaining to the Department having to do with faculty, staff, and student grievances, appeals, or complaints Professor August 2009 Associate Professor August 2003 July 2009 Assistant Professor August 1998 July 2003 Department of Chemistry and Physics, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond Teach courses in physics, physical science, and integrated science and technology; mentor students in research Conduct research in space and ionospheric physics Perform activities of service to university and community Southeastern Louisiana University s delegated representative to the University of Louisiana System Undergraduate Research Council Page 1 of 8

2 Postdoctoral Researcher May 1997 July 1998 Department of Atmospheric Sciences, The University of California, Los Angeles Conduct research in auroral-ionospheric physics Instructor January 1998 May 1998 Department of Physics, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California Teach one course in conceptual physics Member of the Technical Staff January 1993 May 1997 The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California Conduct research in space physics MEMBERSHIP IN SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Council on Undergraduate Research September 2012 American Association of Physics Teachers July 2000 Reactivate Louisiana Section of AAPT (2006) Louisiana Academy of Sciences January 1999 President (March 2013 March 2015) Renovate Academy s website Create guidelines for Academy s funding of external grants Institute special interest groups within Academy Transition Academy s journal to electronic publication Working to end hiatus of publication of Academy s journal President-Elect (February 2011 March 2013) Director, Physical Sciences Division (August 2009 February 2011) Oversee 5 section chairmen in Physical Science Division Chairman, Physics Section (February 2004 August 2009) Organize physics session at annual meeting American Geophysical Union December 1991 Member of Student Affairs Committee ( ) Organize judging in Best Student Paper Competition MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETIES The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi April 2009 FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS National Science Foundation Grant January 2006 December 2009 "CEDAR: High-Spectral Width High Frequency (HF) Radar Ionospheric Backscatter with Coordinated Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) Diagnostic Observations" ($217,779) Louisiana Department of Education Grant July 2004 June 2005 Page 2 of 8

3 Bringing Inquiry-Based Science to Middle School Teachers ($33,227) Louisiana Space Consortium Grant December 2002 December 2003 Pilot Program in Science Education Outreach in Astronomy at Southeastern Louisiana University ($14,065) National Science Foundation Grant August 2000 July 2006 "CAREER: Improved Measurement of Dayside Magnetic Reconnection" ($213,684) Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Grant July 1999 June 2002 "Measurement and Study of the Magnetic Reconnection Rate in the Dayside Magnetosphere Using Incoherent Scatter Radar" ($64,649) California Space Grant Fellowship September 1993 May 1993 ($10,000) SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS 1. Blanchard, G. T., and R. L. McPherron, A bimodal representation of the response function relating the solar wind electric field to the AL index, Adv. Space Res., 13, 471, Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, J. C. Samson, and F. J. Rich, Locating the polar cap boundary from observations of 6300 Å auroral emission, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 7855, Blanchard, G. T., and R. L. McPherron, Analysis of the linear response function relating AL to VB s for individual substorms, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 19,155, Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, O. de la Beaujardiere, R. A. Doe, and M. Mendillo, Measurement of the magnetotail reconnection rate, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 15,265, Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, and J. C. Samson, Accuracy of using 6300 Å auroral emission to identify the magnetic separatrix on the nightside of the Earth, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 9697, Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, and O. de la Beaujardiere, Magnetotail reconnection during magnetospheric substorms, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 24,303, Lyons, L. R., G. T. Blanchard, J. C. Samson, R. P. Lepping, T. Yamamoto, and T. Moretto, Coordinated observations demonstrating external substorm triggering, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 27,039, Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, J. B. Blake, and F. J. Rich, Observations of energetic electron precipitation in the dayside low-latitude boundary layer, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 191, Lyons, L. R., G. T. Blanchard, J. C. Samson, J. M. Ruhoniemi, R. A. Greenwald, G. D. Reeves, J. D. Scudder, Near Earth plasma sheet penetration and geomagnetic disturbances, in New Perspectives on the Earth s Magnetotail, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 105, edited by A. Nishida, D. N. Baker, and S. W. H. Cowley, p. 241, AGU, Washington, D. C., Lyons, L. R. G. T. Blanchard, and K. B. Baker, Substorm onset: The result of IMF-driven reduction in large-scale convection, in Substorms 4, edited by S. Kokubun and Y. Kamide, p. 265, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Lyons, L. R.; T. Nagai, G. T. Blanchard, J. C. Samson, T. Yamamoto, Mukai, A. Nishida, and S. Kokobun, Association between Geotail plasma flows and auroral poleward boundary intensifications observed by CANOPUS photometers, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 4485, Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, and J. Spann, On the predictability of substorms following northward turnings of the IMF, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 375, Page 3 of 8

4 13. Blanchard, G. T., C. L. Ellington, L. R. Lyons, and F. J. Rich, Incoherent scatter radar identification of the dayside magnetic separatrix and measurement of magnetic reconnection, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 8185, Blanchard, G. T., and D. N. Bankston, Improved Interplanetary Magnetic Field Propagation Timing by Correction of the Phase Front Orientation Using 2 Spacecraft, J. Geophys. Res., 107(A12), 1446, doi: /2002ja009258, Blanchard, G. T, C. L. Ellington, and K. B. Baker, Comparison of Dayside Magnetic Separatrix Signatures in HF and Incoherent Scatter Radar Data, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A12), 1456, doi: /2003ja009910, Blanchard, G. T., and M. J. Sievers, Direct observation of reduction in solar wind driving associated with geomagnetic substorm onset, Proc. La. Acad. Sci., 67, Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker (2009), Probabilistic identification of high-frequency radar backscatter from the ground and ionosphere based on spectral characteristics, Radio Sci., 44, RS5012, doi: /2009rs Blanchard, G. T., and K. B. Baker (2010), Analysis of the step response function relating the interplanetary electric field to the dayside magnetospheric reconnection potential, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A05211, doi: /2009ja SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS 1. Blanchard, G. T., and R. L. McPherron, A Bi-modal Representation of the Response Function Relating the Solar Wind Electric Field to the AL Index, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1991 [EOS, 72, 403]. 2. Blanchard, G. T., Magnetospheric Circuit Models and Linear Prediction Filtering, Space Science Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles, March Blanchard, G. T., and R. L. McPherron, A Bi-modal Representation of the Response Function Relating the Solar Wind Electric Field to the AL Index, 1992 Cambridge Workshop on Theoretical Geoplasma Physics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August Blanchard, G. T., and R. L. McPherron, Analysis of the Time Dependence of a Bimodal Representation of the Response Function Relating VBs to AL, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1992 [EOS, 73, 458]. 5. Blanchard, G. T., Nightside Particle Precipitation and Auroral Emission, Space Science Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles, September Blanchard, G. T., and R. L. McPherron, Analysis of the Magnetospheric Response Function Relating the VBs Driver to the AL Index for Individual Substorms, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1993 [EOS, 74, 525]. 7. Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, J. C. Samson, and F. J. Rich, Locating the Polar Cap Boundary from Observations of 6300 Å Auroral Emission, Spring AGU Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1994 [EOS, 75, 315]. 8. Blanchard, G. T., and R. L. McPherron, Analysis of the Magnetospheric Response Function Relating the VBs Driver to the AL Index for Individual Substorms, Second International Conference on Substorms, Fairbanks, Alaska, March, Page 4 of 8

5 9. Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, and J. C. Samson, Observation of the Polar Cap Boundary in 6300 Å Emission, Second International Conference on Substorms, Fairbanks, Alaska, March, Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, O. de la Beaujardiere, M. J. Mendillo, and R. A. Doe, Magnetic Separatrix and Reconnection Rate Studies Using March 1993 Sondrestrom Observations: Initial Results, 1994 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, O. de la Beaujardiere, M. J. Mendillo, and R. A. Doe, Observations of the Polar Cap Boundary and Measurements of the Reconnection Rate From the March 17-27, 1993 Sondrestrom Radar Campaign, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1994 [EOS, 75, 549]. 12. Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, O. de la Beaujardiere, Sondrestrom Radar Measurements of the Magnetotail Reconnection Rate, 1995 Cambridge Workshop on Multiscale Phenomena in Space Plasmas, Hamilton, Bermuda, February Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, and R. L. McPherron, Radar Measurements of Magnetotail Reconnection, Space Science Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles, March Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, O. de la Beaujardiere, M. J. Mendillo, and R. A. Doe, Measurement of the Reconnection Rate in the Geomagnetic Tail, 1995 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, O. de la Beaujardiere, M. J. Mendillo, and R. A. Doe, Measurement of the Reconnection Rate in the Geomagnetic Tail, IUGG XXI General Assembly, Boulder, Colorado, July Blanchard, G. T., and R. L. McPherron, The Bimodal Response of the AL Index to the Solar Wind Electric Field VBs as a Quantifier of the Magnetospheric Response, IUGG XXI General Assembly, Boulder, Colorado, July Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, O. de la Beaujardiere, M. Mendillo, and R. A. Doe, Signatures of the Polar Cap Boundary in 6300 Å Auroral Emission and Ionospheric E-Region Plasma Density, IUGG XXI General Assembly, Boulder, Colorado, July Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, O. de la Beaujardiere, M. J. Mendillo, and R. A. Doe, Measurement of the Reconnection Rate in the Geomagnetic Tail, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1995 [EOS, 76, 527]. 19. Blanchard, G. T., and L. R. Lyons, Analysis of the Substorm, Interplanetary Magnetic Field, and Magnetic Local Time Dependence of Magnetotail Reconnection, Third International Conference on Substorms, Versailles, France, March, Blanchard, G. T, and L. R. Lyons, Analysis of the Substorm, Interplanetary Magnetic Field, and Magnetic Local Time Dependence of Magnetotail Reconnection, 1996 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, and O. de la Beaujardiere, The Magnetotail Reconnection Rate During Magnetospheric Substorms, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December Blanchard, G. T., J. B. Blake, and L. R. Lyons, Observations of Energetic Electron Precipitation in the Magnetospheric Low-Latitude Boundary Layer, 14th SAMPEX Science Team Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January Blanchard, G. T., Measurement of Magnetic Reconnection in the Earth s Magnetotail, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, May, Page 5 of 8

6 24. Blanchard, G. T, Facts and Physics of the Magnetotail, 1997 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T, J. B. Blake, and L. R. Lyons, SAMPEX Observations of Energetic Electron Precipitation in the Dayside Low-Latitude Boundary Layer, 1997 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T, L. R. Lyons, and O. de la Beaujardiere, Measurements of the Magnetotail Reconnection Rate, 1997 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T, J. B. Blake, and L. R. Lyons, SAMPEX Observations of Energetic Electron Precipitation in the Magnetospheric Low-Latitude Boundary Layer, IAGA 8th Scientific Assembly, Uppsala, Sweden, August, Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, and O. de la Beaujardiere, The Magnetotail Reconnection Rate During Magnetospheric Substorms, IAGA 8th Scientific Assembly, Uppsala, Sweden, August, Blanchard, G. T., and L. R. Lyons, Identification of the Magnetic Separatrix and Measurement of the Magnetospheric Merging Rate Using Incoherent Scatter Radar Under Daylight Conditions, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December Blanchard, G. T., Remote Sensing of Magnetic Reconnection in the Terrestrial Magnetosphere, Atmospheric Science Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles, April Blanchard, G. T, Magnetotail Overview, 1998 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T, and L. R. Lyons, Identification of the Magnetic Separatrix and Measurement of the Magnetospheric Merging Rate Using Incoherent Scatter Radar Under Daylight Conditions, 1998 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T, L. R. Lyons, J. Spann, On the Predictability of Substorms Following Northward Turnings of the IMF, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1998 [EOS, 79, 778]. 34. Blanchard, G. T., L. R. Lyons, and J. Spann, Predictions of Magnetospheric Substorms Following Northward Turnings of the IMF, 1999 Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Monroe, LA, February Blanchard, G. T, and L. R. Lyons, J. Spann, On the Predictability of Substorms Following Northward Turnings of the IMF, 1999 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T, L. R. Lyons, (Invited) Ionospheric Signatures of the Polar Cap Boundary and Application to Measurement of the Magnetospheric Reconnection Rate, IUGG XXII General Assembly, Birmingham, England, July Blanchard, G. T, L. R. Lyons, J. Spann, On the Predictability of Substorms Following Northward Turnings of the IMF, IUGG XXII General Assembly, Birmingham, England, July Blanchard, G. T, C. L. Ellington, and L. R. Lyons, Incoherent Scatter Radar Identification of the Dayside Polar Cap Boundary and Measurement of Magnetospheric Reconnection, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 1999 [EOS, 80, 863]. 39. Ellington, C. L., and G. T. Blanchard, Radar Identification of the Ionospheric Polar Cap Boundary, 2000 Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Shreveport, Louisiana, February Blanchard, G. T, C. L. Ellington, and L. R. Lyons, Incoherent Scatter Radar Identification of the Dayside Polar Cap Boundary and Measurement of Magnetospheric Reconnection, 2000 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Page 6 of 8

7 41. Blanchard, G. T, C. L. Ellington, Determination of the coupling function between the dayside reconnection electric field and the IMF clock angle, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2000 [EOS, 81, 1013]. 42. Ellington, C. L., and G. T. Blanchard, Determination of the Dependence of Magnetic Reconnection on the Solar Wind Magnetic Field, 2001 Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Monroe, Louisiana, February Blanchard, G. T, C. L. Ellington, and K. B. Baker, Comparison of Dayside Reconnection Rate Measurements by HF and Incoherent Scatter Radar, 2001 GEM Workshop, Snowmass, Colorado, June Ellington, C. L., G. T Blanchard, and K. B. Baker, Comparison of Dayside Reconnection Rate Measurements by HF and Incoherent Scatter Radar, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 2001 [EOS, 82, 2001]. 45. Ellington, C. L., G. T Blanchard, and K. B. Baker, Morphology of SuperDARN Spectral Width Relative to the Dayside Separatrix, 2002 GEM Workshop, Telluride, Colorado, June Blanchard, G. T., Space Physics From the Ground Up: Using Ground-Based Radar to Measure Solar-Terrestrial Interaction Rates, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, October, Blanchard, G. T, C. L. Ellington, and K. B. Baker, Comparison of Dayside Magnetic Separatrix Signatures in HF and Incoherent Scatter Radar Data, Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California, December Sievers, M. J., and G. T. Blanchard, Direct Observation of Reduction in Solar Wind Driving Coincident with Substorm Onset, Louisiana Academy of Sciences Meeting, Gonzales, LA, February Blanchard, G. T., Where Are We Today: Substorm Triggering by Northward Turning of the IMF, Geospace Environmental Modeling Workshop, Snowmass, CO, June Blanchard, G. T., C. L. Ellington, and K. B. Baker, Comparison of Dayside Separatrix Signatures in HF and IS Radar Data, Geospace Environmental Modeling Workshop, Snowmass, CO, June Blanchard, G. T., and K. B. Baker, Comparison of Dayside Reconnection Rate Measurements by HF and IS radar, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker, Reanalysis of the Criteria for Identifying Ground Scatter, Super Dual Auroral Radar Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, May, Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker, Comparison of Dayside Reconnection Rate Measurements by HF and Incoherent Scatter Radar, Super Dual Auroral Radar Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, May, Blanchard, G. T., and K. B. Baker, Near Real Time Measurement of the Magnetospheric Reconnection Rate Using the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December Sundeen, S., G. T. Blanchard, and K. B. Baker, Separation of Ionospheric and Ground Scatter in High Frequency Radar, Louisiana Academy of Sciences Meeting, Grambling, LA, March Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker, A Technique to Separate Ground and Ionospheric HF Radar Backscatter for Ionospheric Remote Sensing, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December Sundeen, S., G. T. Blanchard, and K. B. Baker, Separating Ground and Ionospheric Scatter in HF radar, Louisiana Academy of Sciences Meeting, Lafayette, LA, March Page 7 of 8

8 58. Blanchard, G. T., Using self-checking worksheets in physical science laboratories, Louisiana Academy of Sciences Meeting, Lafayette, LA, March Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker, Further analysis of the criteria to separate ground and ionospheric backscatter in SuperDARN data, Super Dual Auroral Radar Workshop, Chicoteague, VA, June Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker, Analysis of the Step Response Function Relating the Solar Wind Electric Field to the Dayside Magnetospheric Reconnection Potential, Super Dual Auroral Radar Workshop, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan, June Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker, (Invited) Analysis of the Response Functions Relating the Solar Wind Electric Field to the Dayside Magnetic Reconnection Rate, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December Blanchard, G. T., S. Sundeen, and K. B. Baker, Analysis of the Response Functions Relating the Solar Wind Electric Field to the Dayside Magnetic Reconnection Rate, American Meteorological Society Fifth Symposium on Space Weather, New Orleans, LA, January Blanchard, G. T. and K. B. Baker, Use of the Lomb Periodogram to Analyze SuperDARN Backscatter Spectrum, Super Dual Auroral Radar Workshop, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, June Blanchard, G. T. and K. B. Baker, Use of a Modified Lomb Periodogram to Analyze SuperDARN Backscatter Spectrum, Super Dual Auroral Radar Workshop, Cargese, Corsica, France, June Blanchard, G. T., Coded-pulse radar multispectral Doppler shift detection using a modified Lomb periodogram, Louisiana Academy of Sciences Meeting, Alexandria, LA, February Blanchard, G. T., Unsolved Mysteries of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), Southeastern Louisiana University College of Science and Technology Seminar Series, Hammond, April Page 8 of 8