1. "The Impact of Microscopic Magnetic Reconnection on Pre-Flare Energy Storage"
   P. A. Cassak and J. F. Drake
   Submitted to Ap. J. Lett., September 18, 2009
   Preprint
   


2. "Scaling of Sweet-Parker Reconnection with Secondary Islands"
   P. A. Cassak, M. A. Shay, and J. F. Drake
   Submitted to Phys. Plasmas, September 18, 2009
   Preprint
   


3. "A magnetic reconnection mechanism for ion acceleration and abundance enhancements in impulsive flares"
   J. F. Drake, P. A. Cassak, M. A. Shay, M. Swisdak, and E. Quataert
   Ap. J. Lett., 700, L16-20, 2009 July 20
   PDF Version
   


4. "Ion Heating Resulting from Pickup in Magnetic Reconnection Exhausts"
   J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, T. D. Phan, P. A. Cassak, M. A. Shay, S. Lepri, R. P. Lin, E. Quataert, and T. H. Zurbuchen
   J. Geophys. Res., 114, A05111, 2009
   PDF Version
   


5. "The Hall effect in magnetic reconnction: Hybrid vs. Hall-less hybrid simulations"
   K. Malakit, P. A. Cassak, M. A. Shay, and J. F. Drake
   Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07107 (2009)
   PDF Version
   


6. "Kinetic dissipation and anisotropic heating in a turbulent collisionless plasma"
   T. N. Parashar, M. A. Shay, P. A. Cassak, and W. H. Matthaeus
   Phys. Plasmas, 16, 032310 (2009)
   PDF Version
   


7. "Structure of the Dissipation Region in Fluid Simulations of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection"
   P. A. Cassak and M. A. Shay
   Invited DPP Paper
   Phys. Plasmas, 16, 055704 (2009)
   PDF Version
   


8. "Magnetic Reconnection in Two-Dimensional Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence"
   S. Servidio, W. H. Matthaeus, M. A. Shay, P. A. Cassak and P. Dmitruk
   Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 115003 (2009)
   PDF Version
   


9. "Response to "Comment on `Scaling of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: General Theory and Collisional Simulations' " [Phys. Plasmas 16, 034701 (2009)]
   P. A. Cassak and M. A. Shay
   Phys. Plasmas, 16, 034702 (2009)
   PDF Version
   


10. "The Scaling of Asymmetric Hall Reconnection"
    P. A. Cassak and M. A. Shay
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L19102, 2008
    PDF Version
    


11. "From Solar and Stellar Flares to Coronal Heating: Theory and Observations of How Magnetic Reconnection Regulates Coronal Conditions"
    P. A. Cassak, D. J. Mullan and M. A. Shay
    Ap. J. Lett., 676, L69-L72, 2008, March 20
    Available on arXiv
    PDF Version
    


12. "Scaling of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: General Theory and Collisional Simulations"
    P. A. Cassak and M. A. Shay
    Phys. Plasmas, 14, 102114 (2007)
    PDF Version
    


13. "Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
    P. A. Cassak, J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay and B. Eckhardt
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 215001 (2007)
    PDF Version
    


14. "Catastrophic Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection with a Guide Field,"
    P. A. Cassak, J. F. Drake, and M. A. Shay
    Phys. Plasmas, 14, 054502 (2007)
    PDF Version
    


15. "Catastrophe Model for the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection,"
    P. A. Cassak
    Doctoral Thesis, University of Maryland-College Park, December 2006
    PDF Version


16. "A Model for Spontaneous Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection,"
    P. A. Cassak, J. F. Drake, and M. A. Shay,
    Ap. J., 644, L145-L148, 2006 June 20
    Available on arXiv
    PDF Version


17. "Catastrophe Model for Fast Magnetic Reconnection Onset,"
    P. A. Cassak, M. A. Shay, and J. F. Drake,
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 235002 (2005)
    Available on arXiv
    PDF Version
    


18. "The CISM Code Coupling Strategy,"
    C. C. Goodrich, A. L. Sussman, J. G. Lyon, M. A. Shay, and P. A. Cassak,
    Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 66, 1469-1479 (2004).
    


19. "Character Expansions for the Orthogonal and Symplectic Groups,"
    A.B. Balantekin and P. Cassak,
    J. Math. Phys. 43(1), 604-620 (2002).
    Available on arXiv


20. "Determination of structural parameters for ferrocenecarboxaldehyde using Fourier transform microwave spectroscopy,"
    Ranga Subramanian, Chandana Karunatilaka, Riley O. Schock, Brian J. Drouin, Paul A. Cassak, and Stephen G. Kukolich,
    J. Chem. Phys. 123, 054317 (2005).


21. "Microwave Measurements and Calculations on Cyclopentadienyl Rhodium Dicarbonyl, A V10 Hindered Rotor,"
    S.G. Kukolich, B.J. Drouin, P. Cassak and J.L. Hubbard,
    Organometallics 17, 4105-4109 (1998).


22. "Microwave Measurements of Rhenium Quadrupole Coupling in Cyclopentadienyl Rhenium Tricarbonyl,"
    B.J. Drouin, P.A. Cassak and S.G. Kukolich,
    J. Chem. Phys. 108, 8878-8883 (1998).
    
    
23. "Measurements of Structural and Quadrupole Coupling Parameters for Bromoferrocene Using Microwave Spectroscopy,"
    Brian J. Drouin, T. Greg Lavaty, Paul A. Cassak and Stephen G. Kukolich,
    J. Chem. Phys. 107, 6541-6548 (1997).
    
    
24. "Determination of Structural Parameters for the Half-Sandwich Compounds Cyclopentadienyl Thallium and Cyclopentadienyl Indium and Indium Quadrupole Coupling for Cyclopentadienyl Indium Using Microwave Spectroscopy,"
    B.J. Drouin, P.A. Cassak, P.M. Briggs and S.G. Kukolich,
    J. Chem. Phys. 107, 3766-3773 (1997).
    
    
25. "Measurements of Structural and Quadrupolar Coupling Parameters for 1-Chloroferrocene Using Microwave Spectroscopy,"
    Brian J. Drouin, Paul A. Cassak and Stephen G. Kukolich,
    Inorg. Chem. 36, 2868-2871 (1997).
    

Invited Presentations

1. "Secondary Islands in Sweet-Parker Reconnection: Scaling, Onset, and Coronal Energy Storage"
   2009 Thin Current Sheets Workshop, Invited Talk
   Yellowstone, Wyoming, September 28, 2009
   
   
2. "Theory of Magnetic Reconnection for Solar Applications"
   2009 SHINE Workshop, Invited Plenary Talk
   Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 6, 2009
   PDF


3. "The Scaling of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection"
   "The Structure of the Dissipation Region in Asymmetric Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection"
   2009 Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop, Invited Talks
   Snowmass, Colorado, June 22-24, 2009
   


4. "The Nonlinear Dynamics of Magnetic Reconnection and Applications to Solar Eruptions"
   Fred L. Scarf Award Lecture
   2008 Fall AGU Meeting, Invited Talk
   San Francisco, California, December 16, 2008
   


5. "The Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Self-Organization of the Corona: Theory and Observations"
   2008 Fall AGU Meeting, Invited Talk
   San Francisco, California, December 18, 2008
   


6. "Scaling of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection"
   50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Invited Talk
   Dallas, Texas, November 18, 2008
   


7. "Reconnection Onset and Self-Organization in Solar and Stellar Coronae"
   2008 General Meeting for the Center for Magnetic Self-Organization, Invited Talk
   Princeton, New Jersey, July 10, 2008
   


8. "The Theory of Magnetic Reconnection: Past, Present, and Future"
   AGU 2008 Joint Assembly, Invited Talk (SPD Parker Lecture)
   Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 28, 2008
   PDF


9. "On the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
   2007 US-Japan Reconnection Workshop, Invited Poster
   St. Michaels, Maryland, March 26-29, 2007
   


10. "Catastrophe Model for Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
    Space and Cosmic Ray Physics Seminar
    University of Maryland-College Park, March 27, 2006
    Abstract


11. "The Transition between Sweet-Parker and Hall Reconnection and its Impact on Onset"
    Harry Petschek Symposium on Magnetic Reconnection, Invited Talk
    University of Maryland - University College, March 21, 2006
    Abstract


12. "Catastrophe Model for Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
    Laboratory for Solar and Space Physics Seminar
    NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, February 24, 2006
    


13. "The Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection: A Catastrophe Model"
    Reconnection and Turbulence in Fluids and Plasmas Mini-Conference, Invited Talk
    47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics
    Denver, Colorado, October 25, 2005
    
Abstract


14. "Magnetic Reconnection Onset: A New Mechanism"
    Plasma Physics Seminar
    University of Maryland-College Park, April 27, 2005
    Abstract

Contributed Presentations at Conferences

1. "Secondary Islands in Sweet-Parker Reconnection: Scaling, Onset, and Coronal Energy Storage"
   2009 SHINE Workshop, Contributed Talk
   Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 3, 2009
   
   
2. "The Catastrophic Onset of Magnetic Reconnection in Solar and Stellar Coronae due to Two-Fluid Effects: Theory and Observations"
   2008 GEM/SHINE Workshop, Contributed Talk
   Midway, Utah, June 25, 2008
   
   
3. "The Scaling of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection"
   2008 GEM/SHINE Workshop, Contributed Talk
   Midway, Utah, June 23 and 25, 2008
   
   
4. "The Scaling of Collisionless Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection and Applications to the Magnetopause"
   AGU 2008 Joint Assembly, Contributed Talk
   Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 30, 2008
   


5. "The Importance of the Hall Effect in Magnetic Reconnection: Comparisons of Hybrid and Hall-less Hybrid Simulations" (presented for Kittipat Malakit)
   AGU 2008 Joint Assembly, Contributed Talk
   Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 27, 2008
   


6. "From Solar and Stellar Flares to Coronal Heating: Theory and Observations of How Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection Regulates Coronal Conditions"
   US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection 2008, Contributed Talk
   Okinawa, Japan, March 5, 2008
   
   
7. "The Scaling of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection"
   US-Japan Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection 2008, Contributed Poster
   Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2008
   
   
8. "Observational Evidence of the Role of Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection in Self-Organization of Solar and Stellar Coronae"
   AGU 2007 Fall Meeting, Contributed Talk
   San Francisco, California, December 13, 2007
   
   
9. "Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: General Theory and Collisional Simulations"
   AGU 2007 Fall Meeting, Contributed Poster
   San Francisco, California, December 13, 2007
   
   
10. "The Scaling of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection"
    "The Catastrophic Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
    "Nonlinear Dynamics of Magnetic Reconnection and the Localization of Onset"
    2007 Cambridge Workshop on Magnetic Reconnection, Contributed Talks
    St. Michaels, Maryland, September 10 - 14, 2007
    
    
11. "The Catastrophic Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection and its Implications for CMEs"
    SHINE 2007 Workshop, Contributed Poster
    Whistler, British Columbia, July 30 - August 3, 2007
    
    
12. "Catastrophe Model for the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
    210th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Contributed Disseration Talk
    Honolulu, Hawaii, May 29, 2007
    
    
13. "Bistability of Magnetic Reconnection With A Guide Field and its Impact on Onset"
    AGU 2006 Fall Meeting, Contributed Talk
    San Francisco, California, December 13, 2006
    Abstract


14. "Spontaneous Catastrophic Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection and Solar Flares"
    AGU 2006 Joint Assembly, Contributed Talk
    Baltimore, Maryland, May 26, 2006
    
Winner - Outstanding Student Paper Award
Abstract


15. "Bifurcation Model for the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
    2006 International Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference
    in conjunction with APS April Meeting, Contributed Poster
    Dallas, Texas, April 22, 2006
    Abstract
    
    
16. "Hysteresis and the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
    AGU 2005 Joint Assembly, Contributed Poster
    New Orleans, Louisiana, May 24, 2005
    Abstract


17. "Hysteresis and the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
    2005 International Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Contributed Poster
    Lake Tahoe, Nevada, April 11, 2005
    
    
18. "Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection"
    45th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Contributed Poster
    Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 28, 2003


19. "Character Expansions and Their Applications"
    13th Annual Midwest Nuclear Theory Get-Together, Contributed Talk
    Argonne National Laboratory, September 23, 2000
    

Uninvited Talks

1. "Catastrophic Explosions in Space: The Physics of Magnetic Reconnection in the Sun and Magnetosphere"
   Physics Department Colloquium
   West Virginia University, February 12, 2008
   


2. "What Makes Solar Eruptions Erupt: The Catastrophic Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
   Astronomy and Space Physics Seminar
   University of Delaware, March 6, 2007
   Abstract


3. "The Catastrophic Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
   IREAP Graduate Student Seminar
   University of Maryland-College Park, October 6, 2006


4. "Hysteresis and the Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection"
   IREAP Graduate Student Seminar
   University of Maryland-College Park, February 25, 2005
   Abstract


5. "Magnetic Reconnection"
   IREAP Graduate Student Seminar
   University of Maryland-College Park, February 4, 2004
   Abstract


6. "Magnetic Reconnection"
   High Performance Computing Summer School Presentation
   NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, July 24, 2003
   


7. "Character Expansions"
   Graduate Student Colloquium
   University of Wisconsin-Madison, February 20, 2001
   


8. "Determination of the Structure of Molecules Using Microwave Spectroscopy"
   NASA Space-Grant Consortium Presentation
   Tempe, Arizona, April 12, 1997