Angela Des Jardins Ph.D

Email: angela.desjardins@montana.edu
Phone: 406-994-6172 
COB 413, MSU, Bozeman, 59717-3840, MT

Related Links: 
Montana Space grant Consortium (MSGC) 

Biographical Sketch:

• 2009: Director, Montana Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) and Montana NASA EPSCoR (MNE)
• 2013: Assistant Research Professor, Montana State University (MSU) Department of Physics
• 2007: PhD in physics, MSU
• 2004: MS in physics, MSU

• 2001: BS in physics and honors with minors in math and German at MSU

Interests:

• NASA Eclipse Ballooning Project (project innovator and leader)
• Creativity and learning research, especially through hands-on programs
• Solar physics, specifically in solar flare dynamics and magnetism

Selected professional service activities:

• Chair of the NASA EPSCoR Caucus, Mar 2013 – June 2017
• Vice Chair of the Council of Space Grant Directors, June 2015 - present

Selected talks:

• ‘Why are eclipses so rare?’ TEDxBozeman, March 27^th, 2015
• ‘Eclipse Ballooning Project,’ National Space Grant Directors’ meeting, March 2^nd, 2017
• ‘The story of Einstein, eclipses, and imagination,’ Billings Science Expo, March 25^th, 2017

Selected news stories:

• Multiple national news stories on the Eclipse Ballooning Project
• Montana State University Confluence Magazine 2016
• Montana State University Mountains and Minds Magazine Fall 2015