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3012 Bern
Switzerland

Phone +41 31 684 48 96
Email issi@issibern.ch

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Previous Scientists

Barbora Bila, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 7–14.12.2023

Natalia Buzulukova, NASA GESC, USA, working period: 9.–29.7.2023

Martin Cafolla, University of Warwick, UK, working period: 24.-30.9.2023

Sandra Chapman, University of Warwick, UK, working periods: 7.–21.5.2023, 1.–30.9.2023, 15.10.–18.11.2023

Shohreh Didari, Shiraz University, Iran, working period: 26.7.–25.8.2023

Weiqing Han, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, working period: 5.5.–1.8.2023

Debora Lancova, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 7–14.12.2023

Geraint Jones, University College London, UK, working periods: 30.3.–30.4.2023

Philip Judge, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA, working period: 20.2.–17.3.2023

Christian Maier, University of Vienna, Austria, working period: 3.–14.4.2023

Piyush Marmat, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, working period: 1.3.–30.4.2023

Alexander Milovanov, ENEA, Frascati, Italy, working period: 7.6.–6.7.2023

Christina Novotna, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 7–14.12.2023

René Šprňa, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working periods: 8.–19.5.2023 and 7-14.12.2023

Tomas Stanovsky, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 7–14.12.2023

Ilya Usoskin, University of Oulu, Finland, working periods: 24.5.–23.6.2023 and 1.–28.10.2023

Marco Velli, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2022, working period: 10.10.2022–5.4.2023

Nick Watkins, University of Warwick, UK, working periods: 7.–21.5.2023, 1.–30.9.2023, 15.10.–18.11.2023

Previous Visiting Scientists

Visiting Scientists in Business Year 27 (2023)

Barbora Bila, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 7–14.12.2023

Natalia Buzulukova, NASA GESC, USA, working period: 9.–29.7.2023

Martin Cafolla, University of Warwick, UK, working period: 24.-30.9.2023

Sandra Chapman, University of Warwick, UK, working periods: 7.–21.5.2023, 1.–30.9.2023, 15.10.–18.11.2023

Shohreh Didari, Shiraz University, Iran, working period: 26.7.–25.8.2023

Weiqing Han, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, working period: 5.5.–1.8.2023

Debora Lancova, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 7–14.12.2023

Geraint Jones, University College London, UK, working periods: 30.3.–30.4.2023

Philip Judge, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA, working period: 20.2.–17.3.2023

Christian Maier, University of Vienna, Austria, working period: 3.–14.4.2023

Piyush Marmat, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, working period: 1.3.–30.4.2023

Alexander Milovanov, ENEA, Frascati, Italy, working period: 7.6.–6.7.2023

Christina Novotna, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 7–14.12.2023

René Šprňa, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working periods: 8.–19.5.2023 and 7-14.12.2023

Tomas Stanovsky, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 7–14.12.2023

Ilya Usoskin, University of Oulu, Finland, working periods: 24.5.–23.6.2023 and 1.–28.10.2023

Marco Velli, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2022, working period: 10.10.2022–5.4.2023

Nick Watkins, University of Warwick, UK, working periods: 7.–21.5.2023, 1.–30.9.2023, 15.10.–18.11.2023

Visiting Scientists in Business Year 26 (2022)

Eric Gaidos, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA,  working period: 23.5-18.6.2022
Hans Huybrighs, Research Fellow ESA/ESTEC, working period: 22.8.-15.9.2022
Debora Lančová, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 18.-23.1.2022
Piyush Marmat, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, working period: 1.9.-30.11.2022
Gabriele Morra, University of Louisiana, USA, Working: 16.11.-25.12.2022
Sabine Schindler, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2020, working period: 17.-31.7.2022
Yuri Skorov, working period: 27.4.-23.5.2022 and 25.7.- 3.9.2022
René Šprňa, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 18.-23.1.2022
Marco Velli, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2022, working period: 10.10.2022-31.03.2023
Lenka Vozárová, Institute of Physics, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 18.-23.1.2022
Frances Westall, CNRS, Orléans, France, working period: 1.-25.10.2022
Jun Yang, working period: 6.-18.6.2022

Visiting Scientists in Business Year 25 (2020-2021)

Dennis Höning, Department Earth System Analysis, Potsdam, working period: 4-24.10.2021.
Herbert Palme, University of Cologne, Germany, working period: 1.-30.9.2021.
Arnaud Salvador, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, CEFNS, USA, working period: 31.8.-17.9.2021.
Sabine Schindler, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2020, working periods: 18.10.-5.11.2021 and 12.-28.11.2021.

Visiting Scientists in Business Year 24 (2019-2020)

Octavio Miguel Guilera, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, working period: 12.2.-8.3.2020.
Bill Hartmann, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, USA, working period: 23.8.-13.9.2019.
Bruno Leibundgut, European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany, working period: 30.10.2019-8.2.2020.
Zhaosheng Li, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, China, working period: 8.1.-7.2.2020.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, working period: 4.3.-15.3.2020.
Alexander Milovanov, Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Frascati-Rome, Italy, working period: tbd.
Herbert Palme, University of Cologne, Germany, working period: 31.8.-4.10.2020.
Sabine Schindler, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2020, working periods: tbd.
Karel Schrijver, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2018, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, USA (retired), working period: 16.9.-5.10.2019.
Yuri Skorov, Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, University of Braunschweig, Germany, working periods: 31.7.-6.8.2019, 17.-30.11.2019 and 15-29.2.2020.

Visiting Scientists in Business Year 24 (2018-2019)

Emmanuele Battista, University of Naples, Italy, working period: 6.-25.2.2019.
Vittorio di Falco, Silesian University of Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 6.-25.2.2019.
Bill Hartmann, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, USA, working period: 19.6.-10.7.2018.
Peter Hoppe, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany, working period: 27.5.-15.6.2019.
Ricardo La Placa, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy, working period: 20.2.-2.3.2019.
Felix Mirabel, Service d’Astrophysique, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France, working period: 20.-28.5.2019.
Eberhard Möbius, University of New Hampshire, USA, working periods: 12.-31.3 and 1.-23.5.2019.
Volodymyr M. Reshetnyk, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine, working period: 19.-30.11.2018.
Karel Schrijver, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2018, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, USA (retired), working periods: 3.-27.12.2018 and 6.-17.5.2019.
Yuri Skorov, Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, University of Braunschweig, Germany, working period: 19.-30.11.2018.

Visiting Scientists in Business Year 23 (2017-2018)

Raphael Antoine, CEREMA, France, working period: 16.-21.4.2018.
Pavel Bakala, Silesian University, Opava Czech Republic, working period: 11.-17.2.2018.
Yujun Cui, ENPC, France, working period: 16.-21.4.2018.
Katerina Goluchova, Silesian University, Opava Czech Republic, working period: 11.-17.2.2018.
Bill Hartmann, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, USA, working periods: 11.-22.9.2017 and 19.6.-10.7.2018.
Konstantin Herbst, University of Kiel, Germany, working period: 7.-18.5.2018.
Peter Hoppe, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany, working period: 28.5.-16.6.2018.
Haijun Hu, ENPC, France, working period: 16.-21.4.2018.
Natasha Jeffrey, University of Glasgow, UK, working period: 22.-24.1.2018.
Debora Lancova, Silesian University, Opava Czech Republic, working period: 11.-17.2.2018.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, working period: 15.4.-17.6.2018.
Alexander Milovanov, Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Frascati-Rome, Italy, working period: 5.6.-14.7.2018.
Eberhard Möbius, University of New Hampshire, USA, working period: 7.1.-2.2.2018.
Götz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, working period: 28.9.-6.10.2017.
Volodymyr M. Reshetnyk, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine, working period: 26.7.-9.8.2017.
Yuri Skorov, Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, University of Braunschweig, Germany, working period: 27.7.-9.8.2017.
Luigi Stella, INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Rome, Italy, working period: 11.-17.2.2018.
Gary Zank, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2017, University of Alabama, USA, working periods: 8.10.-4.11.2017, 22.3.-10.4.2018 and 29.7.-17.8.2018.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 22 (2016-2017)

Pavel Bakala, Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic, working periods: 19.-26.7.2016 and 10.-14.10.2016.
Eric Gaidos, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, USA, woking period: 20.8.-19.9.2016.
George Gloeckler,Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working period: 1.-21.11.2016.
Bill Hartmann, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, USA, working periods: 12.-16.9.2016 and 5.-26.5.2017.
Peter Hoppe, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany, working period: 29.5.-17.6.2017.
Kurt Lambeck, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2016, working period: 20.8.-25.9.2016 and 18.4.-30.5.2017.
Debora Lančová, Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic, working period: 19-26.7.2016.
Luisa Lara, Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia – CISC, Granada, Spain: working period: 2.8.-30.9.2016.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, working period: 30.9.-27.11.2016.
Herbert Palme, Institute for Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Cologne, Germany, working period: 10.9-10.10.2016.
Götz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, working periods: 17.-21.10.2016 and 27.3.-2.4.2017.
Mario J. Pinheiro, Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal, working period: 3.-18.2.2017.
Gilles Sommeria, WCRP World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, working periods:10.-13.10.2016, 21.-23.11.2016, 15.-16.3.2017 and 17.-18.5.2017.
Luigi Stella, INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Italy, working group: 17.-24.7.2016.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 21 (2015-2016)

George Gloeckler, Johannes Geiss Fellow 2015, working periods: 30.8.-19.9.2015, 18.10.-7.11.2015 and 10.2.-4.3.2016.
Bill Hartmann, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, USA, working periods: 6.-23.8.2015 and 8.-26.9.2015.
Ekkehard Kü̈hrt, DLR, Germany, working period: 1.6.-30.6.2016.
Jeffrey Linsky, University of Colorado, USA, working period: 2.-31.5.2016.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, working periods: 12.-27.7.2015, 25.8.-23.9.2015, 15.-31.3.2016 and 22.-29.4.2016.
Alexander Milovanov, Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Italy, working period: 15.5.-15.6.2016.
Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer, Cosmic Dust Group of the University of Stuttgart, Germany, 15-20.2.2016.
Jean-Pierre Rozelot, OCA-LAGRANGE-CNRS, University of Nice, France, working period: 9.-13.11.2015.
Gilles Sommeria, WCRP World Climate Research Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, working periods: 7.-9.3.2016, 17.-19.5.2016 and 13.-16.6.2016.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working period: 20.-30.9.2015.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 20 (2014-2015)

André Balogh, Imperial College London, UK, working period: 6.-11.11.2014.
Donald Ellison, North Carolina State University, USA, working period: 22.10.-1.11.2014.
Shin Hang Lee, JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, working period: 22.10.-1.11.2014.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, working period: 17.10.-14.11.2014.
Götz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, working periods: 7.-18.9.2014 and 29.5.-7.6.2015.
Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer, Cosmic Dust Group of the University of Stuttgart, Germany, 5-12.5.2015.
Volodymyr M. Reshetnyk, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine, working periods: 18.2.-2.3.2015 and 11.-24.6.2015.
Jean-Pierre Rozelot, OCA-LAGRANGE-CNRS, University of Nice, France, working period: 20.-24.4.2015.
Yuri Skorov, Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics, University of Braunschweig, Germany, working periods: 29.9.-10.10.2014, 3.-18.12.2014 and 18.2.-2.3.2015.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working periods: 20.7.-10.8.2014 and 23.-27.2.2015.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 19 (2013-2014)

André Balogh, Imperial College London, UK, working period: 6.-21.11.2013.
Edward Cliver, National Solar Observatory Sunspot,, New Mexico, USA, working period: 26.5.-6.6.2014.
Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working period: 16.-27.6.2014.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, working period: 20.4.-23.5.2014.
Götz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, working period: 7.-23.3.2014.
Mario J. Pinheiro, Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal, working period: 9.-28.6.2014.
Alessandro Ridolfi, Department of Physics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, working period: 9.-17.4.2014.
Paul Shearer, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working period: 5.-14.6.2014.
Bengt Sonnerup, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA, working period: 8.-21.3.2014.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working periods: 3.10.-17.10.2013, 5.-16.6.2014 and 20.7.-10.8.2014.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 18 (2012-2013)

Olaf Amm, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsnki, Finland, working period: 9.9.-7.12.2012.
André Balogh, Imperial College London, UK, working period: 6.-23.11.2012.
Andrei Bykov, Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, working period: 9.-20.4.2013.
Sebastien Falkner, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany, working period: 17.06.-28.06.2013.
Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working period: 15.-30.6.2013.
Claus Fröhlich, PMOD WRC, Davos, Switzerland, working period: 18.3.-7.4.2013.
Urs Mall, MPI for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, working period: 13.-17.5.2013.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, working period: 22.4.-15.5.2013.
Fulvio Melia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arizona, USA, working period: 9.5.-15.6.2013.
Götz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, working periods: 14.-28.10.2012 and 19.5-9.6.2013.
Risto Pellinen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, working period: 9.-20.4.2013.
Mario J. Pinheiro, Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal, working period: 3.-13.7.2012.
Alessandro Ridolfi, Department of Physics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, working period: 7.1.-1.2.2013.
Jean-Pierre Rozelot, OCA-LAGRANGE-CNRS, University of Nice, France, working period: 15.-26.4.2013.
Bengt Sonnerup, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA, working period: 14.-28.10.2012.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working periods: 22.7.-5.8.2012 and 13.-20.4.2013.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 17 (2011-2012)

Michael Balikhin, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, working period: 18.-29.1.2012.
André Balogh, Space and Atmospheric Physics, Imperial College London, UK, working period: 4.-11.11.2011.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, working period: 29.8.-30.9.2011.
Fulvio Melia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arizona, USA, working period: 22.-27.6.2012.
Götz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, working periods: 29.10.-6.11.2011 and 2-10.6.2012.
Daniel Reisenfeld, University of Montana, Missoula, USA, working period: 30.4.-25.5.2012.
Jean-Pierre Rozelot, OCA-GEMINI, Grasse, France, working period: 16.-28.10.2011.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working period: 22.-30.9.2011.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 16 (2010-2011)

Lennard Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working periods: 12.-17.7.2010 and 24.3.-31.5.2011.
Wera Di Gianni, Student at the Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Italy, working period: 21.7.-7.8.2010.
Andrea Geralico, Physics Department and ICRA, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, working period: 1.-7. 8. 2010.
George Gloeckler, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working period: 19.-26.10.2010.
Fulvio Melia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arizona, USA, working period: 22.5.-25.6.2011.
Angelo Pio Rossi, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany, working period: 8.-9.2.2011.
Luigi Stella, INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Monteporzio Catone, Italy, working period: 1.-7.8.2010.
Bengt Sonnerup, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA, working period: 12.-25.6.2011.
Romain Vuillez, Ecole Polytechnique Paris, France, working period: 4.-21.4.2011.
Daniel Winterhalter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA, working period: 18.2.-19.3.2011.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working period: 1.7.-15.8.2010.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 15 (2009-2010)

Felix Aharonian, High Energy Astrophysics, Max Planck Institute Heidelberg, Germany, working period: 28.2.-14.3.2010.
Ekkehard Kü̈hrt, DLR, Germany, working period: 2.6.-25.09.2009 (research sabbatical).
Bernd Heber, Christian Albrecht University Kiel, Germany, working periods: 1.-12.12.2009 and 1.-17.4.2010.
Ingrid Mann, Kobe University, Japan, working period: 27.7.-22.9.2009.
Fulvio Melia, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Arizona, USA, working period: 8.11.-7.12.2009.
Gö̈tz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, working period: 15.10.-1.11.2009.
Mauro Spagnuolo, Departamento de Ciencias Geologicas, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, working periods: 8.-11.10. and 19.-30.10.2009.
Emiliya Yordanova, Swedish Institute for Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden, working period: 25.-29.1.2010.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, working periods: 31.7.-10.8.2009 and 1.1.-15.8.2010.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 14 (2008-2009)

Michel Blanc, Study director of ISSI and research scientist at CESR, Toulouse, France, 8 days.
Len Culhane, ISSI Consultant Solar Physics and high energy astronomy, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking Surrey, United Kingdom, 8 days.
Geza Erdös, KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary, 7 days.
Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 5 days.
Luca Guallini, IRSPS, University of Annuzio, Italy, 13 days.
Hannu E.J. Koskinen, University of Helsinki, Department of Physics, Finland, 64 days.
Ingrid Mann, Kobe University, Japan, 45 days.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 38 days.
Gö̈tz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, 10 days.
Wang Yi-Ming, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA, 12 days.
Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 13 (2007-2008)
Lennart Bengtsson, ISSI Consultant Earth Science, Environmental Systems Science Centre, Reading, United Kingdom, 45 days.
Michel Blanc, Study director of ISSI and research scientist at CESR, Toulouse, France, 11 days.
Len Culhane, ISSI Consultant Solar Physics and high energy astronomy, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking Surrey, United Kingdom, 24 days.
Patrick Daly, Max Planck Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Lindau, Germany, 3 days.
Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 6 days.
Bob Forsyth, Space & Atmospheric Physics The Blackett Lab., Imperial College London, UK, 52 days.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 19 days.
Olivier Mousis, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Switzerland, 14 days.
Gö̈tz Paschmann, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany, 8 days.
Rudolf Treumann, Geophysics Section, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, 28 days.
Hunter Waite, Southwest Research Institute, USA, 4 days.
Lev Zelenyi, Russian Academy of Sciences, IKI, Moscow, Russia, 14 days.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 12 days.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 12 (2006-2007)

Lennart Bengtsson, ISSI Consultant Earth Sciences, Environmental Systems Science Centre, Reading, United Kingdom, 2 days.
Michel Blanc, Study director of ISSI and research scientist at CESR, Toulouse, France, 45 days.
Johan Bleeker, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 10 days.
Len Culhane, ISSI Consultant Solar Physics and high energy astronomy, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking Surrey, United Kingdom, 22 days.
Géza Erdös, KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary, 20 days.
Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 7 days.
George Gloeckler, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 8 days.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 36 days.
Rudolf Treumann, Geophysics Section, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, 28 days.
Károly Szegö, KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, Budapest, Hungary, 15 days.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 6 days.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 11 (2005-2006)

Ivano Bertini, Department of Astronomy, University of Padova, Italy, 85 days.
Michel Blanc, Study director of ISSI and research scientist at CESR, Toulouse, France, 20 days.
Len Culhane, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking Surrey, United Kingdom, 17 days.
Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 5 days.
Bernd Heber, Abteilung für extraterrestrische Physik, Christian-Albrechts- Universität zu Kiel, Germany, 2 days.
Vladislav Izmodenov, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Russia, 50 days.
Marius Potgieter, School of Physics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 2 days.
Rudolf Treumann, Geophysics Section, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, 58 days.
Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber, Abteilung für extraterrestrische Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany, 4 days.
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 15 days.
Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 10 (2004-2005)
Leonid Alperovich, Department of Geophysics & Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 22 days.
André Balogh, Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, UK, 18 days.
Isabelle Baraffe, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon Cedex, France, 75 days.
Didier Despois, Observatoire de Bordeaux, Floirac, France, 5 days.
Evgeny Federov, Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russia, 22 days.
Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 13 days.
Bernd Heber, Fachbereich Physik, Universität Osnabrück, Germany, 43 days.
Bengt Hultqvist, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden, 15 days.
Ken McCracken, IPST, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 30 days.
Eberhard Möbius, Institute for Study of Earth, Oceans & Space (ESO), University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA, 32 days.
Marius Potgieter, School of Physics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 7 days.
Rudolf Treumann, Geophysics Section, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, 9 days.
Daniel Winterhalter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA, 9 days.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 9 (2003-2004)

Vladislav Izmodenov, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Russia, 34 days.
Werner Mende, Projekt Klimaforschung, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, Germany, 62 days.
Eberhard Möbius, Institute for Study of Earth, Oceans & Space (ESO), University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA, 9 days.
Michael Rycroft, International Space University, Strasbourg, France, 6 days.
Igor Tolstikhin, Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Science, Apatity, Russia, 61 days.
Viktor Trakhtengerts, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 29 days.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 8 (2002-2003)

André Balogh, Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, UK, 5 days.
Yasha Feldstein, IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia, 19 days.
Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 21 days.
Tamas Gombosi, Center for Space Environment Modeling, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3 days.
Mirjam Hofer, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 100 days.
Martin C.E. Huber, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland, 11 days.
Walter Huebner, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 61 days.
Bengt Hultqvist, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden, 20 days.
Vladislav Izmodenov, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Russia, 25 days.
Anatoly Levitin, IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia, 19 days.
Werner Mende, Projekt Klimaforschung, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, Germany, 115 days.
Norman Ness, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, USA, 41 days.
Michael Rycroft, International Space University, Strasbourg, France, 5 days.
Igor Tolstikhin, Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Science, Apatity, Russia, 15 days.
Viktor Trakhtengerts, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 32 days.
Rudolf Treumann, Geophysics Section, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, 50 days.
Daniel Winterhalter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA, 9 days.

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 7 (2001-2002)

Len Fisk, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Martin C.E. Huber, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
Bengt Hultqvist, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Vladislav Izmodenov, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Russia
Robert Mc Pherron, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, USA
Werner Mende, Projekt Klimaforschung, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, Germany
Oleg Pokhotelov, Institute of Physics of Earth, Moscow, Russia
Igor Tolstikhin, Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Science, Apatity, Russia
Rudolf Treumann, Geophysics Section, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Year 6 (2000-2001)

Mirjam Hofer, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Walter Huebner, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Bengt Hultqvist, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Vladislav Izmodenov, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Russia
Galina Korotova, IZMIRAN, Moscow Region, Russia
Werner Mende, Projekt Klimaforschung, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin, Germany
David Southwood, Imperial College, London, UK
Igor Tolstikhin, Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Science, Apatity, Russia
Rudolf Treumann, Geophysics Section, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Thomas Zurbuchen, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

Visiting Scientists in ISSI Business Years 1-5 (1995-2000)

Andrew Ball, Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK
André Balogh, Imperial College of London, UK
Friedrich Begemann, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany
Tom Chang, Center for Theoretical Geo/Cosmo Plasma Physics of MIT, Cambridge, USA
Luca Del Zanna, Dipartimento di Astronomia e Scienza dello Spazio, Università di Firenze, Italy
Thomas Donahue, University of Michigan, USA
Donald Farley, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Tamas Gombosi, University of Michigan, USA
Tor Hagfors, Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Lindau, Germany
William Hartmann, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, USA
Bengt Hultqvist, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
Vladislav Izmodenov, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, Moscow State University, Russia
Galina Korotova, IZMIRAN, Moscow Region, Russia Artyom Myasnikov, Moscow State University, Russia
Götz Paschmann, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany
Marius Potgieter, Potchefstroom University, South Africa
Nathan Schwadron, University of Michigan, USA
David Southwood, Imperial College London, UK
Rudolf Treumann, Geophysics Section, Department of Geosciences, Ludwig- Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Frank Verheest, Sterrenkundig Observatorium, University of Gent, Belgium

A Spiral Amongst Thousands
Credits ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel