Nicholas L. Bunch

Physics Graduate Student

at Dartmouth since 2004

 
 

Education


University of Colorado at Boulder: B.A. 2004


Experience


2004 - present: Graduate Student in Physics, Dartmouth College.


2002-2004:  Engineer / Undergraduate Research Assistant, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado at Boulder.

   

2000-2002:  Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Colorado High Energy Physics.


Honors and Awards


- Presidential Scholar Award, Dartmouth College, 2004.

- Eagle Scout, 2000.


Memberships


- Sigma Pi Sigma

  1. -National Society of Collegiate Scholars

  2. -Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

  3. -American Geophysical Union

  4. -American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics


Contact Information


Office: 315A Wilder Hall

Telephone: (603) 646-1394

Email: nicholas.bunch AT dartmouth.edu


Professional Interests


Experimental space plasma physics, remote sensing of ionospheric plasma, instrumentation, plasma wave instabilities.


Selected Recent Publications


M. Hor´anyi, V. Hoxie, D. James, A. Poppe, C. Bryant, B. Grogan, B. Lamprecht, J.

Mack, F. Bagenal, S. Batiste, N. Bunch, T. Chantanowich, F. Christensen , M. Colgan, T.

Dunn , G. Drake, A. Fernandez, T. Finley, G. Holland, A. Jenkins, C. Krauss, E. Krauss,

O. Krauss, M. Lankton, C. Mitchell, M. Neeland , T. Resse, K. Rash, G. Tate, C. Vaudrin,

J. Westfall, “The Student Dust Counter on the New Horizons Mission”, Space Sci. Rev., 2007.


Selected Recent Talks and Posters


"First observations of auroral radio emissions at Toolik Lake, AK", Bunch, N., LaBelle, J., Ye, S.,

Weatherwax, A., Hughes, J. GEM Conference, Midway, UT. June, 2007.


"Direction  nding of auroral radio emissions", Nicholas Bunch, Shengyi Ye, and James LaBelle.

Arctic Studies Symposium, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. May, 2007.


"Radio direction  nding measurements of auroral MF burst and 3 fce auroral roar", Nicholas

Bunch, Shengyi Ye, and James LaBelle. GEM Conference, Snowmass, CO. June, 2006.


"Student Dust Counter and New Horizons Mission", Presented at Thayer School of Engineering

AIAA, Dartmouth College Chapter, Hanover, NH. May 2, 2006.


"The Student Dust Counter", Horanyi, M., et. al. AGU Fall Meeting 2005.


"Student Dust Counter I: Science Objectives", Mitchell, C., et al. AGU Fall Meeting 2003


"Student Dust Counter II: Building the Instrument", Krauss, C., et al. AGU Fall Meeting 2003


Curriculum Vitae (coming soon)

Resume (NBresume.pdf)


Other Interests


Tuck Rugby Club, financial markets, computing, traveling.