LJ Nickisch, PhD

LJ Nickisch, PhD
Vice President, Senior Research Scientist, Director - Monterey, CA
lj@nwra.com
(831) 582-4905
Curriculum vitae

Research interests: Theoretical physics; computational physics and numerical simulation; electromagnetic propagation in randomly structured ionization; HF communication and signal specification in nuclear environments; over-the-horizon radar; VHF/UHF radar ionization-induced propagation effects; stochastic electrodynamics and ZPF-related physics.

News & Events

Accolade: KD Leka, Senior Research Scientist | March 2025 | More ⇒

Visitor: NWRA welcomes Dr. Hannah Schunker, Physicist, & Ms. Asha Venu, graduate student, Newcastle University (Australia) | February 2025 | More ⇒

Visitor: NWRA welcomes Dr. Alina Donea, Senior Lecturer, Astrophysics & Applied Mathematics & Mr. Angel Cifuentes, graduate student, Monash University (Australia) | February 2025 | More ⇒

Accolade: KD Leka, Graham Barnes, Ashley Crouch, Eric Wagner, Orion Poplawski | January 2025 | More ⇒

Highlighted Publications

"Student knowledge gains in polar literacy and statistics after completing guided inquiry modules in an undergraduate statistics course" | February 2025 | More ⇒

“Fingerprinting the Recovery of Antarctic Ozone” | January 2025 | More ⇒

“Higher-order gravity waves and traveling ionospheric disturbances from the polar vortex jet on 11-15 January 2016: Modeling with HIAMCM-SAMI3 and comparison with observations in the thermosphere and ionosphere” | January 2025 | More ⇒

“Two major sudden stratospheric warmings during winter 2023/2024” | January 2025 | More ⇒

“Coherent float arrays for near-inertial wave studies” | November 2024 | More ⇒

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