Lulu Zhao · University of Michigan

Selected Work

A curated set of work that captures where the lab is going.

For the complete publication record, see my University of Michigan profile or Google Scholar.

Publications

  1. Stream-aligned Magnetohydrodynamics for Solar Wind Simulations

    Sokolov, I. V., Zhao, L., Gombosi, T. I.

    Astrophysical Journal, 926, 102 · 2022

  2. Solar Wind with Field Lines and Energetic Particles (SOFIE) Model: Application to Historical Solar Energetic Particle Events

    Zhao, L., Sokolov, I., Gombosi, T., Lario, D., Whitman, K., Huang, Z., Toth, G., Manchester, W., van der Holst, B., Sachdeva, N., Liu, W.

    Space Weather, 22, e2023SW003729 · 2024

  3. Physics-based Simulation of the 2013 April 11 Solar Energetic Particle Event

    Liu, W., Sokolov, I. V., Zhao, L., Gombosi, T. I., Sachdeva, N., Chen, X., Toth, G., Lario, D., Manchester, W. B., Whitman, K., Cohen, C. M., Bruno, A., Mays, M. L., Bain, H. M.

    Astrophysical Journal, 985(1), 82 · 2025

  4. Simulated Real-Time Testing of the Prototype Implementation of the SOFIE Model: The 2025 Space Weather Prediction Testbed Exercise

    Liu, W., Zhao, L., Sokolov, I. V., Whitman, K., Gombosi, T. I., Sachdeva, N., Adamson, E. T., Bain, H. M., Corti, C., Mays, M. L., Romano, M., et al.

    Space Weather · submitted 2025 · arXiv preprint

Media

  1. Solar storms, AI forecasts, and the future of safe flight on Earth and in space

    Christopher McFadden

    Interesting Engineering · March 2026

    This feature highlights the role of predictive modeling and AI in advancing space radiation forecasting for both Earth-based systems and future human exploration.