Daniel Verscharen

Employment

• Ruhr University Bochum Heisenberg-Professor in Theoretical Plasma Physics
  2026 - Present
• University College London Associate Professor
  2022 - 2026
• University College London Senior Research Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer
  2019 - 2022
• University College London Ernest Rutherford Fellow
  2017 - 2018
• University of New Hampshire Research Assistant Professor
  2017 - 2017
• University of New Hampshire Research Scientist
  2012 - 2017
• University of Bonn Research Assistant
  2007 - 2009
• Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Education

• Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research PhD
  2009 - 2012
• Technical University of Braunschweig PhD
  2009 - 2012
• University of Bonn MSc (Diplom-Physiker)
  2003 - 2007

Projects & Funding

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Publications (402)

• A Nonspherical Source Surface Model for the Solar Coronal Magnetic Field
  The Astrophysical Journal 2026 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae8f45
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• In-situ measurements of space plasma: recent progress and future challenges
  Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 2026 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ae9ac7
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• Preferential Heating of Protons over Alpha Particles near Turbulent Coherent Structures: Parker Solar Probe Observations
  The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2026 DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae8d1c
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• Solar Orbiter Observations of Proton Core and Beam Populations: Evolution, Relative Drifts, and Heating Rates
  The Astrophysical Journal 2026 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae8857
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• Design of DIVO: a diagnostic system for the ion velocity distribution function in fusion devices
  Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 2026 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6587/ae9048
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• Non-adiabatic entropy increase in the solar wind governed by velocity spikes
  Nature Astronomy 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41550-026-02923-5
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• Collisionless stationary states of a stratified plasma in an expanding magnetic tube with stochastic heating
  2026 DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2607.21313
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• A Non-Spherical Model for the Solar Coronal Magnetic Field
  2026 DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.01028
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• Alpha-particle Heating and Anisotropy in Solar Wind Turbulence: Insights from Parker Solar Probe Observations and Particle-in-cell Simulations
  The Astrophysical Journal 2026 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae8028
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• Parker Solar Probe Observations of Preferential Heating of Protons over Alpha Particles near Turbulent Coherent Structures
  2026 DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2607.17484
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