Profile
Xueling Shi
Physics and Astronomy
Assistant Professor
864-656-3416
Kinard Lab 304 [Office]
Educational Background
B.E., Electronic Information Science and Technology, Wuhan University, 2011
M.S., Space Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2014
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2019
Profile/About Me
Dr. Xueling Shi joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Clemson University in 2025. Before that, she was a postdoctoral researcher and later a research faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech.
Research Interests
Dr. Shi’s research focuses on ultra-low-frequency (ULF) waves and their role in space weather. She uses data analysis to study how these waves transfer energy through geospace, impact the ionosphere and radiation belts, and drive geomagnetically induced currents in technological systems ranging from power grids to submarine cables. Her work integrates satellite and ground-based observations, numerical simulations, and citizen science data to advance understanding of ULF wave dynamics and improve space weather forecasting.
Research Group (Lab)
Looking for motivated graduate and undergraduate students eager to explore research in space physics and space weather.
Selected Publications
Shi, X., Chakraborty, S., Baker, J. B. H., Hartinger, M. D., Wang, W., Ruohoniemi, J. M., Lin, D., et al. (2025). Statistical Characterization of Joule Heating Associated With Ionospheric ULF Perturbations Using SuperDARN Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 130, e2024JA033452. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA033452
Shi, X., Hartinger, M. D., Zou, Y., Rigler, E. J., Weygand, J. M., Kelbert, A., et al. (2025). Multi-scale intense geoelectric and geomagnetic field perturbations observed after an interplanetary magnetic field turning. Space Weather, 23, e2024SW004046. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024SW004046
Hartinger, M. D., Shi, X., Verkhoglyadova, O. P., Meng, X., Ozturk, D. S., Moore, A. W., Shen, Y., Artemyev, A., Gillies, D. M., & Angelopoulos, V. (2025). Statistical Analysis of Ultra-Low-Frequency Total Electron Content Disturbances: Relationship to Magnetospheric Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, e2024JA033456. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA033456
Liu, T. Z., Shi, X., Hartinger, M. D., Angelopoulos, V., Rodger, C. J., Viljanen, A., et al. (2024). Global observations of geomagnetically induced currents caused by an extremely intense density pulse during a coronal mass ejection. Space Weather, 22, e2024SW003993. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024SW003993
Shi, X., Lin, D., Wang, W., Baker, J. B. H., Weygand, J. M., Hartinger, M. D., et al. (2022). Geospace concussion: Global reversal of ionospheric vertical plasma drift in response to a sudden commencement. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL100014. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100014
Shi, X., Hartinger, M. D., Baker, J. B. H., Murphy, B. S., Bedrosian, P. A., Kelbert, A., & Rigler, E. J. (2022). Characteristics and Sources of Intense Geoelectric Fields in the United States: Comparative Analysis of Multiple Geomagnetic Storms. Space Weather, 20, e2021SW002967. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002967
Shi, X., Hartinger, M. D., Baker, J. B. H., Ruohoniemi, J. M., Lin, D., Xu, Z., et al. (2020). Multipoint conjugate observations of dayside ULF waves during an extended period of radial IMF. JGR: Space Physics, 125, e2020JA028364. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028364
Selected Talks
A Review of Interplanetary and Magnetospheric Drivers of Geomagnetically Induced Currents, 2024 Workshop on Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GIC), College Park Maryland.
Leveraging Ground-Based Data for Advancing Heliophysics Research and Space Weather Operations: Optimizing Sampling Rate, Spatial Coverage, and Interdisciplinary Synergy, 2024 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Geoelectric and geomagnetic fields driven by magnetospheric ULF waves, 2022 Royal Astronomical Society Specialist Discussion Meeting: Planetary Ultra-low Frequency Waves – Theory, Modelling and Observations, online.
Memberships
American Geophysical Union
Honors and Awards
The NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, 2017-2019
