James McAteer

R. T. James McAteer
McAteer, teaching at NMSU
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast
Known forAcademic executive leadership
OfficeDeputy Provost of New Mexico State University
AwardsNational Science Foundation Career, National Academy of Sciences.
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsNew Mexico State University
Sunspot Solar Observatory
Goddard Space Flight Center
Trinity College Dublin
Thesis Low Frequency Oscillations of the Solar Atmosphere  (2003)

R.T. James McAteer is an American solar physicist, Deputy Provost, and professor of astronomy, at New Mexico State University. He leads areas of Academic Affairs, policy management, and faculty relations, strategic planning and resource management in the Office of the Provost.

His academic research lies in studies of the coronal heating problem and space weather. McAteer is the author of two book "The Planets", and "Fields, Flows, and Flares", and has published over 130 research articles, and serves as a member of the board for AURA.