Space and Plasma Physics

I. Academic Degrees:

B. Sc., Space Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China, 1996.

M. Sc., Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, 1999.

Ph. D., Astronomy (Major: Space Plasma Physics), University of Maryland, College Park, 2001.

M. Sc., Electric Engineering (Major: Microelectronics), University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.

II. Professional Positions

Research Associate, University of Maryland, 2005-present

National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate, NASA/GSFC, 2002-2005

Research Assistant, University of Maryland, 1998 - 2001.

Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, 1996 - 1998.

III. Honors

NASA 2006 New Investigator Grant, Principal Investigator, 2006-2008

USA National Research Council (NRC) Research Associate Fellowship, 2002-2005

Zhang Zongzhi Scholarship(1994), Guo Moruo Scholarship(1996), University of Science and Technology of China, China, 1996.

IV. Professional Memberships

Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU). Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer.

V. Journals

1. Fung, Shing F., and X. Shao, Specification of Multiple Geomagnetic Responses to Variable Solar Wind and IMF Input, Ann. Geophys., 26, 639-652, 2008.

2. Chen, J., A. S. Sharma, J. W. Edwards, X. Shao, and Y. Kamide (2008), Spatiotemporal dynamics of the magnetosphere during geospace storms: Mutual information analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A05217, doi:10.1029/2007JA012310.

3. B. Yang, F. Vanin, C-C. Shen, X. Shao, Q. Balzano, N. Goldsman, C. Davis, A Low Profile F-Inverted Compact Antenna (FICA) for Wireless Sensor Networks, Submitted to International Symposium, Antenna and Propagation Society, AP-S 2007.

4. Collado-Vega, Y., Kessel, R., Shao, X., Boller, R. MHD flow visualization of magnetopause boundary region vortices observed during high speed streams. Journal of Geophysical Research, Space Physics, in press, 2007.

5. Vassiliadis, D., I.R. Mann, S.F. Fung, X. Shao, Ground Pc3-Pc5 wave power distribution and response to solar wind velocity time variations. Planetary and Space Science, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2006.03.012, 2006.

6. Fung, S. F., X. Shao, and L. C. Tan, Long-term variations of the electron slot region and global radiation belt structure, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L04105, doi:10.1029/2005GL024891, 2006.

7. Chen, J., A. S. Sharma, and X. Shao, Spatio-temporal dynamics of substorms during intense geospace storms, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Substorms, , edited by Syrjäsuo and Donovan, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 31, 2006.

8. Shao, X., Shing F. Fung, L. C. Tan, K. Papadopoulos, M. Wiltberger, and M. C. Fok, Investigation of 3D energetic particle transport inside Quiet-time magnetosphere using particle tracing in global MHD model, Geophysical Monograph Series on Inner Magnetosphere Modeling, 307, AGU, Washington, D.C., 2005.

9. Kessel, M., and X. Shao, How does the solar wind power the magnetosphere during Geo-effective high speed streams, Multiscale coupling of Sun-Earth Processes, Edited by A.T.Y. Lui, Y. Kamide, and G. Consolini, Elsevier B. V., 2005.

10. B. Yang, X.Shao, N.Goldsman, Modeling RF Signal Propagation along On-chip Interconnect and the Effect of Substrate Doping with Alternating-Direction-Implicit Finite-Difference Time-Domain (ADI-FDTD) Method, 27th Power Modulator Symposium (PMC), May 14-18, 2006, Washington DC.

11. B. Yang, X. Shao, N. Goldsman, O. Ramahi, P.N. Guzdar, Full Wave Modeling of Substrate Doping Effects and Nonideal Conductors in Integrated Circuit Interconnects, Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, 2005 International (ISDRS), 368-369, 2005.

12. Tan, Lun C., Shing F. Fung, and X. Shao, Observations of magnetospheric relativistic electrons accelerated by Pc-5 ULF waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.31, L14802, 2004.

13. Shao, X., N. Goldsman, O. Ramahi, P. N. Guzdar, A new method for simulation of on-chip interconnects and substrate currents with 3D ADI Maxwell Solver, Simulation of Semiconductor Processed and Devices, International Conference on, 315-318, 2003.

14. Xi Shao, Neil Goldsman, and Omar M. Ramahi, The Alternating-Direction Implicit Finite-Difference Time-Domain (ADI-FDTD) Method and its Application to Simulation of Scattering from Highly Conductive Material, IEEE International Antennas and Propagation Symposium and USNC/CNC/URSI North American Radio Science Meeting, 358, Columbus, OH, 2003.

15. Xi Shao, Omar M. Ramahi, Lin Li, Baharak Mohajeriravani, and Neil Goldsman, Study of Electromagnetic Field Radiation from Apertures using Alternating-Direction Implicit Finite-Difference Time-Domain (ADI-FDTD) Method, IEEE International Antennas and Propagation Symposium and USNC/CNC/URSI North American Radio Science Meeting, 630, Columbus, OH, 2003.

16. Xi Shao, Neil Goldsman, Omar M. Ramahi, Guzdar, P.N., Modeling RF effects in integrated circuits with a new 3D alternating-direction-implicit Maxwell equation solver, Semiconductor Device Research Symposium, 2003 International (ISDRS), 10.1109/ISDRS.2003.1272382, 532, 2003.

17. Shao, X.; Sitnov, M. I.; Sharma, S. A.; Papadopoulos, K.; Goodrich, C. C.; Guzdar, P. N.; Milikh, G. M.; Wiltberger, M. J.; and Lyon, J. G., Phase transition-like behavior of magnetospheric substorms: Global MHD simulation results, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108 No. A1, 10.1029/2001JA009237, Jan., 2003.

18. Shao, X.; Guzdar, P. N.; Milikh, G. M.; Papadopoulos, K.; Goodrich, C. C.; Sharma, A.; Wiltberger, M. J.; Lyon, J. G., Comparing ground magnetic field perturbations from global MHD simulations with magnetometer data for the 10 January 1997 magnetic storm event, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 107 , No. A1 , 10.1029/2000JA000445, Aug., 2002.

19. Shao, X. ; Guzdar, P. N. ; Papadopoulos, K. ; Goodrich, C. C. ; Sharma, A. S. ; Milikh, G. M. ; Wiltberger, M. J. ; Lyon, J. G., Three-dimensional MHD simulations of the Earth's magnetosphere on Feb 9-10 1995 for northward interplanetary magnetic field and comparison of the lobe field with Geotail observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 28 , No. 20 , 3835, 2001.

20. Guzdar, P. N. ; Shao, X. ; Goodrich, C. C. ; Papadopoulos, K. ; Wiltberger, M. J. ; Lyon, J. G. , Three-dimensional MHD simulations of the steady state magnetosphere with northward interplanetary magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 106 , No. A1 , p. 275 (2000JA000066), Jan., 2001.

21. Milikh, G. M. ; Dimant, Y. S. ; Shao, X. ; Guzdar, P. N. ; Sharma, A. S. ; Papadopoulos, K. ; Burns, E. M. ; Goodrich, C. C. ; Rosenberg, T. J. ; Weatherwax, A. T. ; Wiltberger, M. J. ; Lyon, J. G. ; Fedder, J. A., Modeling Ionospheric Absorption Modified by Anomalous Heating During Substorms, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 28 , No. 3 , 487, 2001.

22. Control of the energetic proton flux in the inner radiation belt by artificial means, X. Shao, K. Papadopoulos, and A. S. Sharma, July 2009.

23. Generation of polarized shear Alfven waves by rotating magnetic feild source, A. Gigliotti, W. Gekelman, P.Pribyl, S. Vincena, A. Karavaev, X. Shao, A. Surjalal Sharma, and D. papdopoulos, Physics of Plasmas, 16, 092106,2009.

24. Generation of whistler waves by a rotating magnetic field source, A. V. Karavaev, N. A. Gumerov, K. Papadopoulos, Xi Shao, A. S. Sharma, W. Gekelman, A. Gigliotti, P. Pribyl, and S. Vincena, Physics of Plasmas 17, January 2010.

25. Efficient Spectral and pseudospectral algorithms for 3D simulations os whistler-mode waves in a plasma, N.A. Gumerov, A.V. Karavaev, A.S. Sharma, X. Shao, and D. papdopoulos, J. of Computational Physics, 230, 2605-2619, 2011.

26. Generation of shear Alfven waves by a rotating magnetic feild source: 3D simulations, A.V. Karavaev, N.A. Gumerov, K. Papdopoulos, X. Shao, A.S. Sharma, W. Gekelman, A. Gligliotti, P. Pribyl and S. Vincena, Phys. Plasmas, in press, 2011.

27. Pitch Angle scattering of electrons by waves generated by a rotating magnetic field source, A.V. Karavaev, N.A. Gumerov, A.S. Sharma, K. Papdopoulos, X. Shao, Y. Wang, W. Gekelman and P. Pribyl, to be submitted, 2011

VI. Submitted Papers