Haje Korth

Dr. Haje Korth is a space physicist whose work is in planetary and heliophysics research and instrument development. He is currently a deputy project scientist for the Europa Clipper mission, the goal of which is to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa to investigate its habitability. His research interest on this mission is the interaction between Europa and Jupiter’s magnetosphere. He was previously the investigation scientist for the Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS) on Europa Clipper. From 2001 to 2016, Dr. Korth worked on the MESSENGER mission, initially as a member of the magnetometer (MAG) team, then as the first MAG instrument scientist for the Magnetometer, and finally as deputy project scientist for the mission. He investigated the plasma and magnetic field in Mercury’s magnetosphere and developed models for Mercury’s magnetospheric magnetic field. He was also instrumental to developing the data processing facility for the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamic Response Experiment (AMPERE) and has done extensive research on field-aligned currents connecting Earth’s ionosphere to the magnetosphere, comparing their observations to magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. Dr. Korth has also been deeply involved in developing fluxgate and optical magnetometers and has flight-qualified a rubidium magnetometer based on a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) vapor cell.