Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Physics 2006
Dissertation: “Energy Balance in the Solar Corona”
Co-Advisors: George Fisher and Robert Lin
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Physics 2001
B. S., Principia College, Physics & Mathematics 1998
Board Consultant, South Coast Air Quality Management District 2021 - present
Lecturer, California State University, Northridge 2014 - present
Liberal Studies (SUST 300: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability; SUST 310: Best Practices in Sustainability, SUST 401: Applied Sustainability)
Candidate, Los Angeles City Council District 12 2018 - 2020
Principal Investigator, California State University, Northridge 2016 - 2019
3 successive LADWP grants promoting sustainability in LAUSD schools
Lecturer, California State University, Northridge 2012 - 2015
Geological Sciences (GEO 107: Geology Goes Hollywood, PHSC 170: Physics and chemistry for future elementary school teachers)
Physics (Phys 220B: Calculus-based physics for engineers.)
Developmental Math (Math 092, 093, 096S: Pre-college algebra and pre-statistics)
Consultant, CSUN Dept. of Secondary Education 2013 - 2014
Education research: visit high school classrooms to evaluate professional development effectiveness
Assistant Professor, Principia College 2008 - 2009
Taught introductory and upper division physics at a liberal arts college.
Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 2006 - 2008
Conduct independent research on physics of the solar corona.
Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Research Council 2006
Fellowship providing immersion in the Washington, DC, science policy world for scientists. Contributed to NRC reports on environmental policy.
Graduate Research Assistant, Space Sciences Laboratory 2000 - 2005
Integrated theoretical and observational solar physics through coronal emissions predictions to obtain constraints on coronal heating.
Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley 1998 - 2000
Physics 112: Statistical and Thermal Physics, Physics 7B and Physics 7C: Physics for Scientists and Engineers.
Undergraduate Research Student, Los Alamos National Laboratory 1994-97
Computational geometry for finite element modeling.
Commissioner, Los Angeles Unified School District Redistricting Commission
Steering Committee, West Valley Neighborhood Alliance on Homelessness
Assembly District Delegate, California Democratic Party Delegate to state Democratic party
Board Member, Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance
Board Member, Northridge East Neighborhood Council
Member, LA Dept of Water and Power 100% Renewables Adv. Board Faculty Associate, CSUN Institute for Sustainability
Steering Committee and Speaker, Citizens Climate Lobby
Invited Expert Testimony, California State Legislature
Member, LADWP IRP Advisory Board
Member of Evaluation Team, USC Hybrid High School
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, San Quentin State Prison
Mentor, Society for Women in Physical Sciences
Team Leader/Member, Principia College Solar Car Team
NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship 2004-2006
Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Joint Assembly 2005
NASA Space Grant Summer Fellowship 2000
The Mark Crystal Science Achievement Award, Principia College 1998
The Mathematics Award, Principia College 1998
Lundquist, L. L., d'Alessio, M. A., 2019, “The key to earthquake safety is combating climate change” Los Angeles Daily News, https://www.dailynews.com/2019/01/18/the-key-to- earthquake-safety-is-combating-climate-change/
d'Alessio, M. A., Lundquist, L. L., Schwartz, J. J., Pedone, V., Pavia, J., and J. Fleck, 2019, “Social presence enhances student performance in an online geology course but depends on instructor facilitation.” Journal of Geoscience Education, 67 (3). doi: 10.1080/10899995.2019.1580179
d'Alessio, M. A., Schwartz, J. J., Pedone, V., Pavia, J., Fleck, J., and L. L. Lundquist, 2019, “Geology Goes Hollywood: Building a Community of Inquiry in a fully online introductory geology lecture and laboratory”. Journal of Geoscience Education, 67 (3). doi:10.1080/10899995.2019.1578467
Lundquist, L.L., Lucero, K., Cox, H, 2018, “Sustainability Knowledge Assessment at a Large, Regional, Minority-Serving Institution.” Journal of Sustainability Education, 19. http://www.susted.com/wordpress/content/sustainability-knowledge-assessment-at-a- large-regional-minority-serving-institution_2018_12
d’Alessio, M.A. & Lundquist, L.L., 2013, “Computer Supported Collaborative Rocketry: Teaching students to distinguish good and bad data like an expert physicist,” The Physics Teacher, 51 (7), 424-427. doi: 10.1119/1.4820858
Lundquist, L.L., Fisher, G.H., & McTiernan, J.M., 2008, “Forward Modeling of Active Region Coronal Emissions: I. Methods and Testing," Astrophysical Journal, 179 (2), p. 509.
Lundquist, L.L., Fisher, G.H., Metcalf, T. R., Leka, K.D., & McTiernan, J.M., 2008, “Forward Modeling of Active Region Coronal Emissions: II. Implications for Coronal Heating," Astrophysical Journal, 689 (2), p. 1288.
Kano, R., Sakao, T., Narukage, N., Tsuneta, S., Kotoku, J., Bando, T., de Luca, E., Lundquist, L., Golub, L., Hara, H., Matsuzaki, K., Shimojo, M., Shibasaki, K., Shimizu, T., Nakatani, I., 2008, "Vertical Temperature Structures of the Solar Corona Derived with the Hinode X-Ray Telescope," Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 60 (4), p.827.
Cirtain, J. W.; Golub, L.; Lundquist, L.; van Ballegooijen, A.; Savcheva, A.; Shimojo, M.; DeLuca, E.; Tsuneta, S.; Sakao, T.; Reeves, K.; Weber, M.; Kano, R.; Narukage, N.; Shibasaki, K., 2007, " Evidence for Alfvén Waves in Solar X-ray Jets," Science, 318 (5856), p. 1580.
Aulanier, Guillaume; Golub, Leon; DeLuca, Edward E.; Cirtain, Jonathan W.; Kano, Ryouhei; Lundquist, Loraine L.; Narukage, Noriyuki; Sakao, Taro; Weber, Mark A., 2007, "Slipping Magnetic Reconnection in Coronal Loops," Science, 318 (5856), p. 1588.
Sakao, Taro; Kano, Ryouhei; Narukage, Noriyuki; Kotoku, Jun'ichi; Bando, Takamasa; DeLuca, Edward E.; Lundquist, Loraine L.; Tsuneta, Saku; Harra, Louise K.; Katsukawa, Yukio; Kubo, Masahito; Hara, Hirohisa; Matsuzaki, Keiichi; Shimojo, Masumi; Bookbinder, Jay A.; Golub, Leon; Korreck, Kelly E.; Su, Yingna; Shibasaki, Kiyoto; Shimizu, Toshifumi; Nakatani, Ichiro, 2007, "Continuous Plasma Outflows from the Edge of a Solar Active Region as a Possible Source of Solar Wind," Science, 318 (5856), p. 1585.
Shimizu, T.; Katsukawa, Y.; Matsuzaki, K.; Ichimoto, K.; Kano, R.; Deluca, E. E.; Lundquist, L. L.; Weber, M.; Tarbell, T. D.; Shine, R. A.; Sôma, M.; Tsuneta, S.; Sakao, T.; Minesugi, K., 2007, " Hinode Calibration for Precise Image Co-Alignment between SOT and XRT (2006 November-2007 April)," Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 59 (3), p. S845.
Sterling, A. C.; Moore, R. L.; Berger, T. E.; Bobra, M.; Davis, J. M.; Jibben, P.; Kano, R.; Lundquist, L. L.; Myers, D.; Narukage, N.; Sakao, T.; Shibasaki, K.; Shine, R. A.; Tarbell, T. D.; Weber, M., 2007, "Hinode Observations of the Onset Stage of a Solar Filament Eruption," Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 59 (3), p. S823.
Savcheva, A.; Cirtain, J.; Deluca, E. E.; Lundquist, L. L.; Golub, L.; Weber, M.; Shimojo, M.; Shibasaki, K.; Sakao, T.; Narukage, N.; Tsuneta, S.; Kano, R., 2007, " A Study of Polar Jet Parameters Based on Hinode XRT Observations," Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 59 (3), p. S77.
Culhane, L.; Harra, L. K.; Baker, D.; van Driel-Gesztelyi, L.; Sun, J.; Doschek, G. A.; Brooks, D. H.; Lundquist, L. L.; Kamio, S.; Young, P. R.; Hansteen, V. H., 2007, "Hinode EUV Study of Jets in the Sun's South Polar Corona," Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 59 (3), p.S75.
Shimojo, M.; Narukage, N.; Kano, R.; Sakao, T.; Tsuneta, S.; Shibasaki, K.; Cirtain, J. W.; Lundquist, L. L.; Reeves, K.; Savcheva, A., 2007, "Fine Structures of Solar X-Ray Jets Observed with the X-Ray Telescope aboard Hinode," Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 59 (3), p.S745.
Bercik, D. J.; Fisher, G. H.; Johns-Krull, C. M.; Abbett, W. P.; Lundquist, L. L., 2006, "Are Convective Dynamos Responsible for the Minimum X-ray Fluxes Observed in the Sun and Late-Type Main Sequence Stars?" Solar MHD Theory and Observations: A High Spatial Resolution Perspective ASP Conference Series, 354, San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p.127.
Lundquist, L.L., Fisher, G.H., McTiernan, J.M., & Régnier, S., 2004, “Using Synthetic Emission Images to Constrain Heating Parameters,” ESA SP-575: SOHO 15 Coronal Heating, 15, p. 306.
Hieronymus, S.A., Lundquist, L.L., & Cornell, D.A., 1998, “Application of High-Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detector to Advanced Laboratory Experiment on the Compton Effect,” American Journal of Physics, 66 (9), p.836.
Lundquist, Loraine L., van Ballegooijen, A. A., Reeves, K. K., Sakao, T., DeLuca, E. E., Narukage, N., and Kano, R., 2007, "Structure and Coronal Activity around Filament Channels Observed with Hinode XRT And TRACE, " Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, p. 221, Abstract 94.27.
Cirtain, Jonathan W., Lundquist, L. L., DeLuca, E. E., Savcheva, A., Shimojo, M., and Tsuneta, S., 2007, "The Statistics of Polar Coronal Jets using XRT/Hinode, " Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, p. 222, Abstract 94.32.
Culhane, J. L., Brooks, D. H., Doschek, G. A., Harra, L. K., van Driel-Gesztelyi, L., Baker, D., Lundquist, L. L., Hansteen, V. H., and Kamio, S., 2007, "Hinode Euv Study Of Jets In The Sun’s South Polar Corona, " Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, p. 178, Abstract 72.01.
Kano, Ryouhei, Sakao, T., Narukage, N., Kotoku, J., Bando, T., DeLuca, E. E., Lundquist, L., Golub, L., Tsuneta, S., Hara, H., Shibasaki, K., and Shimojo, M., 2007, "Temperature Structures Above Coronal Hole and Quiet Sun, " Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, p. 223, Abstract 94.36.
Sakao, Taro, Kano, R., Narukage, N., Kotoku, J., Bando, T., DeLuca, E. E., Lundquist, L. L., Golub, L., Kubo, M., Katsukawa, Y., Tsuneta, S., Hara, H., Matsuzaki, K., Shimojo, M., Shibasaki, K., Shimizu, T., and Nakatani, I., 2007, "Continuous Upflow of Plasmas at the Edge of an Active Region as Revealed by the X-ray Telescope (XRT) aboard Hinode, " Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, p. 179, Abstract 72.05.
Savcheva, Antonia, Cirtain, J., Lundquist, L. L., DeLuca, E. E., Shimojo, M., and Tsuneta, S., 2007, "A Study of Polar Jet Parameters Based on Solar-B XRT Observations, " Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, p. 206, Abstract 91.16.
Shimizu, Toshifumi, DeLuca, E. E., Lundquist, L., Sakao, T., Kubo, M., Narukage, N., Kano, R., Katsukawa, Y., Ichimoto, K., Suematsu, Y., Tsuneta, S., Tarbell, T., Shine, D., and Hinode team, 2007, "Hinode Data Calibration For Precise Image Co-alignment: XRT vs. SOT, " Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, p. 220, Abstract 94.17.
Shimojo, Masumi, Narukage, N., Kano, R., Sakao, T., Tsuneta, T., Cirtain, J. W., Lundquist, L. L., Deluca, E. E., and Golub, L., 2007, "The Dynamics Of Fine Structures In Solar X-ray Jets, " Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 38, p. 221, Abstract 94.22.
Lundquist, L. L., 2006, "Improving Coronal Magnetic Extrapolations with Observed Loop Morphologies, " Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, 87 (52), Abstract SH33B-404.
Lundquist, Loraine L., 2006, "Forward Models of Solar Soft X-ray Emissions: What Can They Tell Us About Coronal Heating?" Meeting of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society, 37, Abstract 17.03.
Welsch, B.T., Lundquist, L.L., 2005, "Measurements of Free Magnetic Energy Flux Across the Photosphere," Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, 86 (52), Abstract SH13A-0270.
Lundquist, L.L., Fisher, G.H., Leka, K.D., Metcalf, T.R., & McTiernan, J.M., 2005, “Predicting Coronal Emissions with Multiple Heating Rates,” Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Joint Assembly Supplement, 86 (18), Abstract SP14A-02.
Fisher, G.H., Lundquist, L.L., & McTiernan, J.M., 2005, “Comparison Between Coronal Loop Solutions and Coronal Scaling Laws,” Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Joint Assembly Supplement, 86 (18), Abstract SP41A-08.
Lundquist, L. L., Fisher, G. H., McTiernan, J. M., & Régnier, S., 2004, “Energy Balance in Active Region Coronae,” Annual Meeting of Solar and Heliospheric Interplanetary Environment Working Group, Abstract 48.
Lundquist, L. L., Fisher, G. H., McTiernan, J. M., & Régnier, S. 2004, “Steady State Energy Balance in the Solar Corona,” American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 204, Abstract 73.08.
Lundquist, L.L., Fisher, G.H., Régnier, S., Liu, Y., & Abbett, W.P., 2003, “Temperature, Density, and Magnetic Field Reconstructions of Active Region Coronae,” Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, 84 (46) Abstract SH42B-0509.
Lundquist, L.L., Régnier, S., Abbett, W.P., & Fisher, G.H., 2003, “A Temperature and Density Model of the Solar Corona,” Annual Meeting of Solar and Heliospheric Interplanetary Environment Working Group, Abstract 8.
Lundquist, L., Sadler, L., 2003, “Women in Physics at UC Berkeley: Activities and Impact of the Society for Women in Physical Sciences,” Women in Astronomy II: Ten Years After, Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy, Pasadena, CA, June 2003.
Lundquist, L.L., Régnier, S., Abbett, W.P., & Fisher, G.H., 2003, “A Temperature and Density Model of the Solar Corona,” Meeting of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society, 34, Abstract 04.04.
Lundquist, L.L., Fisher, G.H., 2001, “Large Scale Magnetic Diffusion on the Sun,” Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting Supplement, 82 (20), Abstract SP51B-10.
Lundquist, L., Stewart, C.A., 1992, “Using Cellular Automaton Models of Plate Tectonics to Demonstrate Consequences of Continents on Earth vs. Purely Oceanic-style Lithosphere on Venus; Pattern Formation and Plate Distributions,” Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting Supplement, 73 (43), p. 329.