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GPHI All Hands Meeting, Fall 2026

On Tuesday, September 15th, members of GPHI and ESRA gathered for an All Hands Meeting held at NASA GSFC. Dr. Zhibo Zhang, GPHI Director, led the meeting with opening remarks and a review of the...

Posted: September 17, 2026, 6:35 PM

GPHI researchers sit around a table with a few people off to the side and a slide is being presented in the background.

Da Silva is Co-I on IRAD-funded Proposal

Daniel da Silva (671/UMBC) as Co-I is part of the team led by PI Gina DiBraccio (NASA) working on the recently funded proposal “Mars L1 Space Weather Monitor Mission Concept,” which was selected...

Posted: April 22, 2026, 1:52 PM

Dr. Da Silva stands in a field of grass, wears a dark zipped-up jacket.

Welcome to Dr. Zhibo Zhang, GPHI Director

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Zhibo Zhang has been selected as the new Director for GPHI! As he expressed in a recent UMBC News story, “My first priority is to support GPHI faculty and...

Posted: March 5, 2026, 3:09 PM

Zhibo Zhang portrait photo, wears a blue polo shirt

Carcaboso Morales receives HSD Peer Award

Congratulations to Fernando Carcaboso Morales (672/UMBC) for being recognized with a 2025 Heliophysics Science Division Peer Award. Within the HSD, Code 672 is home to the Heliophysics Physics...

Posted: December 2, 2025, 3:44 PM

headshot of Fernando Carcaboso Morales, behind him is a poster of the sun and coronal ejections.

Delano’s Heliophysics ROSES-24 Proposal Awarded Funding

Kevin Delano’s proposal “Generation and transport of nitric oxide during geomagnetic storms”, submitted to the NASA ROSES-24 Heliophysics Supporting Research (HSR) Program, has been selected for...

Posted: March 26, 2025, 5:28 PM