ZoltanÌýSternovsky
- Professor
- LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERICS AND SPACE PHYSICS (LASP)

Focus Area
Earth and Space Sciences
Education
PhD, Physics of Ionized Media, Charles ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Prague, 2001
MS, Physics, Charles ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Prague, 1998
Professional Experience
2024 - Present, Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
2005 - Present, Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
2015 - 2024, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
2009 - 2015, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
2002 - 2004, Research Associate, Physics Department, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder
Awards
Outstanding Junior Faculty, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (2016)
Young Scientist Award, International Union of Pure and Applied Sciences (2011)
Research Interests
Instrument development for sounding rockets and satellites; cosmic dust; lunar plasma and dust environment; physics of dusty plasmas, plasma diagnostics, dust charging, laboratory plasma physics, plasma simulations; mesospheric aerosol particles.