Dr. Mitchell is a research scientist as a member of the Energetic Particle Laboratory within the Heliospheric Science Division at NASA/GSFC. He was previously a NASA postdoctoral research fellow under the NASA Postdoctoral Program award. He completed his PhD in 2022 through the George Washington University Department of Physics performing his research at NASA/GSFC. Dr. Mitchell's research interests include the study of solar energetic particles and the development of neutron spectrometers for space applications.
J. Grant Mitchell
(RESEARCH AST, FIELDS AND PARTICLES)
| Email: | john.g.mitchell@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.8781 |
| Org Code: | 672 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 672 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Brief Bio
Current Projects
The SOlar Neutron TRACking (SONTRAC) Instrument
Solar Radiation
ISOIS on Parker Solar Probe
Solar Radiation
High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT) on the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
Solar Radiation
Positions/Employment
NASA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
NASA/GSFC - NASA/GSFC
November 2022 - August 2023
Research Astrophysicist
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
August 2023 - Present
Teaching Experience
Teaching assistant for 4 semesters of University Physics with Biological Applications. Winner of the 2018-2019 Bennhold Family Award for Best Teaching on the part of a Graduate Student at the George Washington University Department of Physics.
Awards
2021-2022 Gus W. Weiss Prize for Outstanding Student in Physics, George Washington University, Department of Physics
2018-2019 Bennhold Family Award for Best Teaching on the part of a Graduate Student, George Washington University, Department of Physics
2016 NASA Group Achievement Award, SuperTIGER Recovery Team
Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society
2013 United States Antarctica Service Medal
Publications
Refereed
2024. "Multispacecraft Observations of a Widespread Solar Energetic Particle Event on 2022 February 15–16." The Astrophysical Journal 963 (2): 107 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad167f] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Jovian Electrons in the Inner Heliosphere: Opportunities for Multi-spacecraft Observations and Modeling." The Astrophysical Journal 961 (1): 57 [10.3847/1538-4357/ad11db] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Analyses of ∼0.05–2 MeV Ions Associated with the 2022 February 16 Energetic Storm Particle Event Observed by Parker Solar Probe." The Astrophysical Journal 958 (2): 144 [10.3847/1538-4357/acfb86] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Next-generation SOlar Neutron TRACking (SONTRAC) instrument." Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1054 168352 [10.1016/j.nima.2023.168352] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "The 17 April 2021 widespread solar energetic particle event." Astronomy & Astrophysics 674 A105 [10.1051/0004-6361/202345938] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "Unexpected energetic particle observations near the Sun by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter." Physics of Plasmas 30 (5): [10.1063/5.0147683] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "A Living Catalog of Parker Solar Probe IS⊙IS Energetic Particle Enhancements." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 264 (2): 31 [10.3847/1538-4365/aca4c8] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "On the Energy Dependence of Galactic Cosmic Ray Anisotropies in the Very Local Interstellar Medium." The Astrophysical Journal 934 (1): 41 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac6fe5] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "First Measurements of Jovian Electrons by Parker Solar Probe/IS⊙IS within 0.5 au of the Sun." The Astrophysical Journal 933 (2): 171 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac75ce] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "PSP/IS⊙IS Observation of a Solar Energetic Particle Event Associated with a Streamer Blowout Coronal Mass Ejection during Encounter 6." The Astrophysical Journal 925 (2): 212 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac408f] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "PSP/IS⊙IS observations of the 29 November 2020 solar energetic particle event." Astronomy & Astrophysics 656 A29 [10.1051/0004-6361/202140967] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Solar energetic particle heavy ion properties in the widespread event of 2020 November 29." Astronomy & Astrophysics 656 L12 [10.1051/0004-6361/202141310] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Energetic Particles Associated with a Coronal Mass Ejection Shock Interacting with a Convected Magnetic Structure." The Astrophysical Journal 921 (2): 102 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac1ce1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Energetic Electron Observations by Parker Solar Probe/IS⊙IS during the First Widespread SEP Event of Solar Cycle 25 on 2020 November 29." The Astrophysical Journal 919 (2): 119 [10.3847/1538-4357/ac110e] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Small Electron Events Observed by Parker Solar Probe/IS⊙IS during Encounter 2." The Astrophysical Journal 902 (1): 20 [10.3847/1538-4357/abb2a4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Small, Low-energy, Dispersive Solar Energetic Particle Events Observed by Parker Solar Probe." The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 246 65 [10.3847/1538-4365/ab643d] [Journal Article/Letter]