John Swoboda

Research Scientist I'm helping to understand our near-earth space environment by developing and improving sensor technology.
Office Phone 617-715-3489
Email swoboj@mit.edu

I’m a research scientist at Haystack specializing in developing sensors and other technologies to improve our ability to understand the near-Earth space environment.

Spotlight Projects
MOXIE: Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment

Demonstrating conversion of atmospheric CO2 to oxygen on the Martian surface.

AERO-VISTA CubeSat mission

A NASA twin CubeSat mission for auroral radio science and space interferometry technology.

Software-Defined Radio

A cornerstone technology for the rapid development of new geospace sensors and techniques.

Recent Publications

Auroral Radio Emissions Simulation and Processing for AERO CubeSat Mission. 2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference. (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/aero47225.2020.9172267

Field-Aligned GPS Scintillation: Multisensor Data Fusion. Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics). (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024557

Extreme plasma convection and frictional heating of the ionosphere: ISR observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. (2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA023916

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