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Curriculum Vitae


Curriculum vitae
2015 - Senior Research Fellow at Wigner RCP in Budapest, Hungary
2012 - 2015 Research Fellow at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands: Andrea Opitz @ ESA
2008 - 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow at CESR / IRAP (CNRS-UPS), University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
2003 - 2007 PhD student at the Physics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1997 - 2003 Astronomy and Meteorology student at Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary


Publication list

Refereed papers

  • Dosa M., Opitz A., et al. Magnetic lasso: an enhanced ballistic solar wind propagation method Solar Physics 2017 submitted
  • Andre N., Grande M., Achilleos N., Barthélémy M., Bouchemit M., Benson K., Blelly P-L., Budnik E., Caussarieu S., Cecconi B., Cook T., Génot V., Guio P., Goutenoir A., Grison B., Hueso R., Indurain M., Jones G.H., Lilensten J., Marchaudon A., Matthiä D., Opitz A., Rouillard A., Stanislawska I., Soucek J., Tao C., Tomasik L., and Vaubaillon J. Virtual Planetary Space Weather Services offered by the Europlanet H2020 Research Infrastructure Planetary and Space Science, vol. 150, p50-59, 2018.
  • Timar A., Nemeth Z., Szego K., Dosa M., Opitz A., Madanian H., Goetz C., and Richter I. Modelling the size of the very dynamic diamagnetic cavity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko MNRAS, vol. 469, S723-S730, 2017
  • Szego K., Dobe Z., Bebesi Z., Foldy L., Fraenz M., and Opitz A. Ion heating near the ion composition boundary at Venus Quarterly Physics Review, vol. 3, Issue 1, April 2017
  • Mandt K.E., Eriksson A., Edberg N.J.T., Koenders C., Broiles T., Fuselier S. A., Henri P., Nemeth Z., Alho M., Biver N., Beth A., Burch J., Carr C., Chae K.,. Coates A.J, Cupido E., Galand M., Glassmeier K.-H., Goetz C., Goldstein R., Hansen K. C., Haiducek J., Kallio E., Lebreton J.-P., Luspay-Kuti A., Mokashi P., Nilsson H., Opitz A., Richter I., Samara M., Szego K., Tzou C.-Y., Volwerk M., Simon Wedlund C., and Stenberg Wieser G. RPC observation of the development and evolution of plasma interaction boundaries at 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko MNRAS vol. 462, S9-S22, 2016: online
  • Vech D., Stenberg G., Nilsson H., Edberg N., Opitz A., Szego K., Zhang T., and Futaana Y. Statistical features of the global polarity reversal of the Venusian induced magnetosphere in response to the polarity change in IMF J. Geophys. Res., vol. 121, p3951-3962, 2016: DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021995
  • Withers P., Matta M., Lester M., Andrews D., Edberg N., Nilsson H., Opgenoorth H., Curry S., Lillis R., Dubinin E., Fränz M., Han X., Kofman W., Lei L., Morgan D., Pätzold M., Peter K., Opitz A., Witasse O., and Wild J. A. The morphology of the topside ionosphere of Mars under different solar wind conditions: Results of a multi-instrument observing campaign by Mars Express in 2010 Planetary and Space Science, vol. 120, p24-34, 2016: DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.10.013
  • Volwerk M., Richter I., Tsurutani B., Götz C., Altwegg K., Broiles T., Burch J., Carr C., Cupido E., Delva M., Dósa M., Edberg N.J.T., Eriksson A., Henri P., Koenders C., Lebreton J-P., Mandt K.E., Nilsson H., Opitz A., Rubin M., Schwingenschuh K., Stenberg Wieser G., Szego K., Vallat C., Vallieres X., Glassmeier K-H. Mass-loading, pile-up, and mirror-mode waves at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Ann. Geophys., vol. 34(1), p1-15, 2016.
  • Vech D., Szego K., Opitz A., Kajdic P., Fraenz M., Kallio E., and Alho M. Planetary space weather effects on the position of the bow shock and the ion composition boundary at Venus J. Geophys. Res., vol. 120, p4613-4627, 2015: DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020782 online
  • Lilensten J., Bernard D., Barthelemy M., Gronoff G., Wedlund C. S., and Opitz A. Prediction of blue, red and green aurorae at Mars Planetary and Space Science, vol. 115, p48-56, 2015: DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.04.015 online and CNRS press release in French
  • Facskó G., Opitz A., Lavraud B., Luhmann J., Russell C. T., Sauvaud J-A., Fedorov A., Kis A., and Wesztergom V. Hot flow anomaly remnant in the far geotail? J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., vol. 124, p39-43, 2015
  • Liu Y. C-M., Huang J., Wang C., Klecker B., Galvin A. B., Simunac K. D. C., Popecki M. A., Kistler L., Farrugia C., Lee M. A., and Kucharek H., Opitz A., Luhmann J. G., and Jian L. A statistical analysis of heliospheric plasma sheets, heliospheric current sheets and sector boundaries observed in situ by STEREO J. Geophys. Res., vol. 119, p8721-8732, 2014: DOI: 10.1002/2014JA019956
  • Kajdic P., Lavraud B., Zaslavsky A., Blanco-Cano X., Sauvaud J-A., Opitz A., Jian L. K., Maksimovich M., and Luhmann J. Ninety degrees pitch angle enhancements of suprathermal electrons associated with interplanetary shocks J. Geophys. Res., vol. 119, p7038-7060, 2014: DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020213
  • Opitz A., Sauvaud J-A., Klassen A., Gomez-Herrero R., Bucik R., Jacquey C., Kistler L. M., Luhmann J. G., Mason G., Kajdic P., and Lavraud B. Solar wind control of the terrestrial magnetotail as seen by STEREO J. Geophys. Res., vol. 119, p6342-6355, A51190, 2014: DOI:10.1002/2014JA019988 Opitz, Sauvaud, Klassen, Gomez et al. 2014 J. Geophys. Res.
  • Kellogg P. J., Goetz K., Monson S. J., and Opitz A. Observations of transverse Z mode and parametric decay in the solar wind J. Geophys. Res., vol. 118, p4766–4775, 2013: DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50443
  • Garcia-Munoz A., Hueso R., Sanchez-Lavega A., Markiewicz W. J., Titov D. V., Witasse O. and Opitz A. Limb imaging of the Venus O2 visible nightglow with the Venus Monitoring Camera Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 40, p2539, 2013
  • Yu W., Farrugia C. J., Galvin A. B., Simunac K. D. C., Kilpua E. K. J., Popecki M. A., Moestl C., Lugaz N., Luhmann J. G., Opitz A. and Sauvaud J.-A. Small Solar Wind Transients: Stereo-A Observations in 2009 AIPC/SW13, vol.1539, 311, 2013
  • Kajdic P., Blanco-Cano X., Opitz A., Sauvaud J-A., Aguilar-Rodriguez E., Russell C. T., Luhmann J. G., Jian L. K., Rouillard A. P., and Lavraud B. Electron distributions downstream of ICME driven IP shocks AIPC/SW13, vol. 1539, p203 , 2013
  • Wei Y., Fraenz M., Dubinin E., Coates A. J., Zhang T-L., Wan W., Feng L., Angsmann A., Opitz A., Woch J., Barabash S., and Lundin R. A teardrop-shaped ionosphere at Venus in tenuous solar wind Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, p254, 2012
  • Simunac K. D. C., Galvin A. B., Farrugia C. F., Kistler L. M., Kucharek H., Lavraud B., Liu Y. C.-M., Luhmann J. G., Ogilvie K. W., Opitz A., Popecki M. A., Sauvaud J-A., and Wang S. The heliospheric plasma sheet observed in situ by 3 spacecraft over 4 solar rotations Solar Physics, vol. 281, p423, 2012
  • VanDriel-Gesztelyi L., Culhane J. L., Baker D., Demoulin P., Mandrini C. H., DeRosa M. L., Rouillard A. P., Opitz A., Stenborg G., Vourlidas A., and Brooks D. H. Magnetic topology of active regions and coronal holes: implications for coronal outflows and the solar wind Solar Physics, vol. 281, p237, 2012: DOI: 10.1007/s11207-012-0076-8
  • Perez-Suarez D., Maloney S. A., Higgins P. A., Bloomfield D. S., Gallagher P. T., Pieratoni G., Bonnin X., Cecconi B., Alberti V., Bocchialini K., Dierckxsens M., Opitz A., Le Blanc A., Abourdarham J., Bentley R. B., Brooke J., Coghlan B., Csillaghy A., Jacquey C., Lavraud B., and Messerotti M. Studying sun-planet connections using the Heliophysics Integrated Observatory (HELIO) Solar Physics, vol. 280, p603, 2012: DOI: 10.1007/s11207-012-0110-x
  • Ruffenach A., Lavraud B., Owens M. J., Sauvaud J-A., Savani N. P., Rouillard A. P., Demoulin P., Foullon C., Opitz A., Fedorov A., Jacquey C. J., Genot V., Louarn P., Luhmann J. G., Russell C. T., Farrugia C. J., and Galvin A. B. Multi-spacecraft observation of magnetic cloud erosion by magnetic reconnection during propagation J. Geophys. Res., vol. 117, A09101, 2012: DOI:10.1029/2012JA017624
  • Fedorov A., Opitz A., Sauvaud J-A., Luhmann J., Curtis D. W., and Larson D. E. The IMPACT Solar Wind Electron Analyzer (SWEA): Reconstruction of the SWEA transmission function by numerical simulation and data analysis Space Science Reviews, vol. 161 (1-4), p49-62, 2011: DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9788-6 Fedorov, Opitz, Sauvaud et al. 2011 Space Science Review
  • Foullon C., Lavraud B., Luhmann J. G., Farrugia C. J., Retino A., Simunac K. D. C., Wardle N. C., Galvin A. B., Kucharek H., Owen C. J., Popecki M., Opitz A., and Sauvaud J-A. Plasmoid releases in the heliospheric current sheet and associated coronal hole boundary layer evolution Astrophysical Journal, vol. 737, 16, 2011
  • Nieves-Chinchilla T., Gomez-Herrero R., Vinas A. F., Malandraki O., Dresing N., Hidalgo M. A., Opitz A., Sauvaud J-A., Lavraud B., and Davila J. M. Analysis and study of the in situ observation of the June 1st 2008 CME by STEREO J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys. (ILWS), vol. 73, p1348, 2011
  • Farrugia C. J., Berdichevsky D. B., Moestl C., Galvin A. B., Leitner M., Popecki M. A., Simunac K. D. C., Opitz A., Lavraud B., Ogilvie K. W., Veronig A. M., Temmer M., Luhmann J. G., and Sauvaud J-A. Multiple, distant (40 degree) in situ observations of a magnetic cloud and a corotating interaction region complex J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys. (ILWS), vol. 73, p1254, 2011
  • Rouillard A. P., Sheeley Jr. N. R., Cooper T. J., Davies J. A., Lavraud B., Kilpua E.K.J., Skoug R. M., Steinberg J. T., Szabo A., Opitz A., and Sauvaud J-A. The solar origin of small interplanetary transients Astrophysical Journal, vol. 734, Issue 1, article id. 7, 2011: DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/734/1/7
  • Klassen A., Gomez-Herrero R., Muller-Mellin R., Heber B., Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F., Opitz A., and Sauvaud J-A. The almost monoenergetic ion event on 19 October 2009: SEPT/STEREO observations Astronomy & Astrophysics, 528, A84, 2011
  • Sauvaud J-A., Opitz A., Palin L., Lavraud B., Jacquey C., Kistler L., Frey H. U., Luhmann J., Larson D., and Russell C. T. Far tail (255 RE) fast response to very weak magnetic activity J. Geophys. Res., vol. 116, A03215, 2011: DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016077
  • Chollet E. E., Mewaldt R. A., Cummings A. C., Gosling J. T., Haggerty D. K., Hu Q., Larson D., Lavraud B., Leske R. A., Opitz A., Roelof E. C., Russell C. T., and Sauvaud J-A. Multi-point Observations of the May 2007 Solar Energetic Particle Events J. Geophys. Res., vol. 115, A12106, 2010: DOI:10.1029/2010JA015552
  • Riley P., Luhmann J., Opitz A., Linker J. A., and Mikic Z. Interpretation of the cross correlation function of ACE and STEREO solar wind velocities using a global MHD model J. Geophys. Res., vol. 115, A11104, 2010: DOI:10.1029/2010JA015717
  • Kistler L. M., Galvin A. B., Popecki M. A., Simunac K. D. C., Farrugia C., Moebius E., Lee M. A., Blush L. M., Bochsler P., Wurz P., Klecker B., Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F., Opitz A., Sauvaud J-A., Thompson A., and Russell C. T. Escape of O+ through the distant tail plasma sheet Geophys. Res. Letters, vol. 37, L21101, 2010
  • Opitz A., Sauvaud J-A., Fedorov A., Wurz P., Luhmann J. G., Lavraud B., Russell C. T., Kellogg P., Briand C., Henri P., Malaspina D. M., Louarn P., Curtis D. W., Penou E., Karrer R., Galvin A. B., Larson D. E., Dandouras I., and Schroeder P. Temporal evolution of the solar wind electron core density at solar minimum by correlating SWEA measurements from STEREO A and B Solar Physics, vol. 266, p369, 2010: DOI: 10.1007/s11207-010-9613-5 Opitz, Sauvaud et al. 2010 Solar Physics
  • Opitz A., Fedorov A., Wurz P., Szego K., Sauvaud J-A., Karrer R., Galvin A. B., Barabash S., and Ipavich F. Solar-wind bulk velocity throughout the inner heliosphere from multi-spacecraft measurements Solar Physics, vol. 264, p377, 2010: DOI: 10.1007/s11207-010-9583-7 Opitz, Fedorov et al. 2010 Solar Physics
  • Rouillard A. P., Lavraud B., Davies J. A., Savani N. P., Burlaga L. F., Forsyth J., Sauvaud J-A., Opitz A., Lockwood M., Luhmann J. G., Simunac K. D. C., Galvin A. B., Davis C. J., and Harrison R. A. Intermittent release of transients in the slow solar wind: 2. In-situ evidence J. Geophys. Res., vol. 115, A04104, 2010
  • Bochsler P., Lee M. A., Karrer R., Popecki M. A., Galvin A. B., Kistler L. M., Mobius E., Farrugia C. J., Kucharek H., Simunac K. D. C., Blush L. M., Daoudi H., Wurz P., Klecker B., Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F., Thompson B., Luhmann J. G., Jian L. K., Russell C. T., and Opitz A. Kinetic temperatures of iron ions in the solar wind observed with STEREO / PLASTIC AIPC/SW12, vol.1216, 257-260, 2010
  • Bochsler P., Lee M. A., Karrer R., Ellis L., Farrugia C. J., Galvin A. B., Kistler L. M., Kucharek H., Mobius E., Popecki M. A., Simunac K. D. C., Blush L. M., Daoudi H., Wurz P., Klecker B., Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F., Thompson B., Luhmann J. G., Russell C. T., Jian L., and Opitz A. Diagnostics of Corotating Interaction Regions with the kinetic properties of iron ions as determined with STEREO / PLASTIC Ann. Geophys., vol. 28, 491-497, 2010
  • Lavraud B., Opitz A., Gosling J. T., Rouillard A. P., Meziane K., Sauvaud J-A., Fedorov A., Dandouras I., Genot V., Jacquey C., Louarn P., Mazelle C., Penou E., Larson D. E., Luhmann J. G., Schroeder P., Jian L., Russell C. T., Foullon C., Skoug R. M., Steinberg J. T., Simunac K. D. and Galvin A. B. Statistics of counter-streaming solar wind suprathermal electrons at solar minimum: STEREO observations Ann. Geophys., vol. 28, p233, 2010
  • Galvin A. B., Popecki M. A., Simunac K. D. C., Kistler L. M., Ellis L., Barry J., Berger L., Blush L. M., Bochsler P., Farrugia C. J., Jian L. K., Kilpua E. K. J., Klecker B., Lee M., Liu Y., Luhmann J. G., Mobius E., Opitz A., Russell C. T., Thompson B., Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F., and Wurz P. Solar wind ion trends and signatures: STEREO PLASTIC observations approaching solar minimum Ann. Geophys., vol. 27, p3909, 2009
  • Baker D., Rouillard A. P., van Driel-Gesztelyi L., Demoulin P., Harra L. K., Lavraud B., Davies J. A., Opitz A., Luhmann J. G., Sauvaud J-A., and Galvin A. B. Signatures of interchange reconnection: STEREO, ACE and Hinode observations combined Ann. Geophys., vol. 27, p3883, 2009
  • Foullon C., Lavraud B., Wardle N. C., Owen C. J., Kucharek H., Fazakerley A. N., Larson D. E., Lucek E., Luhmann J. G., Opitz A., Sauvaud J-A., and Skoug R. M. The apparent layered structure of the heliospheric current sheet: multi-spacecraft observations Solar Physics, vol. 259, p389, 2009: DOI: 10.1007/s11207-009-9452-4
  • Louarn P., Dieval C., Genot V., Lavraud B., Opitz A., Fedorov A., Sauvaud J-A., Larson D., Galvin A., Acuna M. H., Luhmann J. On the temporal variability of the strahl and its relationship with solar wind characteristics: STEREO SWEA observations Solar Physics, vol. 259, p311, 2009: DOI 10.1007/s11207-009-9402-1
  • Lavraud B., Gosling J. T., Rouillard A. P., Fedorov A., Opitz A., Sauvaud J-A., Foullon C., Dandouras I., Genot V., Jacquey C., Louarn P., Mazelle C., Penou E., Phan T. D., Larson D. E., Luhmann J. G., Schroeder P., Skoug R. M., Steinberg J. T., and Russell C. T. Observation of a Complex Solar Wind Reconnection Exhaust from Spacecraft Separated by over 1800 RE Solar Physics, vol. 256, p379, 2009
  • Opitz A., Karrer R., Wurz P., Galvin A. B., Bochsler P., Blush L. M., Daoudi H., Ellis L., Farrugia C. J., Giammanco C., Kistler L. M., Klecker B., Kucharek H., Lee M. A., Moebius E., Popecki M., Sigrist M., Simunac K., Singer K., Thompson B., and Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F. Temporal evolution of the solar wind bulk velocity at solar minimum by correlating the STEREO A and B PLASTIC measurements Solar Physics, vol. 256, p365 , 2009: DOI 10.1007/s11207-008-9304-7 Opitz, Karrer et al. 2009 Solar Physics
  • Rouillard A. P., Savani N. P., Davies J. A., Lavraud B., Forsyth R. J., Morley S. K., Opitz A., Sheeley N. R., Burlaga L. F., Sauvaud J-A., Simunac K. D. C., Luhmann J. G., Galvin A. B., Crothers S. R., Davis C. J., Harrison R. A., Lockwood M., Eyles C. J., Bewsher D., and Brown D. S. A Multispacecraft Analysis of a Small-Scale Transient Entrained by Solar Wind Streams Solar Physics, vol. 256, p307, 2009: DOI 10.1007/s11207-009-9329-6
  • Daoudi H., Blush L. M., Bochsler P., Galvin A. B., Giammanco C., Karrer R., Opitz A., Wurz P., Farrugia C. J., Kistler L. M., Popecki M., Moebius E., Singer K., Klecker B., Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F., and Thompson B. The STEREO / PLASTIC Response to Solar Wind Ions (Flight Measurements and Models) Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions, vol. 5, p1-13, 2009
  • Galvin A. B., Kistler L., Popecki M., Farrugia C. J., Simunac K., Boehm M., Ellis L., Ellis S., Gaidos J. A., Granoff M., Heirtzler D., King B., Knauss U., Lee M. A., Longworth S., Moebius E., Singer K., Turco S., Vosburyl M., Widholm M., Blush L. M., Karrer R., Bochsler P., Daoudi H., Etter A., Fischer J., Jost J., Opitz A., Sigrist M., Wurz P., Klecker B., Ertl M., Seidenschwang E., Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F., Koeten M., Thompson B., and Steinfeld D. The Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) investigation on the STEREO observatories Space Science Reviews, vol. 136 (1-4), p437-486, 2008: Galvin et al. 2008 SSR
  • Giammanco C., Wurz P., Opitz A., F. M. Ipavich, and J. A. Paquette Sulfur abundance in the slow solar wind Astronomical Journal, vol. 134, p2451-2454, 2007
  • Szego K., Young D. T., Bagdonat T., Barraclough B., Berthelier J.-J., Coates A. J., Crary F. J., Dougherty M. K., Erdos G., Gurnett D. A., Kurth W. S., Opitz A., Rymer A. and Thomsen M. F. A pre-shock event at Jupiter on 30 January 2001 Planetary and Space Science, vol. 54, p200-211, 2006
  • Blush L. M., Bochsler P., Daoudi H., Galvin A., Karrer R., Kistler L., Klecker B., Möbius E., Opitz A., Popecki M., Thomson B., Wimmer-Schweingruber R. F., and Wurz P. Development and calibration of major components for the STEREO/PLASTIC instrument Advances in Space Research, vol. 36, p1544-1556, 2005
  • Borkovits T., Csizmadia Sz., Hegedus T., Bíró I. B., Sándor Zs., and Opitz A. Complex period variations in the binary system IM Aurigae Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 392, p895-907, 2002

    • Published conference proceeding
  • Kajdic P., Lavraud B., Blanco-Cano X., Sauvaud J-A., Zaslavsky A., Opitz A., Jian L. K., Russell C. T., Luhmann J. G., and Maksimovich M. 90-degree pitch angle enhancements of suprathermal electrons near interplanetary shocks Anali PAZU, vol. 3, Number 1, p2-7, 2013
  • Opitz A., Karrer R., Bochsler P., Blush L., Fischer J., Jost J., Sigrist M., Wurz P. STEREO mission: overview, the plasma instrument, calibrations and data British-Hungarian N+N workshop for young researchers on computer processing and use of satellite data in astronomy and astrophysics, British Council & Eötvös University, PADEU, Budapest, Hungary, 2004

    • Book
  • Bérczi Sz., Hargitai H., Illés E., Kereszturi Á., Opitz A., Sik A., and Weidinger T. Atlas of planetary atmospheres (Bolygólégkörök atlasza) Atlas of the solar system series 4, Budapest-Püspökladány, Hungary, 2002

    • Theses
  • Opitz A. STEREO PLASTIC calibration, simulation and data analysis PhD thesis, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2007
  • Opitz A. Comparison of the terrestrial and Jovian atmospheric circulation focusing on vortex stability MSc thesis, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary, 2003
  • Opitz A. Study of the Jovian plasma environment by comparing the Cassini / CAPS measurements during the Jupiter flyby with the BATS-R-US three-dimensional adaptive-grid MHD model results MSc thesis, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary, 2002

    • Popular journals
  • Opitz A. The STEREO solar probe pair (A STEREO napszondapáros) lead article in METEOR 2007/7-8, Journal of the Hungarian Astronomical Association, Budapest, Hungary, 2007
  • Bonneau C. et al. Le soleil en panne interview and quotation in lead article in 'Science et Vie', Paris, France, December 2010



    • Last modified by Andrea Opitz on 12th January 2018

    Conference list

  • EPSC, Berlin (Germany), September 2018.
  • ESLAB at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk (Netherlands), May 2018.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), April 2018.
  • ISSI, Bern (Switzerland), February 2018.
  • Europlanet PSWS "Sun's influence on planets" workshop at IRAP, Toulouse (France), October 2017. PSWS workshop 2017
  • European Planetary Science Congress, Riga (Latvia), 17-22 September 2017.
  • European Solar Physics Meeting, Budapest (Hungary), September 2017.
  • Europlanet NA1 Meeting, Budapest (Hungary), 29-31 August 2017.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 23-28 April 2017 - ST1.2 Multipoint observations and modeling of the heliospheric plasma processes and their effects on the planets
  • MŰF Meeting, Sopron (Hungary), April 2017.
  • ESA SSA workshop at ESOC, Darmstadt (Germany), May 2016.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 17-22 April 2016: session co-convener of ST1.2/PS5.3. Poster - Dalya and Opitz: Improvement of background solar wind predictions.
  • Europlanet PSWS Kick-Off Meeting at IRAP, Toulouse (France), March 2016. PSWS KO 2016
  • ESWW Meeting, Oostende (Belgium), November 2015.
  • European Planetary Science Congress, Nantes (France), 27 September - 2 October 2015.
  • MŰF Meeting, Sopron (Hungary), May 2015.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 12 - 17 April 2015: session convener of ST1.2/PS5.3. Poster - Opitz et al.: ICME effects on the induced magnetospheres of Venus and Mars.
  • European Planetary Science Congress, Cascais (Portugal), 7-12 September 2014: oral talk - Opitz et al.: Solar storm effects on the induced magnetospheres of Venus and Mars.
  • AOGS Annual Meeting, Sapporo (Japan), 28 July - 1 August 2014: poster - Opitz A. et al.: Solar cycle dependence of the Martian space weather.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 27 April - 2 May 2014: session convener of ST1.2 with Bothmer V. Poster - Opitz et al.: Stormy space weather at Mars in 2012.
  • MUAN Meeting and MEX/MAVEN Splinter Meeting, Cologne (Germany), 31 March - 2 April 2014: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Space weather at Mars during the 2010 and 2012 MEX campaigns and outlook for the upcoming 2014 and 2016 campaigns.
  • Mars Express SWG Meeting and MEX/MAVEN Splinter Meeting at ESTEC, Noordwijk (Netherlands), 28 - 30 January 2014.
  • AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (USA), December 2013: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Vertical structure of the dayside ionosphere on Mars by comparison between Mars Express observations and models.
  • IDSW Meeting, Aranjuez (Spain), 19-21 November 2013: Interdepartmental Science Workshop of ESA/RSSD. Oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Stormy space weather at Mars in 2012.
  • Rosetta SWG Meeting at ESTEC, Noordwijk (Netherlands), 11-13 November 2013.
  • Hungarian Astronomers' Meeting, Galyateto (Hungary), 20-22 September 2013: oral talk in Hungarian - Planetary Space Weather (A bolygók űridőjárása).
  • EPSC Meeting, London (UK), 8-13 September 2013: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Effects of the same CIR on the plasma environment of Venus, Earth and Mars.
  • ISSI Meeting, Bern (Switzerland), 26-30 August 2013: The induced magnetosphere of Mars: Physical Processes and Consequences.
  • PLATO Workshop at ESTEC, Noordwijk (Netherlands), 29-31 July 2013.
  • ECHO Workshop at ESTEC, Noordwijk (Netherlands), 1-3 July 2013.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 7-12 April 2013: session convener of ST1.2 with Bothmer V., Rouillard A., Savani N. and Davis C. Co-convener of ST7.1/PS9.1 with Opgenoorth H. and Lester M. Oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Solar input at Venus and Mars during the 2012 conjunction.
  • BepiColombo SWG Meeting at ESTEC, Noordwijk (Netherlands), 5-7 March 2013.
  • Venus Express SWG Meeting at ESTEC, Noordwijk (Netherlands), 19-21 November 2012.
  • ISSI Meeting, Bern (Switzerland), 12-16 November 2012: The induced magnetosphere of Mars: Physical Processes and Consequences.
  • IDSW Meeting, Volendam (Netherlands), 7-9 November 2012: Interdepartmental Science Workshop of ESA/RSSD.
  • FIKUT Meeting, Budapest (Hungary), September 2012: oral talk - Opitz A.: Solar wind structures between Venus and Mars orbits.
  • Presentation at MANT Space Camp, Kecskemét (Hungary), 5 July 2012: oral talk in Hungarian - Opitz A.: The Sun in STEREO view (A Nap STEREO-ban).
  • MPSE Workshop, Budapest (Hungary), 5-7 June 2012: oral talk - Opitz A.: Evolution of solar wind structures between Venus and Mars orbits. Mars - Connecting Planetary Scientists in Europe. MPSE 2012 Budapest
  • Heliospheric Meeting, Toulouse (France), May 2012: oral talk.
  • MUAN Meeting, Uppsala (Sweden), 9-11 May 2012: oral talk - Opitz A.: Space weather at planets: The effects of solar events on the plasma environment of Venus, Earth and Mars.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 22-27 April 2012: session convener of ST1.2 and poster - Opitz A.: Solar wind structures and their effects on the plasma environment of Earth and Mars.
  • PNST Meeting, La Londe Les Maures (France), 12-14 March 2012: poster - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal evolution and spatial variation of solar wind structures in the inner heliosphere. PNST 2012
  • GDRI Russian-French Meeting at IRAP, Toulouse (France), 4-8 March 2012: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Control of the Earth's magnetotail by Corotating Interaction Regions: Particle accelerations measured in the far tail / magnetosheath / solar wind.
  • HELIO CDAW, Orsay (France), 6-9 February 2012. Oral talk - Opitz A.: Selected science problems for HELIO. HELIO 2012 Orsay
  • Seminar at KFKI/RMKI, Budapest (Hungary), 23 January 2012: oral talk - Opitz A.: Solar wind structures and their effects on the planetary plasma environments.
  • AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (USA), 5-9 December 2011: invited talk - Opitz A., Wurz P., Fedorov A.: Prediction of solar wind structures between Venus and Mars orbits.
  • HELIO CDAW, Trieste (Italy), 24-26 October 2011. HELIO 2011 Trieste
  • Seminar and collaboration at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau (Germany), 20-22 October 2011: oral talk - Opitz A.: Solar wind structures in STEREO view.
  • STEREO/SOHO/SDO Meeting, Kiel (Germany), 24-29 July 2011: oral talk - Opitz A.: Temporal evolution and spatial variation of the solar wind properties on different scales.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 3-8 April 2011: co-convener of ST1.2 with Bothmer V. and Rouillard A. Poster - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal evolution and spatial variation of the solar wind from multi-spacecraft measurements.
  • IRAP Department Seminar, Toulouse (France), 20 January 2011: oral talk - Opitz A.: The solar wind in STEREO view.
  • AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (USA), 13-17 December 2010: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal evolution and spatial variation of the solar wind from multi-spacecraft measurements.
  • Seminar and collaboration at the University of Bern (Switzerland), 16-18 November 2010: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: The recent solar minimum: How unprecedent is the Sun's behavior?
  • Cospar Scientific Assembly, Bremen (Germany), 18-25 July 2010: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal evolution of the solar wind in the inner heliosphere from multi-spacecraft measurements.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 2-7 May 2010: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal evolution of the solar wind in the ecliptic between Venus and Mars orbits.
  • STEREO SWG 21, Dublin (Ireland), 22-26 March 2010: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: IMPACT SWEA electron measurements and the temporal evolution of the solar wind. STEREO SWG 2010 Dublin
  • STEREO SWG 20, Meredith in NH (USA), October 2009: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal Variation of the Solar Wind Electron Core Density and Proton Bulk Velocity During Solar Minimum from STEREO SWEA and PLASTIC Measurements / Solar wind electron results by SWEA. STEREO SWG 2009 Meredith
  • FIKUT Meeting, Budapest (Hungary), 2-4 September 2009: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Solar wind observation by multiple eyes: STEREO et al.
  • IAGA Scientific Assembly, Sopron (Hungary), 23-30 August 2009: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Solar wind properties throughout the heliosphere by multi-spacecraft analysis.
  • Solar Wind 12, St Malo (France), 21-26 June 2009: poster - Opitz A. et al.: Solar wind acceleration and deceleration throughout the heliosphere by multi-spacecraft analysis.
  • STEREO/SOHO Workshop, Bournemouth (UK), 27 April - 1 May 2009: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Solar wind parameters throughout the heliosphere by STEREO, SOHO, MEX and VEX.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 19-24 April 2009: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Dependence of the solar wind electron strahl on the halo properties from the two STEREO/IMPACT/SWEA results.
  • AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (USA), 15-19 December 2008: poster - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal and Spatial Variation of the Solar Wind Bulk Properties from STEREO SWEA/PLASTIC by Multi-Spacecraft Analysis.
  • Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Seminar, Budapest (Hungary), 24-26 November 2008: oral talk in Hungarian - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal and spatial variation of the solar wind from the measurements of the two STEREO spacecraft (A napszél időbeli és térbeli változása a két STEREO napszonda méréseiből).
  • PNST Summer School, Cargèse (France), 9-13 June 2008: Physical processes in the heliosphere and the observational constraints (Processus physiques dans l'heliosphere et contraintes observationelles).
  • STEREO SWG 18, Meudon (France), 20-22 April 2008: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal variation of the solar wind bulk velocity by STEREO PLASTIC at solar minimum. STEREO SWG 2008 Meudon
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 13-18 April 2008: 2 oral talks - 1) Opitz A. et al.: Temporal and spatial variation of the solar wind bulk properties by STEREO PLASTIC at solar minimum. 2) Opitz A. et al.: STEREO substorm observation in the tail and sheath at 200-360 Re: plasmoids and energetic electrons.
  • CELIAS/PLASTIC Meeting, Ascona (Switzerland), 17-19 March 2008: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Temporal variation of the solar wind bulk velocity at solar minimum by correlating the STEREO A and B PLASTIC measurements.
  • Space Sciences Laboratory Meeting, Berkeley in California (USA), February 2008.
  • IAGA Scientific Assembly, Perugia (Italy), 2-7 July 2007: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Solar wind bulk properties as seen by STEREO/PLASTIC.
  • ISSI Meeting, Bern (Switzerland), June 2007: oral talk about the status of the STEREO/PLASTIC project.
  • CELIAS/PLASTIC Meeting, Kiel (Germany), 13-16 March 2007: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: Solar wind bulk propoerties from three-dimensional velocity distribution functions measured by STEREO/PLASTIC.
  • Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Seminar, Sopron (Hungary), 6-8 November 2006: oral talk in Hungarian - Opitz A. et al.: Simulation of the first meaurements from the STEREO solar-terrestrial relations observatory and analysis of its preliminary results (A STEREO Nap-Föld kölcsönhatásokat vizsgáló űrmisszió plazma méréseinek szimulációja és első eredményeinek feldolgozása).
  • CELIAS/PLASTIC Meeting, Portland in Main (USA), 22-24 March 2006: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: STEREO PLASTIC Entrance System data simulation and reduction.
  • EGU General Assembly, Vienna (Austria), 24-29 April 2005: oral talk - Opitz A. and the STEREO/PLASTIC team: STEREO/PLASTIC dataflow and simulation of anticipated solar wind measurements.
  • CELIAS/PLASTIC Meeting, Bodensee (Germany), 14-17 March 2005.
  • Seminar at GGKI, Sopron (Hungary), 19 November 2004: oral talk - Opitz A.: STEREO mission (STEREO misszió).
  • Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Seminar, Debrecen (Hungary), 16-18 November 2004: oral talk in Hungarian - Opitz A.: The STEREO mission, the PLASTIC plasma instrument and numerical simulation of its measurements (A STEREO misszió, a PLASTIC plazmaműszer és mérési adatainak numerikus szimulációja).
  • CELIAS/PLASTIC Meeting, Maryland (USA), 2-4 March 2004: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: UV Suppression Calibrations of the PLASTIC Entrance System Flight Models.
  • N+N Workshop, Budapest (Hungary), February 2004: oral talk - Opitz A. et al.: STEREO mission: overview, the plasma instrument, calibrations and data.
  • World Space Congress (joint COSPAR and IAF Conferences), Houston in Texas (USA), October 2002: European Space Agency Student Outreach Programme. One Cospar poster and a student poster at the coference - Opitz A. et al.: Comparison of a 3-d MHD model of the Jovian bow shock with the CASSINI measurements.
  • European Space Agency / ESTEC visit with the Student Outreach Programme of ESA, Noordwijk (Netherlands), October 2002.
  • OTDK, Pécs (Hungary), April 2001: oral talk in Hungarian - Opitz A. et al.: Variable solar constant (Változó napállandó).
  • Solar Eclipse 1999 Workshop, Berlin (Germany), March 2000: oral talk in German - Opitz A. et al.: Synoptic weather situation in Fülöpháza during the total solar eclipse 1999 (Synoptische Wetterlage in Fülöpháza während der totalen Sonnenfinsternis 1999).



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