Hello,

That is an excellent question! How I share the results of my research depends on the audience that I am trying to reach and what kind of information I want to share.

Answering Solar Week questions online is one way that I can tell students how exciting it is to be a space scientist. I have also volunteered in science museums and given public talks at schools.

When I want to share brand-new results from an ongoing project with my colleagues in order to get their feedback, I will give a presentation about my work in our departmental seminar or at an international conference. In fact, a couple of weeks ago I attended a conference in Greece celebrating the 10th anniversary of the European Space Agency's Cluster Mission.

If I am trying to communicate the final results of a research project with other scientists, then the best way is usually to publish an article or a paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal like the Journal of Geophysical Research. When I am ready to publish the results of my work, I write a paper and send it to the Journal of Geophysical Research or another journal in my field. The editor of the journal will then choose two anonymous scientists (my peers) to read my paper and review my work. After I have responded to the reviewers' comments and addressed their concerns, the editor decides whether or not my research is ready for publication. I just had a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research a couple of months ago. You probably won't be able to actually look at the papers since you need a subscription, but you can look at the web site for this journal to get a better idea of what a scientific journal is like -

http://www.agu.org/journals/ja/

Right now, my paper is listed as being "in press" since the journal's production staff is still re-formatting the text and re-sizing the figures for the journal. If you scroll to near the bottom of the "papers in press" section

http://www.agu.org/journa.../papersinpress.shtml

you will find my name.

Kris