Andrew F. Nagy is a professor emeritus in the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan. He has been involved as an interdisciplinary scientist on numerous projects for NASA including the Pioneer Venus and Dynamics Explorer missions as well as a multitude of other satellite and geospatial oriented projects. Dr. Nagy has been the chair or member of 37 national and international committees for NASA, NSF, NAS, COSPAR, and IAGA and has authored about 400 publications and presented papers at over 200 scientific events. He is the recipient of the AGU Fleming Medal and Kaula Prize, the NASA Public Service Award, McLaurin Prize, Fulbright Award, and the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from the University of Michigan. Dr. Nagy earned his PhD in electrical engineering in 1963 and his research interests include the ionospheres of Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Europa, Io, and Titan, comparative planetology, MHD modeling of the solar wind and planetary interaction, and low energy plasmas in the Earth’s magnetosphere.