Gareth Perry
Assistant Professor, Physics
973-596-5802
206 Microelectronics Center (MIC)
About Me
My academic journey in solar-terrestrial physics started in 2007 when I began my graduate studies at the University of Saskatchewan (having graduated the previous spring from the University of the Fraser Valley). After receiving my MSc in 2010 I was eager for more research and remained at Saskatchewan until I received my PhD in 2015. Then I joined the Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (e-POP) science team at the University of Calgary until 2019 when I joined NJIT. Since joining NJIT, I have been fortunate enough to work daily with world-class scientists and some very bright and students.
Education
Ph.D. ; University of Saskatchewan ; Physics and Engineering Physics ; 2015

M.S. ; University of Saskatchewan ; Physics and Engineering Physics ; 2010

B.S. ; University of the Fraser Valley ; Physics ; 2007

Website
http://gperry.space
2025 Fall Courses
PHYS 320 - ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS I

PHYS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

PHYS 490 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

PHYS 701C - MASTER'S THESIS

PHYS 491 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

PHYS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

PHYS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

PHYS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

PHYS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

Past Courses
PHYS 111: PHYSICS I

PHYS 121: PHYSICS II

PHYS 432: ELECTROMAGNETISM I

PHYS 433: ELECTROMAGNETISM II

Research Interests
I have had the distinct pleasure of studying some of the most interesting and compelling problems in solar-terrestrial physics for nearly 15 years (since I started my graduate studies). My research focuses on plasma structuring and dynamics in the terrestrial ionosphere and magnetosphere. I employ observational (both in situ and remote sensing) techniques to study the many complex and interconnected processes which occur in the Earth's geospace environment, with a particular focus on the high-latitudes. My work is very rewarding as it is intellectually challenging and allows me to interact and collaborate with many inspiring and brilliant people here in New Jersey and all over the world.I joined the faculty in the Department of Physics and the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in 2019.
Other
"The Impact of Solar and Magnetospheric Conditions on High-Latitude Irregularity Spatial-Scales as Observed Using Advanced Radar Techniques"
Copernicus GmbH.

Journal Article
Lindsay V Goodwin, M. Ivarsen, L. Lamarche, Gareth W. Perry, C. Negrea. 2024. "Using RISR‐N to Resolve Variations in Dayside and Nightside Plasma Density Spatial‐Scales." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics , vol. 129 , no. 11 .

Roger H. Varney, Asti Bhatt, Michael Greffen, Leslie Lamarche, Gareth W. Perry, Lindsay V Goodwin, Larry R. Lyons. 2023. "Continued Multi-Instrument Studies at the Poker Flat Research Range." Bulletin of the AAS .

Lindsay V Goodwin, Bea Gallardo-Lacourt, Asti Bhatt, Thomas Y. Chen, Gareth W. Perry, Carlos Martinis, Larisa Goncharenko, Roger H. Varney. 2023. "Ground-based assets to support the GDC mission." Bulletin of the AAS .

Leslie Lamarche, Lindsay V Goodwin, Romina Nikoukar, Matthew Zettergren, Gareth W. Perry, Shasha Zou. 2023. "Polar Cap Science: Plasma Structuring." Bulletin of the AAS .

Roger H. Varney, Asti Bhatt, Michael Greffen, Leslie Lamarche, Gareth W. Perry, Lindsay V Goodwin, Larry R. Lyons. 2023. "Revitalization and Continuation of Polar Cap Science from the Resolute Bay Observatory." Bulletin of the AAS .

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Conference Proceeding
"SuperDARN Observations of STEVE USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting"
January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2022.

"A Statistical Study on Satellite VLF Observations during Cascading Earthquakes"
August, 2021.

"Resolving F-region irregularity spectra using novel incoherent scatter radar methods"
August, 2021.

"A Study of the Correlation between Enhanced LHR, VLF Turbulences and Earthquakes"
January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2021.

"E-POP's Measurements of the Topside Ionosphere's Response to the 2017 Solar Eclipse"
September, 2018.

Chapter
Gareth W. Perry, Lindsay Goodwin. "Density, irregularity, and instability ." In Yukitoshi Nishimura, Olga Verkhoglyadova, Yue Deng, Shun-Rong Zhang, eds., "Cross-scale coupling and energy transfer in the magnetosphere-ionosphere-thermosphere system," pp. 566. Elsevier, 2021.

Book
Shasha Zou, Gareth W. Perry, John C. Foster. "Recent Advances in Polar Cap Density Structure Research." 67-82 pp. Wiley, 2021. ISBN 2328-8779.