NorthWest Research Associates

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Accolades and Service

Accolade: KD Leka, Senior Research Scientist

March 2025

Dr. KD Leka, NorthWest Research Associates and Nagoya U / Institute for Space-Earth Environmental (ISEE) Research and Dr. Sung-Hong Park, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute were awarded the 2024 ISEE Award for "their Contributions to Space-Earth Environmental Research".

The 2024 award was presented in recognition of Dr. Leka & Dr. Park’s international efforts on the topic of solar flare forecasting.

Congratulations!!

KD Leka

Accolade: KD Leka, Graham Barnes, Ashley Crouch, Eric Wagner, Orion Poplawski

January 2025

The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Team, that includes a team from NWRA, was awarded the

"Robert H. Goddard - Exceptional Achievement for Science"

Our NWRA team was integral to the data-processing pipeline for the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on SDO and has continued the effort to optimize data products from this long-operating NASA flagship mission.

NWRA Team Members are: KD Leka, Graham Barnes, Ashley Crouch, Eric Wagner, Orion Poplawski

Congratulations, Well Done!!

Ashley Crouch Eric Wagner Graham Barnes KD Leka Orion Poplawski