Lisa Upton – Solar Cycle 25 an Update
Solar Cycle 25 – An Update
Join us in the WAS Classroom for this lecture with Lisa Upton who will join us online. This event will be live-streamed on YouTube and as a Webinar on Zoom, but we’d love to see you in the classroom at the Westport Observatory. As always, the talk will be posted on our YouTube channel afterwards.
This will be the third time Dr. Upton has been a member of the Westport Astronomical Society’s Science Lecture Series. Her previous talk The Sun, Space Weather and the Solar Activity Cycle from April 2021 and Cycle 25 & NASA’s Heliophysics Big Year from March 2024 are available on the the Westport Astronomical Society’s YouTube channel.
In this lecture, I will provide a general introduction to the Sun and an update on the progress of Solar Cycle 25. I will discuss how the solar cycle compares to the prediction I shared with you in 2021 with the current state of solar activity and what you can expect from the Sun over the next few years.
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Dr. Upton is an accomplished scientist who has made significant contributions to our understanding of the Sun. She is currently a Lead Scientist at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. She received her Ph.D. in Physics from Vanderbilt University in 2014, where she worked on developing a cutting-edge model of the evolution of the Sun’s photospheric magnetic field. Her research interests include understanding the solar dynamo, solar cycle variability, and the impact on the Sun-Earth environment. In particular, she is interested in observing solar flows and active regions, as well as modeling magnetic flux transport on the Sun. In particular, she is interested in advancing Sun-Earth system research by bridging the solar interior and the solar atmosphere with her model in order to improve space weather and space climate predictions.
Dr. Upton is a dedicated researcher who is passionate about her work. She has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals, is included in over 70 presentation abstracts, and has served on numerous national and international committees. She is a member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the Solar Physics Division of the AAS. Lisa also served as co-chair of the NASA/NOAA Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel.
In addition to her research, Dr. Upton is also a passionate science educator. She uses her website, solarcyclescience.com, as a platform to share her knowledge about the Sun and its impact on our planet with the general public and scientists alike. She has given numerous talks to the public about solar physics. She has mentored several undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs. She is an inspiration to young scientists and a role model for women in STEM.
