Dr. Devrie S. Intriligator
Senior Research Physicist and Director
Space Plasma Laboratory
Carmel Research Center
P.O. Box 1732, Santa Monica, CA 90406
(310) 453-2983
devriei@aol.com
Dr. Devrie S. Intriligator has been researching space weather
and actively developing forecast applications for more than 20
years. Her research focus is space plasma physics, ranging from
space weather at Earth to space weather effects beyond the
solar system. Her studies include comprehensive analyses of
particles and fields measurements and interpretations of these
results in light of theoretical expectations.
Policy and Advising Highlights
Chair of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - National
Research Council (NRC) Committee on Solar-Terrestrial
Research
U.S. National Representative to the International Commission on
Scientific Union’s (ICSU’s) Scientific Committee on SolarTerrestrial Physics
Co-Chair (with Dr. Herbert Friedman) of the NAS-NRC study “SolarTerrestrial Research for the 1980s”
Chair of the NAS-NRC study “National Solar-Terrestrial Research
Program,” which lead to International Solar Terrestrial
Physics (ISTP) Mission
The National Space Weather Program
NASA’s Sun-Earth Connections program
Member of
Numerous NAS-NRC boards and study groups
NOAA, NASA, and NSF advisory panels
Presented many briefings to key U.S. officials, including the
President’s Science Advisor
Research Highlights
Published
More than 120 papers in refereed publications, more than 80
of which as principal author
Worked
As both a lead investigator and a co-investigator on
various plasma experiments, including Pioneer 10,
Pioneer 11, Pioneer Venus Orbiter, and on heliocentric
spacecraft
On all phases of mission and experiment development from
the initial conception and planning to instrument
design, hardware, calibration, integration, testing,
spaceflight operations, and data analyses
Solar Wind First to measure in-situ space plasma density
fluctuations
First to measure that the scale size of plasma
turbulence in the interplanetary medium (solar
wind) was more than ten thousand times
larger than the previously accepted size
First to measure plasma turbulence in the asteroid
belt
First to identify interstellar hydrogen ions beyond
the orbit of Jupiter
First to recognize that the solar wind stream
interface is a structural boundary to
energetic particles in corotating interaction
regions
Venus
First to measure oxygen scavenged from the Venus
atmosphere in the solar wind.
First to measure the hemispheric asymmetry in these
oxygen ions
Jupiter
First to identify the Io plasma torus at Jupiter in the
Pioneer data
First to identify the Europa plasma torus at Jupiter
Earth
First to measure the Earth's extended magnetic tail
beyond the orbit of Mars.
Cosmic Rays
First to measure the absolute flux of cosmic ray
neutrons.
Instruments
First to design and implement a laboratory
astrophysical plasma facility.
Inventor of cosmic ray detectors and space plasma
detectors and instrumentation
First U.S. scientist invited to place an experiment on a
Soviet spacecraft.
Education
Ph.D. in Planetary and Space Physics University of California, Los
Angeles
S.M. in Physics
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
S.B. in Physics
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
Honors Highlights
First woman to chair NAS-NRC Committee on Solar-Terrestrial
Research
Recipient, Resolution of Commendation, California Assembly
Recipient, Woman of the Year, Santa Monica Bay Area
Recipient, two NASA Public Service Group Achievement Awards
Recipient, Karl Taylor Compton Prize, MIT
Member, Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor Society
Member, Cosmos Club
Listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who’s
Who in Science and Engineering
Professional Experience Highlights
Currently Director, Space Plasma Laboratory, Senior Research
Physicist, Carmel Research Center
Duties: Directs and manages overall research operation.
Conducts research in experimental space plasma physics.
Supervises research staff across the U.S. Oversees hardware and
software development. Develops long-term strategic plans,
oversees proposal and budget development. Identifies and
develops funding sources.
Lecturer, Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, Varenna,
Italy
Presenter, numerous invited papers in the U.S., Europe, U.S.S.R., Middle
East, Asia, and Australia
Co-Investigator, Research on Orbital Plasma-Electrodynamics
(ROPE) on the Shuttle Tethered Satellite Systems (TSS-1 and TSS1R)
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of
Southern California
Co-Editor, "The Exploration of the Outer Solar System," AIAA-AGU
Creator and Principal Investigator of the USC Astrophysical
Plasma Laboratory.
Investigator of the solar wind ion analyzer on the
International Solar Polar Mission
Visiting Associate in Physics, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California
Research Fellow in Physics, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California
Resident Research Associate, Space Sciences Division, NASA Ames
Research Center
Assistant
Research
Geophysicist,
Institute
of
Geophysics/Planetary Physics, UCLA