Victor P. Pasko

Victor P. Pasko is a Professor in Electrical Engineering with a focus on atmospheric and plasma physics. His research spans lightning dynamics, transient luminous events (sprites), and ionospheric phenomena.

• Active grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) including projects on relativistic runaway discharges and meteor trail modeling.

Research interests include:

• Lightning initiation and propagation in thunderclouds
• Streamer discharge mechanisms in transient luminous events
• Runaway electron acceleration in atmospheric discharges
• Remote sensing of atmospheric electrical phenomena
• Plasma kinetics under magnetized and high-overvoltage conditions

Recent publications highlight advancements in fluid modeling of corona discharges, photoelectric feedback mechanisms, and relativistic discharge inception criteria. Collaborations include international researchers in plasma and geophysical sciences.