معرفی
Shahab Fatemi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, Umeå University, leading the Computational Space Physics research group. His primary research focuses on plasma interactions with planetary bodies using hybrid-kinetic simulations and spacecraft data, with a particular emphasis on Mercury, the Moon, and comets. He completed his Ph.D. in Space Science at Luleå University of Technology (2014) and held postdoctoral positions at UC Berkeley and NASA's Ames Research Center. He is a co-investigator on NASA's Lunar Vertex mission (launching 2025) and contributes to ESA/JAXA's BepiColombo mission to Mercury. His technical expertise includes developing the Amitis parallel plasma simulation code in C++/CUDA/MPL.
Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate courses on Spacecraft Technology and Design, Research Topics in Physics, and Machine Learning in Physics. He supervises PhD/postdoc/undergraduate researchers and collaborates internationally across institutions like IRF Kiruna and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Research interests span planetary magnetospheres, solar wind interactions, and plasma modeling, with recent work analyzing Mercury's field-aligned currents, lunar exosphere dynamics, and Ganymede's atmospheric/plasma environment. His computational tools enable 3D simulations of planetary plasma environments at unprecedented resolution.
Key projects include:
- Leading Mercury plasma studies via BepiColombo's MIPA instrument
- Developing Lunar Vertex's PRISM payload for magnetic anomaly investigation
- Simulating Ceres' plasma environment under variable solar wind conditions
Labs/teams:
- Computational Space Physics Group (Umeå)
- BepiColombo/SERENA collaboration
- NASA Lunar Science Working Group
Future work includes expanding Amitis code capabilities for exoplanetary plasma studies and preparing for JUICE mission data analysis at Ganymede.
