Ph.D. - Physics
University of Texas at Dallas - 1990

M.S. - Physics
University of Texas at Dallas - 1985

B.S. - Physics
North Texas State University - 1982

Johnston, W. R., and P. C. Anderson, Storm time occurrence of relativistic electron microbursts in relation to the plasmapause. 2010. J. Geophys. Res., 115(A2), 10.1029/2009JA014328. 2010 - Publication

Drake, K. A., R. A. Heelis, M. R. Hairston, and P. C. Anderson. 2009. The electrostatic potential drop across the ionospheric signature of the low-latitude boundary layer. J. Geophys. Res. 115(A4): 10.1029/2008JA013608. 2009 - Publication

Zou, S, L. R. Lyons, C.-P. Wang, A. Boudouridis, J. M. Ruohoniemi, P. C. Anderson, P. L. Dyson, J. C. Devlin. 2009. On the coupling between the Harang reversal evolution and substorm dynamics: A synthesis of SuperDARN, DMSP, and IMAGE observations. J. Geophys. Res. 114(A1):10.1029/2008JA013608. 2009 - Publication

Lyons, L. R., S. Zou, C. J. Heinselman, M. J. Nicolls, and P. C. Anderson. 2009. Poker Flat radar observations of the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling electrodynamics of the earthward penetrating plasma sheet following convection enhancements. J.Atmos. and Terr. Phys. 71: 717-728. 2009 - Publication

Anderson, P. C., W. R. Johnston, and J. Goldstein. 2008. Observations of the ionospheric projection of the plasmapause. Geophys. Res. Let. 35: L15110, 0.1029/2008GL033978. 2008 - Publication

Fennell, J. F., and P. C. Anderson. 2008. LEO orbit surface charging and its relationship to environment, vehicle geometry, and ionospheric conditions. Aerospace TOR-2008(8570)-2. 2008 - Publication

Lopez, R. E., S. Hernandez, K. Hallman, R. Valenzuela, J. Seiler, P. C. Anderson, and M. R. Hairston. 2008. Field-Aligned Currents in the Polar Cap During Saturation of the Polar Cap. J. Atmos. Terr. Phys. 70: 555-563. 2008 - Publication

Boudouridis, A., E. Zesta, L. R. Lyons, P. C. Anderson, and A. J. Ridley. 2008. Temporal evolution of the transpolar potential after a sharp enhancement in solar wind dynamic pressure. Geophysical Research Letters 35: L02101, 10.1029/2007GL031766. 2008 - Publication

Anderson, P. C., and P. R. Straus. 2005. Magnetic field orientation control of GPS occultation observations of equatorial scintillation. Geophys. Res. Let. 32: 10.1029/2005GL023781. 2005 - Publication

Boudouridis, A, E. Zesta, L. R. Lyons, P. C. Anderson, and D. Lummerzheim. 2005. Enhanced solar wind geoeffectiveness after a sudden increase in dynamic pressure during southward IMF orientation. J. Geophys. Res. 110 (A5): 0.1029/2004JA010704. 2005 - Publication

Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [2004–Present]

Senior Member of the Technical Staff
The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA [1997–2004]

Member of the Technical Staff
The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA [1992–1997]

NRC Research Associate
Goddard Space Flight Center, Laurel, MD [1990–1992]

Research Scientist
The University of Texas at Dallas [1990–2018]

Research Assistant
The University of Texas at Dallas [1985–1990]

Teaching Assistant
The University of Texas at Dallas [1984–1985]

Health Physics Technician
Contracted to various nuclear power plants for outages: Arkansas Nuclear One, Three Mile Island, Oyster Creek, Trojan, San Onofre [1983–1984]

The effect of interhemispherical asymmetries in ionospheric conductivity on ionosphere/magnetosphere coupling in the subauroral region

2004–2004 Anderson, P. C., R. F. Pfaff, Jr., and J. R. Wygant. 2004. presented at the 2004 COSPAR Meeting. in Paris, France.

Spacecraft Charging in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere

2007–2007 Anderson, P. C. 2007. Seminar presented at University of Texas at Arlington, in Arlington, TX.

Subauroral Electric Fields: Their Characteristics and Relationship to Region 2 Field-Aligned Currents

2006–2006 Anderson, P. C. 2006. Paper presented at the 2006 Yosemite Workshop on Global Aspects of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, in Yosemite, CA.

A Parameterized Global Model of the Subauroral Electric Fields

2008–2008 Anderson, P. C. and W. R. Johnston. 2008. Paper presented at the Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, in Cairns, Australia.

Spacecraft Charging in Low-Earth Orbit

2006–2006 Anderson, P. C. 2006. Seminar presented at Rice University, in Houston, TX.

Professional Recognition

National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1990 – 1992

Featured twice on the cover of Geophysical Research Letters:
Anderson, P. C, D. Chenette, J. M. Quinn, M. Grande, and M. Carter. 1998. Energetic Auroral
Electron Distributions Derived from Global X-ray Measurements and Comparison with insitu Particle Measurements. Geophys. Res. Let. 25: 4105-4108.
Anderson, P. C., D. L. McKenzie, L. R. Lyons, and M. Hairston. 2000. Global X-ray
Observations of Magnetospheric Convection-Driven Auroral Disturbances. Geophys. Res.
Let. 27: 3233-3236.
NASA Group Achievement Award, San Marco D/L Project, 1989
NASA Group Achievement Award, POLAR PIXIE Team, 1998
Member of NASA Geospace Missions Operations Working Group, 2006 – 2009

Member of Sigma Xi Science Research Society, 2005 – Present

Nominated for Vice Chair of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society, 2009

Professional Memberships

• Sigma Xi Science Research Society
• American Geophysical Union
• American Physical Society

Service

School Committees
2009

• Physics Graduate Committee
• Physics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
• Physics Qualifier Committee
• Physics Colloquium Chair

2008

• Physics Graduate Committee
• Physics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
• Physics Qualifier Committee
• Physics Colloquium Chair

2007

• Physics Graduate Committee
• Physics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

2006

• Physics Graduate Committee
• Physics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

2005

• Physics Graduate Committee
• Physics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

University Committees
2009

• Teaching Excellence Committee
• University Safety and Security Council Committee

2008

• Teaching Excellence Committee
• University Safety and Security Council Committee

2007

• Scholarship Committee
• University Safety and Security Council Committee
• Teaching Excellence Committee

2006

• NSM Co-Representative UTD Schedule Team
• Scholarship Committee

2005

• Member of Faculty Senate
• NSM Co-Representative UTD Schedule Team
• Outside Chair

2004

• Jian Yu
• School of Engineering

2006

• Renchong Hu
• Electrical Engineering

2009

• Ning Li
• Electrical Engineering
• Service Contributions External to UTD

2009

• Member of NASA Geospace Missions Operations Working Group
• Member of NASA Causes and Consequences of the Minimum of Solar Cycle 23 proposal review panel
• Conference Organizer: Directions in Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere Research:
• A Vision for Aeronomy in the Earth-Sun System
• Reviewed multiple articles and proposals
• UTD Co-representative to Texas Astronomical Society
• Organized 2009 Plano Miller Elementary School Science Night

2008

• Member of NASA Geospace Missions Operations Working Group
• Member of NSF Space Weather proposal review panel
• Member of NASA LWS TR&T proposal review panel
• Reviewed multiple articles and proposals
• UTD Co-representative to Texas Astronomical Society
• Organized 2008 Plano Miller Elementary School Science Night

2007

• Member of NASA Geospace Missions Operations Working Group
• Member of NASA Living with a Star Targeted Research and Technology Steering Committee
• Member of NASA Geospace Guest Investigator proposal review panel
• Organizer and Convener of Spring 2007 American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly special session "The Role of the Plasmasphere and Plasmapause in Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Dynamics"
• Reviewed multiple articles and proposals
• UTD Co-representative to Texas Astronomical Society
• Organized 2007 Plano Miller Elementary School Science Night

2006

• Member of NASA Geospace Missions Operations Working Group
• Organizer 2006 Huntsville Workshop on Geospace Connections Modeling
• Reviewed multiple articles and proposals
• UTD Co-representative to Texas Astronomical Society
• Organized 2006 Plano Miller Elementary School Science Night

2005

• Member of NASA Geospace Missions Operations Working Group
• Reviewed multiple articles and proposals
• UTD Co-representative to Texas Astronomical Society
• Organized 2005 Plano Miller Elementary School Science Night

Doctoral advisement

William R. Johnston, 5/09 The Role of the Plasmasphere in Radiation Belt Energization and Loss Member of Dissertation Committee for: Jeffrey Klenzing, 12/08 Effects of Non-ideal Biased Grids on Drifting Particle Distribution Functions Anthony Mwene, 5/08 Mid-Latitude F-Region Studies Based on ISB and DE-2 Observations Sasmita Mohapatra, 5/09 Behavior of Zonal Ion Drifts in Low and Middle Latitude Ionosphere Preeti Bhaneja, 10/09 Rocket and Ionosonde Studies of Midlatitude Spread F(MSF) Edgardo Pacheco, 11/09 Latitudinal (Apex-Height) Variations of Ion Drifts in the Ionosphere at Low and Mid Latitudes

Global Distributions of the Characteristics of Auroral Particles

$268,000 - NASA [2008–2011]

Auroral Calibration/Validation Efforts for the DMSP F17 SSUSI Instrument

$50,000 - Naval Research Laboratory [2007–2008]

The Relationship of the Plasmasphere and the Radiation Belts (a graduate fellowship)

$24,000 - NASA [2007–2008]

The Relationship of the Plasmasphere and the Radiation Belts (a graduate fellowship)

$30,000 - NASA Marshall Space Flight Center [2007–2008]

The Relationship of the Location of the Plasmapause and Radiation Belt Energization and Loss

$259,000 - NASA [2007–2010]