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I am Connor O’Brien, a fifth year PdD candidate Boston University’s Center for Space Physics. I study the solar wind’s interactions with Earth’s magnetosphere using cutting edge machine learning algorithms and space-based x-ray telescopes. I currently work with professor Brian Walsh, where I develop the PRIME and PRIME-SH algorithms for the heliophysics community and study solar wind-magnetosphere interaction with spacecraft constellations and ionospheric radar. For more information on these and other projects I am a part of, please visit my research page, the BU Space Physics and Technology Lab site, or email me at obrienco (at) bu (dot) edu.
Header Image: Simulation of the Earth’s magnetosphere. Lines are Earth’s magnetic field being bent and stretched by solar wind plasma (shaded regions). Credit: Center for Geospace Storms (CGS), APL