Justyna M. Sokół, Ph.D.
Professional Experience
Research Activities
Dr. Justyna Sokół is a space physicist specializing in research and development projects with over 14 years of experience in studying the physics of the outer heliosphere, solar activity modulation of the global heliosphere and the dayside Earth's magnetosphere. Her research focuses on detection techniques for low-energy particles as well as scientific interpretation of observational data of interstellar neutrals (ISNs), energetic neutral atoms (ENAs), and pickup ions (PUIs). Dr. Sokół has experience leading and managing diverse project teams of researchers from different fields and career stages, including engineers, scientists, computer scientists, and technicians.
At SwRI, Justyna conducts research on conversion surface materials for space particle detectors (like, e.g., IMAP-Lo; more here) and leads the development of a laboratory system for conversion efficiency measurement of the conversion surfaces for low-energy particles in the Energetic Plasma Instrument Calibration (EPIC) facility (more here). She also supports calibration and environmental tests of plasma instruments, like the Analyzer for Cusp Ions (ACI) for the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS).
Research Experience
Research Experience
Membership in Science Teams
| Co-I, IMAP-Lo Conversion Surface Lead | |
| Director of Research Thrust 1 | |
| Collaborator | |
| Calibration and Testing Team | |
| Heliophysics Community Coordinator | |
| Science Support | |
| Science Support |
Membership in Science Organizations
Research Visits
Interviews & Press Releases
| SwRI develops more effective particle conversion surfaces for space instruments - SwRI press release (Mar 25, 2024) |
| Profiles of SHIELD: Justyna Sokół (Jul 26, 2023) |
| Studying the Edge of the Sun’s Magnetic Bubble - NASA press release (Oct 19, 2021) |
| Closer to the boundaries of the heliosphere with the NAWA fellowship - NAWA interview in Polish (Jul 24, 2020) |
| IBEX Charts 11 Years of Change at Boundary to Interstellar Space - press release (Jun 11, 2020) |
| (NASA press release) (Princeton University press release) |
| Guest appearance in radio broadcast "Warszawski salon naukowy" by Monika Florek-Mostowska in Radio Warszawa 106.2 FM (Sep 17, 2013) |
Education
| Space Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland |
| Supervisor: Dr. hab. Maciej Bzowski, associate professor SRC PAS |
| Thesis Title: “Modulation of selected species of neutral interstellar gas and their derivative populations in the heliosphere due to solar activity cycle effects" |
| Opole University, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, Opole, Poland |
| Supervisor: Prof. Dr. hab. Piotr Garbaczewski, full professor |
| Thesis Title: “Entropia i czas” (EN: Entropy and time) |
Trainings
| Design of Experiments (SwRI, 2021) |
| Managing Effective Interactions (Princeton University, 2019) |
| "Write or Wrong: Improving Written Communication" (Princeton University, 2019) |
| "Focus on Peer Review" (Nature Masterclasses, 2019) |
| Communicating Science with Any Audience (AGU Sharing Science, Washington DC, 2018) |
| Integrated Parallel Computing in Wolfram Mathematica (Cracow, March 20, 2015) |
| Wolfram Technologies Workshop (Warsaw, October 14, 2014) |