Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May, 2011
Dissertation Title: “Observations of the non-linear electrodynamic coupling between the solar wind, magnetosphere, and ionosphere.”
Thesis Chairman: Prof. C. Robert. Clauer
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May, 2008
Thesis Title: “Reverse convection potential saturation under northward IMF.”
Thesis Chairman: Prof C. Robert. Clauer
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, December 2005
Professional Employment
Positions Held:
- 2020 – Present: Assistant Professor (Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington)
- 2014 – 2020: Research Scientist II (CU/LASP)
- 2012 – 2014: Postdoctoral Fellow (CU/LASP)
- 2011 – 2012: Postdoctoral Researcher (ASTRA, LLC)
- 2007 – 2011: Graduate Student, Research Assistant (Virginia Tech)
- 2006 – 2007: Graduate Student, Teaching Assistant (Virginia Tech); ECE 4164 Introduction to Global Positioning System (GPS) Theory and Design
- 2005: Hardware Engineering Intern, ViaSat Inc
- 2004: Engineering Intern, Waterfront Nuclear Engineering and Test, Northrop Grumman Newport News
Experience:
- 2018 – Present: Chair, “Magnetic Reconnection in the Age of the Heliophysics System Observatory,” National Science Foundation Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Focus Group
- 2017 – 2019: Co-organizer, Special Issue on MMS Phase 1 in Journal of Geophysical Research
- 2014 – Present: NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission Burst Team and FIELDS Team Member
- 2012 – 2014: NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Dayside Field-Aligned Currents and Energy Deposition: The Role of Magnetospheric Structure and Ionospheric Conductivity
- 2011 – 2012: Contributed significantly to the effort to ingest AMPERE data in the AMIE procedure
- 2010 – 2011: Contributed to the development of an algorithm to ingest DMSP observations into the SuperDARN potential fit
- 2008 – 2011: Ph.D. Thesis – The Nonlinear Electrodynamic Coupling Between the Solar Wind, Magnetosphere, and Ionosphere
- 2008 – 2009: Installed a low-power magnetometer on the Antarctic plateau
- 2005 – 2008: M.S. Thesis – Reverse Convection Potential Saturation in the Polar Ionosphere
- 2007 – 2008: Assisted in the Construction of the Blackstone SuperDARN Radar2006 Instructor for GPS System Design Laboratory Course
Students Supervised:
- Mr. Darshan Gove, Summer REU, 2019
Project: Magnetic reconnection associated with the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at Earth.
Outcomes: 1 AGU Poster - Mr. Paul Hansel, Undergraduate Researcher, 2017-Present
Project: MMS Observations of Electrostatic Solitary Waves in the Magnetosphere.
Outcomes: 1 AGU Poster, Paper on Solitary Wave Statistics (in preparation for submission to the Journal of Geophysical Research by the end of 2020) - Ms. Pauline Dredger, Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates Student (REU), 2017
Project: Simulations of the dayside magnetospheric magnetic topology in response to a rotation in the dawn-dusk interplanetary magnetic field component.
Outcomes: 1 AGU Poster
Honors & Awards
- 2011 – Awarded NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
- 2011 – Honorable Mention, NASA Jack Eddy Heliophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition
- 2011 – Inducted into the Sigma Xi Research Honor Society
- 2009 – Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM), Best Student Tutorial
- 2004 – Inducted into Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society
- 2001 – Virginia Tech, Marshall Hahn Engineering Scholarship
Publications (74 Total, 18 First Author, H-index = 21)
First Author
- Wilder, F. D., R. E. Ergun, S. Hoilijoki, J. Webster, M. R. Argall, N. Ahmadi, S. Eriksson, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, O. Le Contel, R. J. Strangeway, and B. L. Giles (2019), A survey of plasma waves appearing near dayside magnetopause electron diffusion region events. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 7837–7849. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027060.
- Wilder, F. D., R. E. Lopez, S. Eriksson, K. Pham, and D. Lin (2019), The relative importance of geoeffective length versus Alfvén wing formation in the saturation of the ionospheric reverse convection potential. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 1126–1131. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080639
- Wilder, F. D., R. E. Ergun, J. L. Burch, N. Ahmadi, S. Eriksson, T. D. Phan, K. A. Goodrich, J. Shuster, A. C. Rager, R. B. Torbert, B. L. Giles, R. J. Strangeway, F. Plaschke, W. Magnes, P.-A. Lindqvist, Y. V. Khotyaintsev (2018), The Role of the Parallel Electric Field in electron-scale dissipation at reconnecting currents in the magnetosheath, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 123, doi:10.1029/2018JA025529
- Wilder, F. D., R. E. Ergun, S. Eriksson, T. D. Phan, J. L. Burch, N. Ahmadi, K. A. Goodrich, D. L. Newman, K. J. Trattner, R. B. Torbert, B. L. Giles, R. J. Strangeway, W. Magnes, P.-A. Lindqvist and Y. V. Khotyaintsev (2017), Multipoint Measurements of the Electron Jet of Symmetric Magnetic Reconnection with a Moderate Guide Field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 265101
- Wilder, F. D., R. E. Ergun, D. L. Newman, K. A. Goodrich, K. J. Trattner, M. V. Goldman, S. Eriksson, A. N. Jaynes, T. Leonard, D. M. Malaspina, N. Ahmadi, S. J. Schwartz, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, M. R. Argall, B. L. Giles, T. D. Phan, O. Le Contel, D. B. Graham, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, W. Magnes, F. Plaschke, and P.-A. Lindqvist (2017), The non-linear behaviour of Whistler waves at the reconnecting dayside magnetopause as observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission – A case study, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JA024062.
- Wilder, F. D., R. E. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, D. L. Newman, S. Eriksson, J. E. Stawarz, M. V. Goldman, K. A. Goodrich, D. J. Gershman, D. M. Malaspina, J. C. Holmes, A. P. Sturner, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. T. Marklund, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, C. J. Pollock, B. L. Giles, J. C. Dorelli, L. A. Avanov, W. R. Patterson, F. Plaschke, and W. Magnes (2016), Observations of Large-Amplitude, Parallel, Electrostatic Waves Associated With the Kelvin -Helmholtz Instability by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL070404.
- Wilder, F. D., R. E. Ergun, K. A. Goodrich, M. V. Goldman, D. L. Newman, D. M. Malaspina, A. N. Jaynes, S. J. Schwartz, K. J. Trattner, J. L. Burch, M. R. Argall, R. B. Torbert, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, O. Le Contel, L. Mirioni, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, C. J. Pollock, B. L. Giles, F. Plaschke, W. Magnes, S. Eriksson, J. E. Stawarz, A. P. Sturner, and J. C. Holmes (2016), Observations of Whistler-mode Waves with Non-linear Parallel Electric Fields Near the Dayside Magnetic Reconnection Separatrix by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069473.
- Wilder, F. D., S. Eriksson, and M. Wiltberger (2015), The role of magnetic flux tube deformation and magnetosheath plasma beta in the saturation of the Region 1 field-aligned current system. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 120, 2036–2051. doi: 10.1002/2014JA020533.
- Wilder, F. D., S. Eriksson, K. J. Trattner, P. A. Cassak, S. A. Fuselier, and B. Lybekk (2015), Observation of a retreating x line and magnetic islands poleward of the cusp during northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119, pages 9643–9657. doi:10.1002/2014JA020453.
- Wilder, F. D., S. Eriksson, and M. Wiltberger (2013), Investigation of the interhemispheric asymmetry in reverse convection near solstice during northward interplanetary magnetic field conditions using MHD simulations, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, 4289–4297, doi:10.1002/jgra.50421.
- Wilder, F. D., S. Eriksson, H. Korth, J. B. H. Baker, M. R. Hairston, C. Heinselman, and B. J. Anderson (2013), Field-aligned current reconfiguration and magnetospheric response to an impulse in the interplanetary magnetic field BY component, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 2489–2494, doi:10.1002/grl.50505.
- Wilder, F. D., G. Crowley, S. Eriksson, P. T. Newell, and M. R. Hairston (2012), Ionospheric Joule heating, fast flow channels, and magnetic field line topology for IMF By-dominant conditions – Observations and comparisons with predicted reconnection jet speeds, J. Geophys. Res., Volume 117, A11311, doi:10.1029/2012JA017914.
- Wilder, F. D, G. Crowley, B. J. Anderson, and A. D. Richmond, Intense dayside Joule heating during the April 5, 2010 geomagnetic storm recovery phase observed by AMIE and AMPERE (2012), J. Geophys. Res., 117, A05207, doi:10.1029/2011JA017262.
- Wilder, F. D, C. R. Clauer, J.B.H. Baker, E.D. Pettigrew and M. R. Hairston, The non-linear response of the polar cap potential under southward IMF – a statistical view (2011), J. Geophys. Res., 116, A12229, doi:10.1029/2011JA016924.
- Wilder, F. D, C. R. Clauer, J.B.H. Baker, and P. T. Newell, Inter-hemispheric observations of dayside convection under northward IMF, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A10230, doi:10.1029/2011JA016748, 2011.
- Wilder, F. D, C.R. Clauer, and J.B.H. Baker, Polar cap electric field saturation during IMF Bz north and south conditions, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A10230, doi:10.1029/2010JA015487, 2010.
- Wilder, F. D, C.R. Clauer, and J.B.H. Baker, Reverse convection potential saturation during northward IMF under various driving conditions, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A08209, doi:10.1029/2009JA014266, 2009.
- Wilder, F. D, C.R. Clauer, and J.B.H. Baker, Reverse convection potential saturation during northward IMF, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12103, doi:10.1029/2008GL034040, 2008.
Co-Author
- Hoilijoki, S., R. E. Ergun, S. J., Schwartz, S. Eriksson, F. D. Wilder, J. M. Webster, et al. (2019). Electron‐scale magnetic structure observed adjacent to an electron diffusion region at the dayside magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027192
- Ergun, R. E., S. Hoilijoki, N. Ahmadi, S. J. Schwartz, F. D. Wilder, J. L. Burch, et al. ( 2019). Magnetic reconnection in three dimensions: observations of electromagnetic drift waves in the adjacent current sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027228
- Ergun, R. E., S. Hoilijoki, N. Ahmadi, S. J. Schwartz, F. D. Wilder, J. F. Drake, et al. (2019). Magnetic reconnection in three dimensions: Modeling and analysis of electromagnetic drift waves in the adjacent current sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA027275
- Holmes, J. C., Ergun, R. E., Nakamura, R., Roberts, O., Wilder, F. D., & Newman, D. L. (2019). Structure of electron‐scale plasma mixing along the dayside reconnection separatrix. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 8788-8803. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026974
- Goodrich, K. A., R. E. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, L. B. Wilson, A. Johlander, D. L. Newman, F. D. Wilder, J. C Holmes, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, Y. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, R. J. Strangeway, D. Gershma, and B. L. Giles (2019). Impulsively reflected ions: A plausible mechanism for ion acoustic wave growth in collisionless shocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124, 1855-1865. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026436
- I. Gingell, S. J. Schwartz, J. P. Eastwood, J. L. Burch, R. E. Ergun, S. Fuselier, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, B. Lavraud, P.-A. Lindqvist, W. R. Paterson, T. D. Phan, C. T. Russell, J. E. Stawarz, R. J. Strangeway, R. B. Torbert, and F. D. Wilder (2019). Observations of magnetic reconnection in the transition region of quasi‐parallel shocks. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 1177–1184. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081804
- Angelopoulos, V., P. Cruce, A. Drozdov, E. W. Grimes, N. Hatzigeorgiu, D. A. King, D. Larson, J. W. Lewis, J. M. McTiernan, D. A. Roberts, C. L. Russell, T. Hori, Y. Kasahara, A. Kumamoto, A. Matsuoka, Y. Miyashita, Y. Miyoshi, I. Shinohara, M. Teramoto, J. B. Faden, A. J. Halford, M. McCarthy, R. M. Millan, J. G. Sample, D. M. Smith, L. A. Woodger, A. Masson, A. A. Narock, K. Asamura, T. F. Chang, C.-Y. Chiang, Y. Kazama, K. Keika, S. Matsuda, T. Segawa, K. Seki, M. Shoji, S. W. Y. Tam, N. Umemura, B.-J. Wang, S.-Y. Wang, R. Redmon, J. V. Rodriguez, H. J. Singer, J. Vandegriff, S. Abe, M. Nose, A. Shinbori, Y.-M. Tanaka, S. UeN, L. Andersson, P. Dunn, C. Fowler, J. S. Halekas, T. Hara, Y. Harada, C. O. Lee, R. Lillis, D. L. Mitchell, M. R. Argall, K. Bromund, J. L. Burch, I. J. Cohen, M. Galloy, B. Giles, A. N. Jaynes, O. Le Contel, M. Oka, T. D. Phan, B. M. Walsh, J. Westlake, F. D. Wilder, S. D. Bale, R. Livi, M. Pulupa, P. Whittlesey, A. DeWolfe, B. Harter, E. Lucas, U. Auster, J. W. Bonnell, C. M. Cully, E. Donovan, R. E. Ergun, H. U. Frey, B. Jackel, A. Keiling, H. Korth, J. P. McFadden, Y. Nishimura, F. Plaschke, P. Robert, D. L. Turner, J. M. Weygand, R. M. Candey, R. C. Johnson, T. Kovalick, M. H. Liu, R. E. McGuire, A. Breneman, K. Kersten, P. Schroeder (2019), The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System, Space Science Reviews, 215, 9, doi: 10.1007/s11214-018-0576-4
- Fox, W., F. D. Wilder, S. Eriksson, J. Jara‐Almonte, F. Pucci, J. Yoo, et al. (2018). Energy conversion by parallel electric fields during guide field reconnection in scaled laboratory and space experiments. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12,677–12,684. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079883
- Ahmadi, N., F. D. Wilder, R. E Ergun, M. R. Argall, M. E. Usanova, H. Breuillard, et al. (2018). Generation of electron whistler waves at the mirror mode magnetic holes: MMS observations and PIC simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 6383–6393. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025452
- Ergun, R. E., K. A. Goodrich, F. D. Wilder, N. Ahmadi, J. C. Holmes, S. Eriksson, et al. (2018). Magnetic reconnection, turbulence, and particle acceleration: Observations in the Earth’s magnetotail. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 3338–3347. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GL076993
- Trattner, K. J., J. L. Burch, P. A. Cassak, R. E. Ergun, S. Eriksson, S. A. Fuserlier, B. L. Giles, R. G. Gomez, E. W. Grimes, S. M. Petrinec, J. M. Webster, and F. D. Wilder (2018). The transition between antiparallel and component magnetic reconnection at Earth’s dayside magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 10,177–10,188. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026081
- Goodrich, K. A., R. E. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, L. B. Wilson, D. L. Newman, F. D. Wilder, J. C. Holmes, A. Johlander, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, Y. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, D. Gershman, B. L. Giles, and L. Andersoon (2018). MMS observations of electrostatic waves in an oblique shock crossing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 9430–9442. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025830
- S. J. Schwartz, L. Avanov, D. Turner, H. Zhang, I. Gingell, J. P. Eastwood, D. J. Gershman A. Johlander, C. T. Russell, J. L. Burch, S. Eriksson, R. E. Ergun, S. A. Fuselier, B. L. Giles, K. A. Goodrich, Y. Khotyaintsev, B. Lavraud, P.-A. Lindqvist, M. Oka, T. D. Phan, R. J. Strangeway, K. J. Trattner, R. B. Torbert, A. Vaivads, H. Wei, and F. D. Wilder (2018). Ion kinetics in a hot flow anomaly: MMS observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 45, 11,520–11,529. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080189
- Torbert., R. B., J. L. Burch, T. D. Phan, M. Hesse, M. R. Argall, J. Shuster, R. E. Ergun, L. Alm, R. Nakamura, K. J. Genestreti, D. J. Gershman, W. R. Paterson, D. L. Turner, I. Cohen, B. L. Giles, C. J. Pollock, S. Wang, L.-J. Chen, J. E. Stawarz, J. P. Eastwood, K. J. Hwang, C. Farrugia, I. Dors, H. Vaith, C. Mouikis, A. Ardakani, B. H. Mauk, S. A. Fuselier, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, T. E. Moore, J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, W. Baumjohann, F. D. Wilder, N. Ahmadi, J. C. Dorelli, L. A. Avanov, M. Oka, D. N. Baker, J. F. Fennell, J. B. Blake, A. N. Jaynes, O. Le Contel, S. M. Petrinec, B. Lavraud, Y. Saito (2018), Electron-scale Dynamics of the Diffusion Region During Symmetric Magnetic Reconnection in Space, Science, 362, doi: 10.1126/science.aat2998
- Chen, L. J., S. Wang, L. B. Wilson, S. J. Schwartz, N. Bessho, T. E. Moore, D. Gershman, B. L. Giles, D. M. Malaspina, F. D. Wilder, R. E. Ergun, M. Hesse., H. Lai, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangway, R. B. Torbert, A. F. Vinas, J. L. Burch, S. Lee, C. Pollock, J. Dorelli, W. Paterson, N. Ahmadi, K. Goodrich, B. Lavraud, O, Le Conte, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, S. Boardsen, H. Wei, A. Le, and L. Avanov (2018), Electron Bulk Acceleration and Thermalization at Earth’s Quasiperpendicular Bow Shock, Phys. Rev. Lett., 120, 225101.
- Breuillard, H., L. Matteini, M. R. Argall, F. Sahraoui, M. Andriopoulou, O. Le Contel, A. Retino, L. Mirioni, S. Y. Huang, D. J. Gershman, R. E. Ergun, F. D. Wilder, K. A. Goodrich, N. Ahmadi, E. Yordanova, A. Vaivads, D. L. Turner, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, D. B. Graham, P. A. Lindqvist, A. Chasapis, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, C. T. Russell, W. Magnes, R. J. Strangeway, F. Plaschke, T. E. Moore, B. L. Giles, W. R. Paterson, C. J. Pollock, B. Lavraud, S. A. Fuselier, and I. J. Cohen (2018), New Insights into the Nature of Turbulence in the Earth’s Magnetosheath Using Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Data, Ap. J., 859, 2, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aabae8.
- Phan, T. D., J. P. Eastwood, M. A. Shay, J. F. Drake, B. U. O. Sonnerup, M. Fujimoto, P. A. Cassak, M. Oieroset, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, A. C. Rager, J. C. Dorelli, D. J. Gershman, C. Pollock, P. S. Pyakurel, C. C. Haggerty, Y. Khotyaintsev, B. Lavraud, Y. Saito, M. Oka, R. E. Ergun, A. Retino, O. Le Contel, M. R. Argall, B. L. Giles, T. E. Moore, F. D. Wilder, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, P. A. Lindqvist and W. Magnes (2018), Electron magnetic reconnection without ion coupling in Earth’s turbulent magnetosheath, Nature, 557, doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0091-5.
- Graham, D. B., A. Vaivads, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, M. Andre, O. Le Contel, D. M. Malaspina, P.-A. Lindqvist, F. D. Wilder, R. E. Ergun, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, W. Magnes, C. T. Russell, J. L. Burch, and R. B. Torbert (2018). Large‐amplitude high‐frequency waves at Earth’s magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 2630–2657. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA025034
- Kacem, I., C. Jacquey, V. Genot, B. Lavraud, Y. Vernisse, A. Marchaudon, O. Le Contel, H. Breuillard, T. D. Phan, H. Hasegawa, M. oka, K. J. Trattner, C. J Farrugia, K. Paulson, J. P. Eastwood, S. A. Fuselier, D. Turner, S. Eriksson, F. D. Wilder, C. T. Russell, M. Oieroset, J. L. Burch, D. B. Graham, J.-A. Sauvaud, L. Avanov, M. Chandler, V. Coffey, J. Dorelli, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, T. E. Moore, Y. Saito, L.-J. Chen, and E. Penou (2018). Magnetic reconnection at a thin current sheet separating two interlaced flux tubes at the Earth’s magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 1779–1793. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024537
- Burch, J. L., J. M. Webster, K. J. Genestreti, R. B. Torbert, B. L. Giles, S. A. Fuselier, J. C. Dorelli, A. C. Rager, T. D. Phan, R. C. Allen, L.-J. Chen, S. Wang, O. Le Contel, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, R. E. Ergun, A. N. Jaynes, P.-A. Lindqvist, D. B. Graham, F. D. Wilder, K.-J. Hwang, and J. Goldstein (2018). Wave phenomena and beam‐plasma interactions at the magnetopause reconnection region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 1118–1133. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024789
- Burch, J. L., R. E. Ergun, P. A. Cassak, J. M. Webster, R. B. Torbert., B. L. Giles, J. C. Dorelli, A. C. Rager, K.-J. Hwang, T. D. Phan, K. J. Genestreti, R. C. Allen, L.-J. Chen, S. Wang, D. Gershman, O. Le Contel, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, F. D. Wilder, D. B. Graham, M. Hesse, J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, L. M. Price, M. A. Shay, P.-A. Lindqvist, C. J. Pollock, R. E. Denton and D. L. Newman (2018). Localized oscillatory energy conversion in magnetopause reconnection. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 1237–1245. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076809
- Webster, J. M., J. L. Burch, P. H. Reiff, A. G. Daou, K. J. Genestreti, D. B. Graham, R. B. Torbert, R. E. Ergun, S. Y. Sazykin, A. Marshall, R. C. Allen, L.-J. Chen S. Wang, T. D. Phan, B. L. Giles, T. E. Moore, S. A. Fuselier, G. Cozzani, C. T. Russel, S. Eriksson, A. C. Rager, J. M. Broll, K. A. Goodrich, and F. D. Wilder (2018). Magnetospheric Multiscale dayside reconnection electron diffusion region events. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, 4858–4878. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025245
- Ergun, R.E., L.-J. Chen, F. D. Wilder, et al. (2017), Drift Waves, Intense Parallel Electric Fields, and Turbulence Associated with Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection at the Magnetopause, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2016GL072493.
- J. C. Holmes, R. E. Ergun, D. L. Newman, F. D. Wilder, A. P. Sturner, K. A. Goodrich, R. B. Torbert, B. L. Giles, R. J. Strangeway, J. L. Burch (2017), Negative potential solitary structures in the magnetosheath with large parallel width. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, DOI:10.1002/2017ja024890
- Breuillard, H., O. Le Contel, T. Chust, M. Berthomier, A. Retino, D. L. Turner, R. Nakamura, W. Baumjohann, G. Cozzani, F. Catapano, A. Alexandrova, L. Mirioni, D. B. Graham, M. R. Argall, D. Fischer, F. D. Wilder, D. J. Gershman, A. Varsani, P.-A. Lindqvist, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, G. Marklund, R. E. Ergun, K. A. Goodrich, N. Ahmadi, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, J. Needell, M. Chutter, D. Rau, I. Dors, C. T. Russell, W. Magnes, R. J. Strangeway, K. R. Bromund, H. Wei, F. Plaschke, B. J. Anderson, G. Le, T. E. Moore, B. L. Giles, W. R. Paterson, C. J. Pollock, J. C. Dorelli, L. A. Avanov, Y. Saito, B. Lavraud, S. A. Fuselier, B. H. Mauk, I. J. Cohen, J. F. Fennell (2017), The properties of lion roars and electron dynamics in mirror-mode waves observed by the Magnetospheric MultiScale mission: Electrons and lion roars in mirror modes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, DOI:10.1002/2017JA024551
- Trattner, K. J., J. L. Burch, R. Ergun, S. Eriksson, S. A. Fuselier, B. L. Giles, R. G. Gomez, E. W. Grimes, W. S. Lewis, B. Mauk, S. M. Petrinec, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, L. Trenchi, F. D. Wilder (2017) The MMS dayside magnetic reconnection locations during Phase 1 and their relation to the predictions of the Maximum Magnetic Shear model: Prediction of the Dayside Reconnection Location. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, DOI:10.1002/2017JA024488
- Turner, D. L., J. H. Lee, S. G. Claudepierre, J. F. Fennell, J. B. Blake, A. N. Jaynes, T. Leonard, F. D. Wilder, R. E. Ergun, D. N. Baker, I. J. Cohen, B. H. Mauk, R. J. Strangeway, D. P. Hartley, C. A. Kletzing, H. Breuillard, O. Le Contel, Yu V. Khotyaintsev, R. B. Torbert, R. C. Allen, J. L. Burch, O. Santolik (2017) Examining Coherency Scales, Substructure, and Propagation of Whistler Mode Chorus Elements With Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS): MMS Observations of Chorus Elements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, DOI:10.1002/2017JA024474
- Torbert, R. B., J. L. Burch, M. R. Argall, L. Alm, C. J. Farrugia, T. G. Forbes, B. L. Giles, A. Rager, J. Dorelli, R. J. Strangeway, R. E. Ergun, F. D. Wilder, N. Ahmadi, P.‐A. Lindqvist, Y. Khotyaintsev (2017), Structure and Dissipation Characteristics of an Electron Diffusion Region Observed by MMS during a Rapid, Normal‐incidence Magnetopause Crossing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, DOI:10.1002/2017ja024579
- Le Contel, O., R. Nakamura, H. Breuillard, M. R. Argall, D. B. Graham, D. Fischer, A. Retinò, M. Berthomier, R. Pottelette, L. Mirioni, T. Chust, F. D. Wilder, D. J. Gershman, A. Varsani, P.‐A. Lindqvist, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, C. Norgren, R. E. Ergun, K. A. Goodrich, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, J. Needell, M. Chutter, D. Rau, I. Dors, C. T. Russell, W. Magnes, R. J. Strangeway, K. R. Bromund, H. Y. Wei, F. Plaschke, B. J. Anderson, G. Le, T. E. Moore, B. L. Giles, W. R. Paterson, C. J. Pollock, J. C. Dorelli, L. A. Avanov, Y. Saito, B. Lavraud, S. A. Fuselier, B. H. Mauk, I. J. Cohen, D. L. Turner, J. F. Fennell, T. Leonard, A. N. Jaynes (2017), Lower‐hybrid drift waves and electromagnetic electron space‐phase holes associated with dipolarization fronts and field‐aligned currents observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission during a substorm. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, DOI:10.1002/2017ja024550
- Gingell., I., S. J. Schwartz, D. Burgess, A. Johlander, C. T. Russell, J. L. Burch, R. E. Ergun, S. Fuselier, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, K. A. Goodrich, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, B. Lavraud, P.‐A. Lindqvist, R. J. Strangeway, K. J. Trattner, R. B. Torbert, H. Wei, and F. D. Wilder (2017), MMS Observations and Hybrid Simulations of Surface Ripples at a Marginally Quasi-Parallel Shock. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, DOI:10.1002/2017ja024538
- Zhou, M., J. Berchem, R. J. Walker, M. El-Alaoui, X. Deng, E. Cazzola, G. Lapenta, M. L. Goldstein, W. R. Paterson, Y. Pang, R. E. Ergun, B. Lavraud, H. Liang, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, C. Zhao, B. L. Giles, C. J. Pollock, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, F. D. Wilder, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, R. B. Torbert, J. L. Burch (2017) Coalescence of Macroscopic Flux Ropes at the Subsolar Magnetopause: Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations. Physical Review Letters 119(5)., DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.055101
- Eriksson, S. M. Maimaiti, J. B. H. Baker, K. J. Trattner, D. J. Knipp, F. D. Wilder (2017), Dual ExB Flow Responses in the Dayside Ionosphere to a Sudden IMF By Rotation: ExB Responses to Sudden IMF By Rotation. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI:10.1002/2017GL073374
- Chasapis, A., W. H. Matthaeus, T. N. Parashar, O. LeContel, A. Retinò, H. Breuillard, Y. Khotyaintsev, A. Vaivads, B. Lavraud, E. Eriksson, T. E. Moore, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, P.-A. Lindqvist, R. E. Ergun, G. Marklund, K. A. Goodrich, F. D. Wilder, M. Chutter, J. Needell, D. Rau, I. Dors, C. T. Russell, G. Le, W. Magnes, R. J. Strangeway, K. R. Bromund, H. K. Leinweber, F. Plaschke, D. Fischer, B. J. Anderson, C. J. Pollock, B. L. Giles, W. R. Paterson, J. Dorelli, D. J. Gershman, L. Avanov, Y. Saito (2017), Electron Heating at Kinetic Scales in Magnetosheath Turbulence. The Astrophysical Journal, 836(2):247., DOI:10.3847/1538-4357/836/2/247
- Stawarz, J. E., S. Eriksson, F. D. Wilder, et al. (2016), Observations of turbulence in a Kelvin-Helmholtz event on 8 September 2015 by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 11,021–11,034, doi:10.1002/2016JA023458.
- Turner, D. L., J. F. Fennell, J. B. Blake, J. H. Clemmons, B. H. Mauk, I. J. Cohen, A. N. Jaynes, J. V. Craft, F. D. Wilder, D. N. Baker, G. D. Reeves, D. J. Gershman, L. A. Avanov, J. C. Dorelli, B. L. Giles, C. J. Pollock, D. Schmid, R. Nakamura, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, A. V. Artemyev, A. Runov, V. Angelopoulos, H. E. Spence, R. B. Torbert, J. L. Burch (2016), Energy limits of electron acceleration in the plasma sheet during substorms: A case study with the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, Geophysical Research Letters 43(15)., DOI:10.1002/2016GL069691
- Eriksson, S., F. D. Wilder, R. E. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, et al. (2016), Magnetospheric multiscale observations of the electron diffusion region of large guide field magnetic reconnection, Phys. Rev. Lett., 117, 1, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.015001.
- Ergun, R. E., K. A. Goodrich, F. D. Wilder, J. C. Holmes, J. E. Stawarz, S. Eriksson, et al. (2016), Magnetospheric Multiscale Satellites Observations of Parallel Electric Fields Associated with Magnetic Reconnection, Phys. Rev. Lett., 116, 23, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.235102.
- Jaynes, A. N., D. L. Turner, F. D. Wilder, A. Osmane, D. N. Baker, J. B. Blake, J. F. Fennell, I. J. Cohen, B. M. Mauk, G. D. Reeves, et al (2016), Energetic electron acceleration observed by MMS in the vicinity of an X-line crossing, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069206.
- Califf, S., X. Li, R. A. Wolf, H. Zhao, A. N. Jaynes, F. D. Wilder, D. M. Malaspina, and R. Redmon (2016), Large-amplitude electric fields in the inner magnetosphere: Van Allen Probes observations of subauroral polarization streams. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 120, doi: 10.1002/2015JA022252.
- Goodrich, K. A., R. E. Ergun, F. D. Wilder, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, Y. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, C. Russell, R. Strangeway, W. Magnes, D. Gershman, B. Giles, R. Nakamura, J. Stawarz, J. Holmes, A. Sturner, and D. M. Malaspina (2016), MMS Multi-point Electric Field Observations of Small-Scale Magnetic Holes. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2016GL069157
- Burch, J. L., R. B. Torbert, T. D. Phan, L.-J. Chen, T. E. Moore, R. E. Ergun, J. P. Eastwood, D. J. Gershman, P. A. Cassak, M. R. Argall, S. Wang, M. Hesse, C. J. Pollock, B. L. Giles, R. Nakamura, B. H. Mauk, S. A. Fuselier, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay, Yu. V. Khotyaintsev, P.-A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, F. D. Wilder, D. T. Young, K. Torkar, J. Goldstein, J. C. Dorelli, L. A. Avanov, M. Oka, D. N. Baker, A. N. Jaynes, K. A. Goodrich, I. J. Cohen, D. L. Turner, J. F. Fennell, J. B. Blake, J. Clemmons, M. Goldman, D. Newman, S. M. Petrinec, K. J. Trattner, B. Lavraud, P. H. Reiff, W. Baumjohann, W. Magnes, M. Steller, W. Lewis1, Y. Saito, V. Coffey, M. Chandler (2016), Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space, Science, doi:10.1126/science.aaf2939.
- Eriksson, S., B. Lavraud, F. D. Wilder, J. E. Stawarz, B. L. Giles, J. L. Burch, W. Baumjohann, R. E. Ergun, P.-A. Lindqvist, W. Magnes, et al. (2016), Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of Magnetic Reconnection Associated with Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068783.
- Vernisse, Y., B. Lavraud, S. Eriksson, D. J. Gershman, J. Dorelli, C. Pollock, B. L. Giles, N. Aunai, L. Avanov, J. L. Burch, M. Chandler, V. Coffey, J. Dargent, R. E. Ergun, C. J. Farrugia, V. Genot, D. B. Graham, H. Hasegawa, C. Jacquey, I. Kacem, Y. Khotyaintsev, W. Li., W. Magnes, A. Marchaudon, T. E. Moore, W. Paterson, E. Penou, T. D. Phan, A. Retio,
C. T. Russell, Y. Saito, J.-A. Sauvaud, R. B. Torbert, F. D. Wilder, and S. Yokota (2016), Signatures of complex magnetic topologies from multiple reconnection sites induced by Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 9926–9939, doi:10.1002/2016JA023051. - Clauer, C. R., Z. Xu, M. Maimaiti, J. M. Ruohoniemi, W. Scales, M. D. Hartinger, M. J. Nicolls, S. R. Kaeppler, F. D. Wilder, and R. E. Lopez (2016), Investigation of a Rare Event where the Polar Ionospheric Reverse Convection Potential does not Saturate during a Period of Extreme Northward IMF Solar Wind Driving, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JA022557.
- Breuillard, H., O. Le Contel, A. Retino, A. Chasapis, T. Chust, L. Mirioni, D.B. Graham, F.D. Wilder, I. Cohen, A. Vaivads, et al., (2016), Multi-Spacecraft Analysis of Dipolarization Fronts and Associated Whistler-Wave Emissions using MMS Data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069188.
- Torbert, R. B., J. L. Burch, B. L. Giles, D. Gershman, C. J. Pollock, J. Dorelli, L. Avanov, M. R. Argall, J. Shuster, R. J. Strangeway, C. T. Russell, R. E. Ergun, F. D. Wilder, K. Goodrich, H. A. Faith, C. J. Farrugia, P.-A. Lindqvist, T. Phan, Y. Khotyaintsev, T. E. Moore, G. Marklund, W. Daughton, W. Magnes, C. A. Kletzing, and S. Bounds (2016), Estimates of Terms in Ohm’s Law during an Encounter with an Electron Diffusion Region. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069553.
- Contel, O. Le, A. Retinò, H. Breuillard, L. Mirioni, P. Robert, A. Chasapis, B. Lavraud, T. Chust, L. Rezeau, F. D. Wilder, et al., (2016), Whistler mode waves and Hall fields detected by MMS during a dayside magnetopause crossing, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068768.
- Ergun, R. E., J. C. Holmes, K. A. Goodrich, F. D. Wilder, J. E. Stawarz, S. Eriksson, D. L. Newman, S. J. Schwartz, M. V. Goldman, A. P. Sturner, et al. (2016), Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations of Large-Amplitude, Parallel, Electrostatic Waves Associated with Magnetic Reconnection at the Magnetopause, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068992.
- Zhou, M., M. Ashour-Abdalla, J. Berchem, R. J. Walker, H. Liang, M. El-Alaoui, M. L. Goldstein, P. A. Lindqvist, G. Marklund, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, R. E. Ergun, F. D. Wilder, et al. (2016), Observation of high-frequency electrostatic waves in the vicinity of the reconnection ion diffusion region by the spacecraft of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069010
- Trattner, K. J., J. L. Burch, R. Ergun, S. A. Fuselier, R. G. Gomez, E. W. Grimes, W. S. Lewis, B. Mauk, S. M. Petrinec, C. J. Pollock, T. D. Phan, S. K. Vines, F. D. Wilder, and D. T. Young (2016), The Response Time of the Magnetopause Reconnection Location to Changes in the Solar Wind: MMS Case Study. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi: 10.1002/2016GL068554.
- Doss, C. E., C. M. Komar, P. A. Cassak, F. D. Wilder, S. Eriksson, and J. F. Drake (2015), Asymmetric magnetic reconnection with a flow shear and applications to the magnetopause, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JA021489.
- Baker, D. N., L. Riesberg, C. K. Pankratz, R. S. Panneton, B. L. Giles, F. D. Wilder and R. E. Ergun (2015), Magnetospheric Multiscale Instrument Suite Operations and Data System, Space Science Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-014-0128-5.
- Fish, C. S., C. M. Swenson, G. Crowley, A. Barjatya, T. Neilsen, J. Gunther, I. Azeem, M. Pilinski, F. D. Wilder, D. Allen, M. Anderson, B. Bingham, K. Bradford, S. Burr, R. Burt, B. Byers, J. Cook, K. Davis, C. Frazier, S. Grover, G. Hansen, S. Jensen, R. LeBaron, J. Martineau, J. Miller, J. Nelsen, W. Nelson, P. Patterson, E. Stromberg, J. Tran, S. Wassom, C. Weston, M. Whiteley, Q. Young, J. Petersen, S. Schaire, C. R. Davis, M. Bokaie, R. Fullmer, R. Baktur, J. Sojka, M. Cousins (2014), Design, Development, Implementation, and On-orbit Performance of the Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment Mission, Space Science Reviews, 181, 1, doi: 10.1007/s11214-014-0034-x
- Kissinger, J., F. D. Wilder, R. L. McPherron, T.-S. Hsu, J. B. H. Baker, and L. Kepko (2013), Statistical occurrence and dynamics of the Harang discontinuity during steady magnetospheric convection, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, 5127–5135, doi:10.1002/jgra.50503.
- Heelis, R. A., G. Crowley, F. S. Rodrigues, A. Reynolds, F. D. Wilder, I. Azeem and A. I. Maute (2012), The role of zonal winds in the production of a pre-reversal enhancement in the vertical ion drift in the low latitude ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 117, A08308, doi:10.1029/2012JA017547, 2012.
- Ngwira, C., A. Pulkkinen, F. D. Wilder, and G. Crowley (2012), Extended study of extreme geoelectric field event scenarios for geomagnetically induced current applications, Space Weather, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2012.
Invited Talks
- Wilder, F. D., et al., Invited Tutorial: Whistler-mode Waves At the Reconnecting Dayside Magnetopause, MMS Community Workshop, Yosemite, CA, 19-22 February 2019.
- Wilder, F. D., et al., What We Have Learned About Reconnection from MMS, DKIST summer workshop, Bozeman, MO, 17-20 July, 2018
- Wilder, F. D., Polar Cap Potential Saturation: Recent Progress and New Perspectives, C. R. Clauer Retirement Symposium, Arlington, VA, 30 May – 1 June 2018.
- Wilder, F. D. et al., Invited Seminar: Whistler Waves at the Reconnecting Dayside Magnetopause, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt MD, 30 May 2018.
- F. D. Wilder, et al., “The Role of Parallel Electric Fields in Magnetic Reconnection as Observed by MMS,” Fundamental Processes in Solar-Terrestrial Research and Their Relevance to Planetary Physics, Kona, HI, 7-13 January 2018.
- F. D. Wilder, et al., “Beyond 2D: Parallel Electric Fields and Dissipation in Guide Field Reconnection,” AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 December 2017.
- F. D. Wilder, et al., “MMS Observations of Parallel Electric Fields Associated With Magnetic Reconnection,” NCAR HAO Colloquium, Boulder, CO, 24 March 2017
- F. D. Wilder et al., “Cluster Observations of Magnetic Reconnection at the Earth’s Magnetopause,” Cluster Themis Workshop, Palm Springs, CA, 7-10 November 2016.