Joseph M. Davila

Joseph M. Davila is currently an Astrophysicist with the Solar Physics Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA. He was born in 1948. He received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA, in 1972, the B.S. degree in physics from the University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, in 1978, and the Ph.D. degree in astronomy from the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, in 1982. He is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the International Astronomical Union. His research interests have included the linear and nonlinear theory of hydromagnetic waves, hydromagnetic instabilities due to energetic particle beams, resonance absorption in inhomogeneous plasmas, the acceleration of high-speed wind streams in solar and stellar coronal holes, and plasma heating in closed magnetic structures. He has also published research on the acceleration of cosmic rays, the transport of energetic particles within the Galaxy, the modulation of Galactic cosmic rays by the solar wind, and the propagation of solar cosmic rays in the interplanetary medium. Dr. Davila was the Principal Investigator for the Solar Extreme-Ultraviolet Research Telescope and Spectrograph, and the Project Scientist for Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO). He is the lead Scientist for COR1 on the STEREO mission, and Co-I on the Hinode and Solar Orbiter missions.