Elizabeth Jensen measures the magnetic fields in coronal mass ejections using a technique she developed utilizing the phenomenon of Faraday rotation. Her solar work presently includes processing and archiving spacecraft superior conjunction datasets through the waning phase of solar activity from solar cycle 23; its solar minimum was the longest in a century.

She also collaborates with her supervisor, Faith Vilas, in the analysis of reflectance spectra of planets and small bodies as well as any other project her fearless leader chooses to pass her way. She is a regular presenter at the Houston Sally Ride Festival for middle school girls and is always available to answer science questions.

Photo: Elizabeth Jensen at the Greenbank Telescope in West Virgina attending the NRAO single dish summer school.