Ivar W. Christopher

Research Specialist
Biography

About:

Ivar has extensive experience in analyzing large, complex data sets, primarily in the space plasma wave research field, as well as in  implementing operations (planning and commanding) for the plasma wave instrument on the Cluster spacecraft and will be doing similar work for the TRACERS mission. He also is experienced in processing and archiving of science data for multiple spacecraft missions.

Expertise in processing, analysis and visualization of data using IDL and Autoplot primarily, but also using other software tools as needed.

Roles:

Data analysis, data visualization, scientific programming

Projects:
  • Voyager 
  • Cluster (data analysis and instrument operations)
  • RBSP
  • TRICE II
  • TRACERS

Other skills:

Scripting, Fortran, basic C and Python

ivar-christopher
M.S., University of Iowa, 1992
B.S., University of Calgary, 1987
Office
Address

651 Van Allen Hall (VAN)
Iowa City, IA 52242
United States