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Connecting NASA to the classroom: UMBC physicist Zhibo Zhang to lead Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute

Mar 4, 2026 • By Sarah Hansen, M.S. '15

UMBC's Zhibo Zhang will take the helm of the Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute, UMBC's arm of a multi-institution consortium dedicated to research on the Sun, its processes, and space weather.