USAF photo by James Shryne

Dr. Chris Maggio
Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering

Contact Information
Mississippi College
Hederman Science Building Room 301
601.925.3213 maggio@mc.edu


Current Courses
Summer 2008


Educational Background
  • Ph.D. (2007) University of Mississippi
      Area of Emphasis: Physics-Atmospheric Electricity
      Dissertation: Estimations of Lightning Charge Transfers in New Mexico Thunderstorms and Applications to Lightning Energy, Thunderstorm Generator Currents, and Above-Cloud Transient Currents
  • M.S. (2005) University of Mississippi
      Area of Emphasis: Physics-Atmospheric Electricity
      Thesis: Lightning Initiation Locations as a Remote Sensing Tool of Large Thunderstorm Electric Field Vectors
  • M.S. (2001) Mississippi State University
      Area of Emphasis: Electrical Engineering-Electronics
  • B.S. (2000) University of Mississippi
      Area of Emphasis: Electrical Engineering

Publications and Presentations
  • Maggio, C., L. Coleman, T. Marshall, M. Stolzenburg, M. Stanley, T. Hamlin, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, and R. Thomas, Lightning initiation locations as a remote sensing tool of large thunderstorm electric field vectors, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 22, (7), 1059-1068, doi: 10.1175/JTECH1750.1, 2005.
  • Marshall, T., M. Stolzenburg, C. Maggio, L. Coleman, P. Krehbiel, T. Hamlin, R. Thomas, W. Rison, Observed electric fields associated with lightning initiation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L03813, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021802, 2005.
  • Maggio, C., T. Marshall, M. Stolzenburg, L. Coleman, M. Stanley, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, Lightning initiation locations as a remote sensing tool of large thunderstorm electric fields, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2003.
  • Marshall, T., M. Stolzenburg, L. Coleman, C. Maggio, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, Lightning initiation locations as a remote sensing tool of thunderstorm electrical evolution, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2003.
  • Marshall, T., M. Stolzenburg, L. Coleman, C. Maggio, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, Observed electric fields associated with lightning initiation, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2004.
  • Tidwell, W., T. Marshall, M. Stolzenburg, L. Coleman, C. Maggio, M. Stanley, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, Investigations of physical details in developing lightning flashes, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2004.
  • Marshall, T., B. Ray, C. Maggio, M. Stolzenburg, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, E. Mareev, S. Yashunin, S. Davydenko, Lightning-induced transient electric fields and currents in the global electric circuit, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2005.
  • Ray, B., T. Marshall, M. Stolzenburg, C. Maggio, E. Mareev, S. Davydenko, S. Yashunin, Estimations of electrical conductivity above thunderstorms, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2006.
  • Stolzenburg, M. T. Marshall, C. Maggio, B. Ray, E. Mareev, S. Davydenko, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, Evolution of above-cloud electric fields and lightning, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2006.
  • Maggio, C., T. Marshall, M. Stolzenburg, B. Ray, M. Stanley, S. Cummer, E. Mareev, S. Davydenko, S. Yashunin, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, Transient currents in the global electric circuit due to CG lightning, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2006.
  • Maggio, C., T. Marshall, M. Stolzenburg, B. Ray, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, Estimating the Charge Transfer of Lightning Flashes, Mid-South Area Engineering and Science Conference, 2007.
  • Maggio, C., T. Marshall, M. Stolzenburg, B. Ray, E. Mareev, S. Davydenko, S. Yashunin, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin, Transient currents in the global electric circuit due to CG and IC lightning, International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, 2007.
  • Maggio, C., T. Marshall, M. Stolzenburg, E. Mareev, S. Davydenko, S. Yashunin, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. Thomas, T. Hamlin Transient currents in the global electric circuit due to CG and IC lightning, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, 2007.