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 Dr. Albarran is an expert in hybrid modeling of auroral space plasmas. He is the sole creator of KAOS (Kinetic model of Auroral ion OutflowS), a Direct-Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) model of the ionospheric outflow with kinetic and semi-kinetic capabilities. Dr. Albarran has extensive experience in high-performance computing of magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and spacecraft-plasma interactions. Dr. Albarran is a NASA Heliophysics Subject Matter Expert (SME), Local Science Partner of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), member of the Computational and Information Systems Lab High Performance Computing (HPC) Allocations Panel at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and liaison to the Heliophysics Coalition. He received a B.S. in Astronomy from the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, M.S., and Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Albarran was a polar ionospheric scientist working in part of the NASA DRIVE Science Center for Geospace Storms (CGS) from 2022-2024. He was honored with the 2011 John Mather Nobel Scholar Award from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and was lauded as 2024 Top Scientist in Marquis Who’s Who in America.

Contact: robert.albarran@electromancer.space

Dr. Quintin Schiller has more than a decade of experience in the physics of energetic particles throughout the heliosphere, with a specialization in the electron environment in near-Earth space.  He is an expert in the development of energetic particle telescopes, specializing in miniaturized electron and ion telescopes, as well as in data analysis and modeling, with a focus in data assimilation and its applications for predicting the near-Earth space weather environment.  Graduating with a PhD from the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department at the University of Colorado in 2015, he did his postdoc at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center before converting to civil service.  He worked as a research scientist in the NASA-GSFC Heliophysics division (Code 672), where he built 2 space-flight instruments and has 2 more manifested to launch before 2028.  He currently is an author of over 40 peer-reviewed publications, flown 4 miniaturized particle telescopes on NASA and NSF missions, and currently holds positions at George Mason University and the Space Science Institute.  Prior to the pandemic he worked for 2 years at NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes assisting in the design and build of a 40MeV electron accelerator for medical pharmaceuticals.  He now works fully remote from his home in Madison, Wisconsin.

Allan is currently a high school senior at Stearn High School in California. He has expertise in Python and experience researching geomagnetic storms, as part of NASA's Neurodiversity Network (N3). Allan also has experience working on critical database migrations at the San Francisco Planning Department, where he was awarded a Certificate of Honor for his leadership and work by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie.