Vincent Ledvina

Vincent Ledvina is a space physics Ph.D. student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Aside from his current research, which focuses on auroral beads and the plasma processes responsible for causing auroral substorms, he is passionate about sharing his love for the northern lights with others.

Part of Vincent’s work involves leveraging participatory science data from aurora chasers who can provide valuable insights into how particularly rare auroral phenomena are created. Vincent also runs aurora photography workshops in Fairbanks and is a professional photographer and aurora chaser himself. He is an expert in timelapse photography and real-time video recording of auroras.

Outside of Alaska, Vincent is spending his third year with the Aerospace Corporation’s Space Sciences Applications Lab in El Segundo, California, as an intern. Recently Vincent also joined the Space Weather Advisory Group, a federal advisory committee serving the White House, as their first-ever student representative.